Doing a T2 swap is entirely the more "logical" way to go about getting boost under your hood - anybody who says turbo'in the NA is better than the T2 motor for making power is crazy (sorry Vex if you're reading this
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I've done the swap and so have many others, so you'll have a wealth of knowledge on the swap. Only a handfull have done a turbo-NA and lived to write about it