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Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:19 pm
Hey Guys. So my 2002 Supercharged X has a bad motor. Spun a bearing and it smoking pretty bad too. I have started to look for a used VG33ER but is really hard to find a good one. So I figured it makes most sense to drop in a good and available VG33E motor. The question is what are the differences? I know the VG33E has higher compression but other than that will it bolt up? We won't need to worry about the ECU, Injectors, Pump, etc as it is already a SC. Just need a good block. My idea was to use a thicker head gasket to reduce compression (if one exists) or a custom larger pulley for the SC to decrease the boost? Has any one done this transplant before? I have found many threads about converting the regular 3.3 to SC but not the other way around. Do you think I need to even bother with lowering the compression? She will have more power but worry about stressing it. Hope I can make this work as finding a VG33ER in my area is very hard.