jb988

Hey just wanted to share this not exactly sure where to put it. I visited my home town this week and made my rounds at the pick and pull yards and found this car. It was a 1990 Galant and had a 4g63 in it. Just thought it was cool and interesting

DSMolition

iTrader: (17)

That's not a 4g63. Its a 4G37.

jb988

The plate said 4g63

DSMolition

iTrader: (17)

I can assure you that it is not. That is the 1.8l that came in a lot of the base line dsm's gallants.

jb988

I don't understand why it would say the engine code then. I mean I know what I saw but thank you for the input

barneyb

The 4G63 valve cover back then was, except for the color, close to identical to the Evo valve cover.

jb988

It was just cool seeing it there. And then when we cleaned the plate off to make sure it just got cooler

superbovine

iTrader: (23)

You're right Op. That's an 88-91 era SOHC 4G63.

The valve cover is the same as the 1.8 4G37 which is likely what is eliciting confusion, however that engine was not used in that Galant. The 4G37 that looks like that was in the Eclipse base model.

Absolutely 100% 4G63 in the pic.

jb988

Thanks for the clarrification. I've never seen a 4g63 in person other than that one.

CurseDSM

iTrader: (3)

Only way it would have been a 4g63 is if it was a vr4 and like the others said its the 1.8.

jb988

It's a 4g63. Don't forget this post isn't to find out what engine it was. I know I saw it. But thanks for the input. This post is just to share something interesting I found in person if I might add.

superbovine

iTrader: (23)

It amazes me how people who have never seen something before can be such experts. Evo/Eclipse people have a hard time understanding that the 4G63 did not always have a twin cam and existed long before them.
The 89-91 era used in the Galant looked like above with the 1,8 valve cover design (as did the early 80's 4G63s), the ~92-ish up had a valve cover like the 4G64, and of course the twin cam that everyone here is familiar with has the Eclipse style valve cover used in the VR4.
Don't sweat the peanut gallery jb988, this place is full of know it alls .

CurseDSM

iTrader: (3)

funny you say that being i have owed all year models of dsms from 90 to 92 which is the one i have currently and all the valve covers have been the same. I have seen my share of 1.8 liter cars too being working on them or helping others with theirs. I know the difference in appearance. And the only gallant that came with the 4g engine was the vr4. Regardless of how this argument goes cool find. Not many gallants are still around and have always been cool

jb988

Yeah i guess even more rare since it has a 4g63. A quick wiki. Can help answer your doubts thanks for the bumps though

superbovine

iTrader: (23)

Just google "sohc 4g63" and you will find tons of them. They were used in Cordias, Tredias, the big box truck Mitsubishis, and yes Galants too so it looks like you have more cars to buy to have owned them all . Regardless, that Galant (era, US market) never came with a 4G37 anyway either. The 88-92 only came with SOHC 4G63, DOHC 4G63 and DOHC 4G63T (VR4 model). That is it for US market.

As far as knowing the difference by appearance... then you should know there a few obvious differences in the picture.
-The 4G37 does not have the air baffle the 4G63 has that is clearly visible in the picture.
-The 4G37 had the cooling system cap mounted on the water neck in all years, the SOHC 4G63 had the cooling system cap mounted on the radiator.
-The 4G37 valve cover has the oil cap mounted in between the two hold-down nuts; the SOHC 4G63 has the oil cap mounted fully in the corner outside of the hold down nuts.

There is probably more, but I think the point is made.