pathfinder, yes 272s will let you breath better up top, but whats the point if your turbo runs out of puff 1k rpm before the 272s get to shine?
td05-16G (big G) if you look at the compressor map is pretty okay for high
and like you said u'd prefer to upgrade turbo as it gives mroe satisfaction, true, but how about lag? and if you put a big turbo that starts to shine at high rpms, and you dont have big cams, then ur killing urself again.
thas why i said, both go hand in hand
partly agree with cams not needing as much upgrades tho. if you go for hks cams then yeah thas all you need, since the lift is not as aggresive, can still use back the stock springs and retainers, but not true if you use cams from tomei/jun/pipercross etc. also, depending on rpm, might need to beef up the internals/ bigger/better porting headjob