from past experience:
when i got my car, the first replacement turbo was a small 16g, ported. the 14b it replaced was wasted beyond most people's imagination. of course, it was a big improvement. shortly after that, i got a tre ported big 16g. compared to the tre porting, the small 16g porting looked like a hack job. the big 16g seemed to boost faster, and pull a lot harder than the small did. i could tell immediatly, it was an improvement all over. last year, i got an evo 3, and the difference was even greater. it spools up way faster, hits really hard, and holds boost clear past redline, where the big 16g would be flattening out. with the mbc set for the 18 lbs boost on the big 16g, i was getting 22-23 lbs on the evo, and i had to turn it way down. the best part is price. the small cost me 600. the tre big was 550, and the evo was 525. all 3 look and fit exactly alike, i did not want to change any routing, piping, etc. with the price and the output of the evo 3 turbo, dont even think about the small/big 16g. additionally, the evo turbo is lighter, and the turbine housing is way better alloy, and the outlet is larger.