Thread: Water Pumps, 16VE vrs 20VE on a VET Build

As long as your cooling system is in good shape I see no problem with using the 16ve pump. What radiator are you running.

Currently I have a 55mm Thick fully alloy, However, it maybe not stay depending on clearance of the turbo and/or Manifold

lol, just pick a damn pump! use the 20ve one an larger pulley.. poof done.. its even if it did cavitate a little its not like its going to be at 8-9k for long periods of time, is it? if so use the 16ve with 20ve pulley, poof done. :P

..and a high flow thermostat.

Use any of the VE pumps. Youll be Ok. ..

Ideally, the regular VE pump is better for daily driving and sitting in traffic on hot days, while the N1 pump should perform better on a track car that regularly sees high RPM's for prolonged periods of time.
In reality, I doubt either one will make much of a noticeable difference over the other.

agree with matej
I am running ve pump on vet, with one 10" davis craig fan. I used to overheat on long drives (1.5hr highway , then in traffic , 32-35 deg c days), I installed the tridon ,I am sure they are billion, high flow thermostat (only $36) 30% more coolant flow, eliminating the need to use a cooler temperature thermostat, as well as an oil cooler and I haven't had an issue. However I will be fitting the other fan before summer.

Thanks for that, may just use the standard SR20VE Water pump.

Something i have noticed, My xtrail SR20VET Engine has a smaller water pully compared to the SR20VE P11 Pully. Which one should i use?

use the bigger one dork..

im running the standard sr20ve water pump and pulley on my setup dude, i have 0 issues.

i rans a 20ve pump on mine with a gspec pulley. never had an issue