Thread: VE oil pump or not?

I'm not upset, I just come off really harsh online because I treat each post on the forum like a chat conversation and I'm just an animated guy. Don't let it get to you.
I'm thinking I might make a post to explain engine balancing including first order, second order, and third order imbalances. It should go along nicely with the harmonic damper thread which describes a distinctly different phenomenon.

Thank you!!!
I was about to say the same thing!!

That being said, I would go with the VE pump especially if you plan to track the car. I lost a 66K mile engine due to oil starvation on the track. Still pisses me off to this day that it happened. Any future SR20 that I buid will always have a VE pump.

VE = GTiR pump.

Get one. OR, at least get a DET pump. DE pumps are okay, but for longevity's sake you can't go wrong with a higher flowing pump.

Flow and pressure are different, and the GTi-R pump has this nodual that sticks out making only GTi-R pulleys fit.

that would be great if you did for everyone who doesnt know

Physical differences aside, the ve and gtir pump flow the same volume, at the same pressures...

If that's ture someone should tell the GTi-R guys because a few have done the "upgrade" to a VE pump and they claim some higher pressure numbers afterwords. I'm curious of this too now because I was thinking of getting a VE pump, but if it's pointless I can just get an new R pump for way cheaper.