m_davidson
New Member
Hi there.
First post so please take it easy on me.
I have an s15 spec S. As with every spec S owner, you eventually want to turbo it, whether that be DE+T or DET swap it (and yes, I am aware I could have just bought a spec R to start off with. Unfortunately budget limitations means this was not possible and a phased approach worked better).
With the cost of DET's becoming increasingly more expensive, the question I have is "does it make more sense to drill, tap the DE, turbo it and build the internals or does it make more sense to DET swap it".
The math doesn't appear to be far off.
I'm new to the S chassis and everything sr20, so please correct me if I say anything wrong, just please understand that the intention here is to start conversation and hopefully I'll learn along the way.
In years gone past, I would imagine everyone would have the immediate and simple answer of, "DET swap it. It will work out cheaper".
Today, I'm not sure the answer is as clear. You can most certainly turbo the DE including drilling and tapping (with the only real difference I can tell being from my research the lack of oil squirters and higher compression pistons vs DET) for quite a lot less than a DET swap. Then I would assume a build with middle of the road components could be done for a few thousand.
This same approach is often considered in the KA world from what I can gather from the guys in the US, whereby the cost of a SR20DET swap is so high that you can build the KA for cheaper.
What makes more sense and why?
From an inexperienced lense, the thought process is that I could probably build a DE+T to outperform a DET for a similar price to DET swapping it in the first place. Thoughts?
Thanks for the time to read this thread and thanks for any comments or guidance on this topic.
First post so please take it easy on me.
I have an s15 spec S. As with every spec S owner, you eventually want to turbo it, whether that be DE+T or DET swap it (and yes, I am aware I could have just bought a spec R to start off with. Unfortunately budget limitations means this was not possible and a phased approach worked better).
With the cost of DET's becoming increasingly more expensive, the question I have is "does it make more sense to drill, tap the DE, turbo it and build the internals or does it make more sense to DET swap it".
The math doesn't appear to be far off.
I'm new to the S chassis and everything sr20, so please correct me if I say anything wrong, just please understand that the intention here is to start conversation and hopefully I'll learn along the way.
In years gone past, I would imagine everyone would have the immediate and simple answer of, "DET swap it. It will work out cheaper".
Today, I'm not sure the answer is as clear. You can most certainly turbo the DE including drilling and tapping (with the only real difference I can tell being from my research the lack of oil squirters and higher compression pistons vs DET) for quite a lot less than a DET swap. Then I would assume a build with middle of the road components could be done for a few thousand.
This same approach is often considered in the KA world from what I can gather from the guys in the US, whereby the cost of a SR20DET swap is so high that you can build the KA for cheaper.
What makes more sense and why?
From an inexperienced lense, the thought process is that I could probably build a DE+T to outperform a DET for a similar price to DET swapping it in the first place. Thoughts?
Thanks for the time to read this thread and thanks for any comments or guidance on this topic.
