Alright guys for the past year or so Ive been contemplating the use of a holset hx35 or hy35. As they will bolt to the stock l28et manifold. I was planning on running a hy35, welding the integral wastegate shut and running a tial 38mm unit. Now I have a friend who is running this exact same setup on his 2.3l volvo. However he has some port port work, and a custom grind cam yet on the 2.3 he is spooling 21psi by 3.4-3.5k. My question, would a l28et with stock cam, and head spool around the same range, and would this give me a very usable power band. I think it would be comparable to using a T61 turbo. So anybody out there using one chime in and let me know how your power band was.
Now the reason for this post is I would like to get some info on this as these turbos can be had cheap, and with a little bit of work could make some amazing power on the l series motor.
Thanks, John