Thread: FWD VE - RWD VET for s-chassis

467whp is more than adequate for what I want.

How reliable has it been? How long has it been running like that? If I can do the VET without going forged bottom end, then I'd probably lean that way...

Not that long he just got the motor together and beat the hell out of it on the Dyno and at the drag track.

Can you give me some specs as to what his list of modifications are to the motor? And what turbo he's using?

There are a lot of guys on here that will fight to the bitter death that a stock DET bottom end will make 400whp reliably. IF this is true than, you should be able to make 400 and be very reliable on the stock bottom end, since your using the VE head which flows so much better than a de. Your stock cams should be plenty good for this setup as well. So what I would do.

Stock RWD DET block
Stock VE head
Metal headgasket
Other necessary stuff to swap.
Decent turbo like a gt2871rs or a gt30-35r.
Stand alone.
If you want reliability tune it for like 400 whp.
If you want power see what you can do maxing the turbo out.
Ditch the fwd block idea because its a waste of time and you can sell that tranny adapter to someone.

Just my 2 cents.

For VE swap you'll need to custom make an intake (and most likely exhaust) manifold.

FYI: SR20DET block is good for over 500 WHP stock, no problem. Why the desire for something different?

I never got a clear answer about the coolant lines when I asked, so I can't help you there but I'm 95% sure you'll need to either route really long custom/whacky coolant lines or do some drilling and plugging on the block.

Good advice I think. This is probably what I will do. Aside from the better oil pump on the FWD VE, the DET bottom end should do it by the sound of it.



Yeah looked in detail at my n14 ve's coolant lines, and then at my ca18's lines, and the fwd setup is just too diferent from the rwd to consider it further. Gonna opt for the RWD block. Just a good rebuild with acl bearings and some balancing.

I'll use the VE runners with ram tubes and a custom plenum on the intake side. On the exhaust side I'll probably get a top mount DET manifold and just ream the bolt holes and port it out a bit.

There are a lot of good standalone's made in south africa, and they don't cost an arm and a leg.

Thanks for the input guys. Based on the strenth of the det bottom end I think I will do the vet build over the rb25 now.

You can make 400hp with a non ve RWD det. Why even bother with the head unless you want some monster power.


Spend all the money you would on a ve+t setup and make a reliable properly tuned DET setup. I understand people want to be different. Lets be honest though, not everyone that gets a DET has it running right. If your concerned with going with the crowd , well most of the crowd isn't doing it 100% right so you can be one of those that does.

It's not about the peak power but more the way the vet delivers the power. Not saying the det is bad. Guess part of it is being different. Let's see what happens. I may get the ve motor for a good price too, but if that deal falls through then I'd probably choose the rb over a det swap.

disagree big time here

i am not going ve to make any extra power at all, or to be different. There are many good reasons to choose the ve over the det

Stcok DET head bolts, GTiR pistons, DET rods. 60-1 Turbo he made the power @ 22psi from what they told me.