2000 G4CP question

[jrstroh_96]

Hello All,
I have a question and from what i read on this site you are the guy's to ask. I grew up around detroit so I have been American muscle fan forever. Well I've opened my eye's a little I still love american iron. But I'm getting the boot from the Army for a bad spine after 10 years service. recently When I finally get the boot I'm going to NADC for collision repair. So 3 weeks ago I traded my step-son's 90 danger ranger for a 2000 Hyundai Elantra with a 2.0 G4CP motor. I was looking around for aftermarket parts. exhaust and cold air to improve performance and gas mpg. Well I ran into you guys. You all have me thinking this will be a great sleeper and something I can put my name on to get more business. But then again it's a elantra. I was reading that the 92-95 sonata and the 96-98 elantra had the same bottom end.

Ok here's the question would a 95-up twin cam head fit this bottom end. Dealer specs are 140 hp. I would like to get it to 250 or better but not insane. My lovely wife would take a crow bar to me if it her son got on it and hurt himself. I know the 2 motor are on different sides of the engine bay. I would have to make up motor mounts. But is the 2000 block the same to mount up the head off a DSM. I wont go a hyundai head because the dsm has better specs. Or would it be better to say f%@k it and just throw headers, cat-back, cold air and a chip and move on.

 

[Absit]

I'm not super familiar with your particular car, is your timing belt on the driver or passenger side?

Edit: Some google-fu shows it's on the passenger side - which makes sense. You can't use a 2G DSM head, but you should be able to use an Evo 4-9 head. You'll still likely have brittle internals, but it looks like the parts are more or less interchangeable.

 

[jrstroh_96]

It's the single over head car and the crankshaft pulley is on the passenger side . Like the non turbo dsm. I forgot to put in the other comment is I think from reading other forums this bottom end is the same as the 4G63 but i haven't found anything pin pointing it to my year yet.

 

[Absit]

My google-fu (and some threads on this site) suggests the G4CP is the same block as the 4G63.

See:
head swap

Like I said though, your engine is backwards from a DSM 4G63, you'd have to use an Evo 4-9 4G63.

 

[jrstroh_96]

Ok I thought it would, but the Evo 4-9 4G63? EVO and 4G63 i understand but 4-9. I haven't read that before damn i need to come out of carb years. I'll play with google and see what years have that motor thanks. This is going to be fun.

 

[Absit]

When they change they Evo they change the number, from Evo 1-10, current being 10.
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You need your parts from the more recent Evos because they had the backwards engine like your car has (compared to a DSM).

 

[jrstroh_96]

Now the ? is can the tranny hold? And what ECM will i have to run.

 

[Absit]

I can't really answer either question, but I can apply some logic.
The transmission is a crap-shoot, I have no idea what transmission you have.
The ECU, the stocker would probably work assuming your cam sensor doesn't have to be changed. Ideally you'd swing for a Evo 8/9 ECU anyway for the ability to flash them, but I don't know if they'd be plug and play or not, you may need the Evo harness then. I also don't know if you have an auto or manual, and if it's an auto I don't know if your ECU is also your TCU or if it's separate.

You should probably hit up an Elantra owners forum for the swap information, and use here or more likely an Evo forum for the actual engine info. There's not going to be anything DSM about your car really.

 

[jrstroh_96]

It has a auto and it has a tcm. and the elantra forums are useless. I asked a question on there 2 weeks ago and nothing. then the hyundai performance forum admin guy must be gone because I havent got the right to do anything on that site. Thats why I came here, if this engine is this close to a dsm you guy would know more than I do and thanks for teaching a old dog new tricks.