VE'ing a 24v

jjb3006

jjb3006

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A few days ago, a friend and I were throwing around the idea of adapting a VE pump onto a 24v engine. I was just thinking what anyone on here thinks about the idea, I do know that there are some of you who will shoot down the idea right away, but we were think that it would be something worth trying out for a number of reasons. As far as we know, nobody has done anything like this, the vp44 has a problem of not lasting as long as it should, and the VE pump seems to be a good pump. mechanical and not electronic, sounds like a good thing to me. It also seems as if it would be cheaper than P-pumping the engine as well. I am not doing this to try to make all sorts of power, although that would be nice to do, but what I am looking for here is some ideas of what might have to be done, what would need to be replaced, etc.

Thanks in advance for all your input.
 
Here's my input-It's great that you're trying to do something that most likely hasn't been done but...there might be a reasoon?

If it's what you want, then go for it. In my opinion I'd just go the route of P-pumping it.
 
ride42 said:
Here's my input-It's great that you're trying to do something that most likely hasn't been done but...there might be a reasoon?

If it's what you want, then go for it. In my opinion I'd just go the route of P-pumping it.
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That's what 99% will say.
 
ride42 said:
there might be a reason?
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It would take the same amount of work to VE one as it would to P-pump it. Exlcuding the added labor to make injection lines. The VE may make 450hp (12mm) on the old 12v's. I would think with the increased airflow of the 24V it would be able to grasp 500.

My understanding of the VEs is that they typically last 150000 miles. Though I have no experience to back that up, may be more, maybe less. There is a 14mm VE but, Id guess that it is less reliable than the 12.

Im all about having something nobody else has but, for 500 hp..........keep the VP. Or just P-pump it, the money would come out the same for both in the end.
 
I had asked this question several years ago elsewhere. From my understanding...the VE wouldn't produce the kind of pressures needed for the 24V injector nozzles. But that was about where I left it.

I don't know if that meant custom injectors were needed...or the HP just wouldn't be easy to come by.
 
I believe that from the little that I have looked into this, I would have to either take the injectors into a shop to have them set, if they would be able to, or I would have to have custom injectors made due to the differences in pop pressures required by the vp injectors and the ve injectors.
 
let me know if you do it, I was think of going that route myself insted of p pumping my truck for towing reasons. :bang
 
by the time you are done you will have the same money in a p pump swap. and you will have a lot more power when you want it
 
A 15mm head on a VE pump will make alot of power. x2 I'd like to see somthing different.
 
VE's have variable timing too. I guess I'm part of the 1% who would like to see this done.
 
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