Thread: De-ve Or Just Ve

Yes.. so all your doing is loosing p2v clearence.. and remain the same cr

VE head swap would be missing the better ve oil pump, oil squirters, and the valve reliefs. Like they said you wouldbt be able to upgrade cams or use adjustable cam gears.

VE +T - Charles told me a stock VE motor with a GT30R at 15psi has a better chance of lasting than a T25 setup at 15psi, because of the backpressure change and thus different thermal dynamic loads on the motor. VE has the valve reliefs, oil squirters, and higher flowing oil pump. I heard the VE motor doesnt remove heat as well, and should use an oil cooler. I think DET's come stock with an oil cooler. Im not a turbo freak, but the VE head flows alot better then the DE head so you would need a better flowing turbo with VE. Like if you run a t25 on a VE your restricting the exhaust flow and building back pressure making the motor run hotter. Putting more pressure on the internals, and probably making the coolant system run hotter when you get into boost.

I think you want to be read up, and make sure you do it right. A det block would give you some room to work cuz its built from the factory to be boosted.

Not to mention the ve has better cooling of the combustion chamber to help keep detnation down. Yeah a lot of pl fail to realize that the larger turbos are much safer and at the same time a lot more efficient and make better power.... win/win

OK i plan on runing my t3 turbo that i have now. i know that the de can support around 350hp boosted safely. what if i use the det block with a thicker gasket would i be able to run the ve head with bigger cams or no?

strangely, my ve + t25 runs cooler since the turbo.. hard to believe i know

could i also just swap over the valve covers on to a de-t or would that cause problems?

We are talking cyl pressure and egts not coolant temps

this is what i was refering to

are you going off the stock gauge cause that thing sucks the big ol donkey weiner

Im just saying if your building alot of exhaust back pressure and not able to flow them out, then that heat has to go somewhere.