Originally Posted by totaled200ser
You will make more hp, have it done quicker and get better gas mileage out of boost with the stock ve rather than the hybrid. Add in the fact that you won't have to buy a head gasket and oil lines, not be able to sell the det to get back some of the money, won't have to deal with assembeling anything and the VE will take 12 psi from an external gated T28 all day. Just "Get 'R Done" If you were going to push that turbo than I would say swap bottom ends but for what you are doing, the stock VE has so many pluses and I don't really see any minuses with your setup. Certain setups would benifit from the DET bottom end but for you, I do not see any reason at all to do it. I guess you wouldn't have to tap the block, lol, but will have to do a headswap and run external oil lines.
You will make more hp, have it done quicker and get better gas mileage out of boost with the stock ve rather than the hybrid. Add in the fact that you won't have to buy a head gasket and oil lines, not be able to sell the det to get back some of the money, won't have to deal with assembeling anything and the VE will take 12 psi from an external gated T28 all day. Just "Get 'R Done" If you were going to push that turbo than I would say swap bottom ends but for what you are doing, the stock VE has so many pluses and I don't really see any minuses with your setup. Certain setups would benifit from the DET bottom end but for you, I do not see any reason at all to do it. I guess you wouldn't have to tap the block, lol, but will have to do a headswap and run external oil lines.
is that attributed to just the 4CW crank and the compression ratio? or are there any other factors that come into play?