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Right now I have a B14 with a SR20DE. All it has is a Intake, and cat-back. I would already like a big change in power for my car. To turbo my car would be a lot of money. So I am wondering if going from my DE to VE would give me that big change in power that I am looking for, and for a better price rather than turboing the engine I have now?
Any help, and advice would be appreciated. Also, if someone would give me like a rounded price of how much a VE engine would cost alone?
You will get more power from a DET. But I have a VE and LOVE it for my daily driven needs. I have an NX with a VE, and the power compared to my DE with bolt-ons is like black and white. VE FTW!
To install a VE into a B14 is quite easy,from what Im told.
I have a 390whp nx and a ve powered p10, i prefer the p10 for daily, although it really needs some mods to wake it up a bit, turbo is cool if you can keep it simple, but its just to tempting to turn the boost up, then it gets not as nice as a daily driver.
i prefer my ve over my de any day of the week. being worth it?? to make the de preform like a ve would cost you more than the ve would cost you alone. the ve is a screamer at higher rpms. running with my ve and a stock ve header just after doing the motor swap i took it for a test spin and forgot how much i spent on the whole thing.
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If power is what you are looking for go DE+T. For I have spent on my VE so far, I could have got a very nice 220-230 hp turbo set up and have money left for suspension mods.
With that said, If what you are looking for is the feel of a real race car reving to 9K, then go VE with cams, springs and headers. (stock is just ok).
Once those cams kick in it just rips to 8k. If you have only driven a de, with bolt-on's, you will be very happy with a ve.
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A VE won't really feel THAT much of an increase over the DE. Not in your b14. But you will run really strong. I had a VE with just a header and the power was impressive. But if you want to FEEL a huge difference the turbo will really make you giggle. VE swap is about 2500-3000 anyway if you really want to do it right.
I would still get the VE. Tons of fun and simplifies the engine bay nicely.
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A VE won't really feel THAT much of an increase over the DE. Not in your b14. But you will run really strong. I had a VE with just a header and the power was impressive. But if you want to FEEL a huge difference the turbo will really make you giggle. VE swap is about 2500-3000 anyway if you really want to do it right.
I would still get the VE. Tons of fun and simplifies the engine bay nicely.
So you say that the VE sawp is about 2500-3000. Then how much would just buying a DET cost me, or just turboing the engine I already have?
1400 plus shipping for a ve motor so most like 1700 shipped. you can swap everything over easily in your b14. even if you still have the money spend 1000$ get cams and springs. but do what i did if you haven't already get the small things first.
header- ssac 150shipped or if you have the money Power freak header- somewhere around a grand i think?
3" exhaust 400$
motor mounts 60$
msd 8969 80$
intake- ebay50$ custom 100$
Get a JWT computer too unless you can go Calum. You will need 7500rpms. I used the JWT program and had a few issues, but the DE computer will not work with the bigger injectors unless you get something to modify the air-fuel ratio.
A VE won't really feel THAT much of an increase over the DE. Not in your b14. But you will run really strong. I had a VE with just a header and the power was impressive. But if you want to FEEL a huge difference the turbo will really make you giggle. VE swap is about 2500-3000 anyway if you really want to do it right.
I would still get the VE. Tons of fun and simplifies the engine bay nicely.
what you talking about.. i got the heaviest car out there a 02 P11 and swapped a ve in it.. only change was crank and w/p pulley and a lightened flywheel and it pulls way harder than the rr motor and I still havent hooked up the big cam yet...
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