Thread: VE+T DET or DE+T???

So I should be getting my enlistment bonus pretty soon and i wanna go turbo but im not sure which route i want to go. All my friends are telling me to get a VE and just go all motor and spray nitrous. I think that would be nice but i want a boosted car. So then they suggest the VE+T idea but im worried about how that motor would do with boost on it. I like the idea of the DET because its a factory turboed motor. I have about 7 grand to work with but i would rather not spend it all on the build. I dont really have a clear goal right now, but i do want to be somewhere in the 275-325 whp range and be as safe as possible. What do you guys think about?

boost the vet and to all the people that say it cant handle boost they can kick rocks

Man 275-325 whp should be easy on a good tuned VE+T with a T28 or so , but tunning will be key , as it should be with any build , but yes a VE can handle some boost

would safc neo do for tuning. can those numbers be put down on the stock motor. or would i need to build it

de bottem end with ve head and boost it, best route

Not in my book.

I know you have your opinion on this but, I am just stating what I know. People tend to knock the S-AFC but, have never used one.


It can easily be done with a S-AFC especially is he has a decent programed ECU for a base tune. I have seen countless cars including my own car get some real good tunes with a S-AFC. If he were to get a Calum / JWT ECU with a decent base tune the S-AFC can clean up the tune a bunch and help with making nice power.


Hell even with a stock DE ECU the car can be tuned with a S-AFC and run great. I know of a handful of boosted stock blocked VE's tuned with a S-AFC and a NA DE ECU and they run perfect and are quite impressive.

have to agree my de-t has a jwt ecu with a safc-2 on top and 342whp at 15psi on pump. I could make another 18whp on top of that with more tunning. I have also put them in tons of other cars. its a simple tuning solution with basic functions but does work great.

I would build a nice ve-t. I have both a ve powered car and a de-t. I am going to combine the vvl goodness with the holy sh*t of boost.

so i can retain my DE ecu and run S-AFC, and use the S-AFC to control the VVL