Thread: Future of the WRX pwner

Ok so i got my motor out of my car, its everything from a bad shop horror story. Im looking for some feedback on my future plans for this car. I want to rebuild this motor myself and take my time and make sure everything is done to standards. That said I also dont wanna be without a ride this summer. Im thinking about getting a stock det to put in until i finish my motor, and finish getting parts for upgrading to a T3 size turbo. What do you guys think?

I would throw a jdm de in there for cost purposes.

I didnt think of that but yeah a DE would work, and just swap my turbo over and tap the block.

^^^^simple as that

or would be worth it to get a DET and part out later? Idk what t25 setups go for these days, I have a GTI-R setup currently so I dont know how much i could get back selling the t25.

shit man ve's are cheaper then de's these days, atleast from what i've seen.

its about a $200-300 difference for a ve then you have to have a way to run it. I am guessing the op already has the right stuff to run a de/det setup.

it depends where you get it, but the actual JDM de's are becoming more rare these days then the ve and atleast on ebay, the ve is cheaper.

there are some usdm motors from what i can tell though, an they are a tad cheaper then the ve's..

if i had to do it all over again i probably wouldn't have gone with the VE, but thats what i have to work with. been boosting for like 2 months now with no real issues.

I like the idea of having a VE, but it will be some day far down the road. I guess ill sleep on it, DE or DET.

jdm de's go for 500-600 and a ve goes for 750-950. I do agree it used to be cheaper to get de motors. I picked up my first jdm de for $200.