I got into the Coupe's engine compartment a bit today. Steve and Rich took a lot of pictures that Rich will be editing and posting up tomorrow. LOTS of interesting things under the hood.

Fuel system is a returnless style but has a removable plug on the end that could possibly make it adaptable to a return style system with a boost compensating fuel pressure regulator.

The intake manifold is quite odd. It appears that there is a vacuum reservoir built into it.

The BOV is installed in the compressor housing (like an SRT-4) and is connected to the vac reservoir which allows the ECU to open it even under boost. When we had the car on the dyno Sunday, we found the boost limit at around 18.5 psi but it was not a hard cut like we normally see (when fuel injectors are shut off) but rather a soft cut like the BOV was being opened. Our engineering department took measurements for a CNC block off plate!!

The intake tube has a large restrictive metal muffler installed in the middle of it. If I remember correctly, it necks the inlet down to around 2" in that spot. The good thing is that it is easily replaced with a piece of tubing. I am not sure if you will see HP gains from deleting this on a stock car, but it will eventually be a restriction as mods progress. The intake also has a large capped off bung on it that looks as if it was designed for a recirculating BOV. I have already noticed oil in the intake tube. I have 200 miles on the car. A catch can for the PCV system will certainly be needed to prevent oil from coating the inside of the IC piping and intercooler.

The air filter box and ducting to it seem to be very nice pieces. Air enters the upper grill opening in the bumper and flows through slots on the radiator block off plate to the inlet of the snorkel for the air box. We will do some testing, but I think that the factory setup should be just fine for most applications.

The compressor wheel on the turbo is actually bigger than I had anticipated. It will be interesting to see what the turbine side looks like. It will also be interesting to see what kind of HP we can get out of the factory turbo before we upgrade it.

Intercooler piping is thick wall aluminum. ID is approximately 1 3/4" on the hot side pipe I measured. An upgrade will be needed here for sure.

I am sure there are other things I am forgetting but I will have to review the pictures tomorrow.

 

I think that Eric has already contacted you guys regarding the Coupe.

 

I van i love your cray *** better be a sick ride in the end!

 

Thanks.

 

I sure wish there was something that could be done to keep that 10 year warranty from Hyundai!

 

Do you see any major issue? "Like Axles,Diff or trans not being able to hold the power"

 

other then axles thickness they wouldnt be able to tell this without either A) beating the **** out of the car till it broke or B) opening the components up to take a look at the gearsets

 

but nonetheless a valid inquiry by nochance

 

Pretty car.

ROAD/RACE

 

cant wait. going to go look at one tomm.

 

Axles are 1.100" They look beefy.

 

lets see some figures guys....93 octane, open exhaust, boost controller , aem fic something good i need to make sure i am making the right decision getting my X this weekend lol

 

Ivan, did you pay cash or finance the car? Just curious as to what kind of financing rates they're offering for the car!

 

And kids listen up......


since we are dealing with Hyundai here the company has this deal where if you get laid off or somehow lose your job in this horrible economy, you can return your car to the dealership w/o any penalties..lol

return it after you trash on it lol

 

Despite what people may think, nobody is getting rich at AMS. We are all struggling to make ends meet and spend our disposable funds wisely.

I am not sure what Hyundai is offering for rates. I financed through my bank.

Anybody want to buy a sweet 97 Nissan 240sx to help me get this Gen Coupe paid down? LOL...