Originally Posted by
BenFenner 
The problem exists with any pulley. It's not the pulley that is the problem, it is the spacer.
It is still a good idea to run a VE oil pump on a DE. It is still a good idea to run a G-Spec crank pulley on a DE. The spacer's original purpose was to allow those with DE's to run Greg's VE pulley (probably so he could save himself the effort of making two different pullies). This way his VE pulley because universal.
It's all still a good idea.
Just make sure that if you run a VE oil pump that you make sure you do it right. That's always meant getting a VE crank pulley (or equivalent aluminum pulley) and either the longer VE oil pump drive, or a spacer for your DE oil pump drive. It just means that you have to make sure if you don't buy the G-Spec kit, and piece it together yourself using the G-Spec spacer, that you get a spacer that's been modified. Greg knows about the problem and isn't selling the old spacers anymore, so there shouldn't a problem there. If for some reason you come across an old spacer, or are thinking about making your own, just make sure you make it so it matches the shape of the oil pump drive. If it doesn't, when you tighten down the crank bolt, it pushes the pulley and spacer into the oil pump ruining it. This is because the VE oil pump is maybe 10mm deeper than the DE oil pump. It sticks out farther and gets crushed by the spacer.
It will all be clear and make a lot more sense once I get some pictures I have hosted. Maybe wait for that. =/
Again, it's not a bad idea to do the VE oil pump, or anything like that. We just need to make sure we avoid this minor problem that at least two of us have ran into.
^Well I talked to you about this before. I planned on buying the VE kit that comes with everything (NEW AND IMPROVED
spacer/oil pump drive which ever people want to call it) the GSpec crank pulley to put on my DE block. $500 for a JDM DE + $350 for a zero mileage VE oil pump still comes out less expensive than VE, but I want get the better VE head. I'll just have a worked highport head with my S4's to do the trick.
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