14b or 16g imo...

Have you consider maybe the Ball Bearing T28 Turbo from an SR20DET. That would be good for the power level your looking for and have good spool.

I have a Civic D16B2 running 9psi on a T3 turbo with 42/48 trim. I did try a T3/4 hybrid at first but couldn't live with the stupidly late 5k boost. I changed everything for the smaller one and now it starts to + boost at 2800 rpm and by 3300 the W/G is opening. It makes for a much smoother and usable power delivery for everyday driving. I'd rather have a long band of power from 3 to 7k rpm than a short surge from 5k to 7k.
That's my penneth.

If you have money go discoe-potatoe/GT2860RS they spool super quick and are good for around 330 crank hp which usely turns into 250-280 whp. I think you would really like that, I'm trying for the same setup currently for backroading and I'm currently goin with a t25 off an sr20 which should spool before 3300, and the power will be over 200 until I can afford my GT2860RS. Thats my 2cents.

a d series is not exactly what i would call a (power house), unless you are fully built your not going to reach your goal.im running a b20 w a GARRETT 60-1 70 a.r cold 48 a.r hot. on 12lbs w stage 2 cams i made 311 whp and 298 torque. i dont see a d being able to do that... its been done dont get me wrong , its just not cost worthy to do it for little numbers. not bashing just stating the fact that a D is almost pointless except for gas milage

Are you kidding me. You obviously dont know anything about d-series. You can build them for super cheap and make an assload of power. typical b-series owner....

sohc his dohc nog... you can make good power w a d series.. a d16 actually makes more power then a b16 until vtec just some food for thought... id run a t3 48 60

wow! you just schooled me! (thumbs down) ... we can post bash all day and get no where.what it boils down to is if he wants to make power motor hes gotta run a B (unless you like just throwing your money out the window) im not saying you cant make power with a D, its just easier and cheaper to go with a B. read through the forums and compare the numbers. any real big numbers are made by a B, H. anyways back to the forum yall have fun pissin in the wind!

you were the one who was bashing the guy.. lol

Here is what i think. I had a JDM b18b from tiger japanese shipped for about 700. The thing ran mint. 30,000 miles and no wear on any cam lobes once i looked it over. A TD05 (big 16g) running 8 psi got non tuned with just a chip got me 230 whp. everything was done RIGHT and we spent about 1000 dollars for the turbo set up. Right now i'm doing the same thing but MUCH bigger pockets this time around. Got alot of "Power to the ground" upgrades (500 hp motor mounts, stage 3 500 hp clutch kit, very stickey tires, and 5 way adj struts, i'm actually on this web site to find the 16G b series manifold again when i saw this thread. OH and i was running an ls tranny for the super long final drive gear and the longer gears in general. If you can put ALL of your power to the ground you DON'T NEED alot of power. You would be amazed at how many "fast cars" i beat with only 230 hp spooling at 3000 RPM. I didn't lose a race to anything stock including g35, g37, m3, caman S, ANY stock v8 power out there. Even whooped an older corvette with no problem. This turbo had close to no lag considering when you shift at 7000 rpm you're right back to full boost even when you don't "No lift shift" I think if you put this set up on a d16z6 with low comp pistions and rods you could get MORE then 230 out of it. 8psi isn't NOTHING but it was enough to beat 99.9% of the cars I raced.