Dude, I can get me a full complete swap B18B here for less than $1K. Put a junkyard turbo together for another $1K...
it doesnt really matter....... to each is own. It's about the tuning and "harmony".
Midnight, for your first turbo set-up get a kit. Have you visited the maxrev website yet? They make your kit. And yes, those turbo are bad ass. Imagine a tuned T3T04 turbo on a D17.
http://www.maxrev.com/