Ok folks, I am going to do a complete, in-depth write up of a DE/VE hybrid. Pistons, rods, headgasket, N1 manifold, all the tricks, bells and whistles. Surely no one cares, but I'd like for at least one person to follow this page and watch my parts and build up take place. And I'd rather it be other SR/VE owners, than my girlfriend that watches me jump up and down when my parts get here,
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First things first, pistons. Browsing a few sites, and doing a tad bit of research, I went ahead and ordered some pistons, VIA Greg Vogel at Mossy Performance (I plan to purchase about 80% of my parts through him, since he is one of few that can get VE parts...especially new).
Item # on the site is A2010-VV20V. OEM SR20VE piston, will find out exact compression ratio once I head to the machine shop in a few days. My guess is, around 10.5-10.7:1, possibly a touch higher.
Here's my list of things to buy:
Eagle Rods (Next on my list, will probably order tonight)
N1 Manifold Kit from Mossy
VVL Oil Pump Kit from Mossy
OE Bearings from Mossy
VE Rings from Mossy
VRS 3" Exhaust kit, or under rear crossmember (As seen in Members Rides section)
VVL Head gasket
SR16, or N1 cams (Undecided, due to price)
Port and Polished head
JWT valves springs and retainers
Custom Steel +/- 8* cam gears
Possibly oversized valves, still doing my research
May even add a little juice to her, once it's all said and done.
The list could go on, and I'm probably going to add to it. Once I get my block to the machine shop, I'll start taking in depth pictures of drilling and tapping the head, machining pistons/head for CR, etc.
Corey
