you are right about the supra being converted easier. it has also been proven that the supra stock turbos, will make more hp on the dyno in parallel mode, but most people don't like it and convert back, because of the extra lag time.
as far as singles spooling faster, it depends on the amount of rotating weight and a host of other things, to determine whether a big single will spool faster than 2 smallers, being a given that they are rated for flowing the same amount of cfm's.