sr20vet?

[solotop186]

what if i were to take a sr20ve and put the sr20det header/ turbo and buy a front mount intercooler kit

would that make a better engine than a sr20det or would it for some reason be bad

[fugiot]

The compression ratio is too high in the SR20VE to do that safely. If you want turbo, get a DET. If you want N/A, get a VE. If you REALLY wanted to boost the VE, just be careful doing so. And remember that your transmission will need some work to handle the extra power.

[beige01pathfinder]

cant u buy a det motor and a vvl head? that would be the best bet since the compression ratio would be of a sr20de and the head off of a sr20ve. the buy one of those vetch silonoid switch and set it to kick in when u want..right?

[nismo_pilot]

missing the point here guys, the head of a ve will have different compression charecteristics than that of a det head, combustion chamber is different size, you could always go low comp pistons but thats another thing on your list

[fugiot]

Actually, that's not the problem when you swap the VE head. It's just a slightly different design and there is some drilling for oil feed lines required and some other stuff. Not really sure. You'd be better off getting a VE and turboing it after you put DE or DET pistons in it. But like I said, there's really no point unless you're looking for a turbo SR20 with more hp than torque. You can get the same results with a DET with JWT S3 cams which will give you turbo power and a peaky top-end.

[95VER]

There is a guy(Big Jon) on the sr20forum who did this and because the VE head is so much more effcient he was getting 238.8hp to the wheels with 7 psi. He is still running 11.8:1 compression ratio, and it's off a T25.