What would you do?

TSIturbocharged · Mar 2, 2012

I have the option of trading my 97 TSI mods 16g, 3in exhaust, greddy BOV, safc tuner tomorrow For a 1g motor swapped 95 4 door elantra running the stock 14b turbo, heres a link to it on CL 95 Hyundai Elantra Turbo. My car currently has 153k miles and a blown head gasket. This car runs i kinda dont want to but i like the idea this car runs and i have rode in it its pretty fast not as fast as the Talon tho. And the Talon looks alot better also haha. looking for some oppions thx.

PS. the Elantra doesnt look as clean as it does in the CL pics to my dismay.. Its got a decent sized dent on the hood, The hood is also flat black not glossy at all as it looks. and has rot on the wheel wells

Bud92gsx · Mar 2, 2012

It's also on 390cc 1g auto injectors.

1996tsitalon · Mar 2, 2012

i may be wrong but it says its a 1.8 which is a sohc right? but it looks like a 2.0 head?

TSIturbocharged · Mar 2, 2012

It says 1.8 DOHC. And Bud is that bad?

1996tsitalon · Mar 2, 2012

idk my 91 eclipse was a sohc 1.8 i thought thats all they came. maybe he put a 2.0 head on it.idk if thats possible or not, or it could have came with a 1.8 dohc.i didnt think so.thats why i was asking?

TSIturbocharged · Mar 2, 2012

ohh maybe im not sure either. It could have a 2g head it says it has many turbo eclipse parts.

Bud92gsx · Mar 2, 2012

No there is nothing wrong with 390 injectors.I have ran a 16g on 390's and had no problem.Could have been a freak of nature but who knows..

The bov is also vented.And it's on the hyndai ecu.

I honestly would replace the hg in the talon and keep it.Even tho the 150k milage.

TSIturbocharged · Mar 2, 2012

Yeah i am probly gonna keep the Talon. Its gonna be hard telling this guy no he wants it really bad haha. The Elantra has 130k on it. Tbh Im not really to experienced with DSM's ive grown up around muscle cars my whole Life does high mileage wear these engines out bad? Is it worth fixing this engine.. I bought my car with the Mods it has i can tell the main things done to it.. Ill take a pic of my Engine bay tomorrow.

PerfectStorm · Mar 2, 2012

I personally wouldn't do it, you know what's wrong with your vehicle and what you have to fix to get her on the road again. However, you don't know the extent of this new vehicle you're purchasing. It's obviously modified to the point where the posters above me are already questioning the integrity based off of an obvious factor. What else in lies this motor??? DSM's are frustrating at times however, you have the support of the forums, locals, and tried and true trial and error to help you where as with the hyundai you don't. Just my opinion good luck with everything and I hope you make the right decision for YOU!

1996tsitalon · Mar 2, 2012

So can u put a dohc on the 1.8? Or did the 1.8 come dohc? I was thinking they were only 1.8 was only sohc

TSIturbocharged · Mar 2, 2012

Yeah im not sure either thats not my Car haha.

WES_393 · Mar 2, 2012

There are two reasons your friend is so eager to trade cars.

1. Yours is twice the car his will ever hope to be.

2. He knows how easy repairing a headgasket can be.

Keep your Talon and fix the headgasket. You'll be much happier in the end.

synthetek · Mar 2, 2012

1996tsitalon said:
So can u put a dohc on the 1.8? Or did the 1.8 come dohc? I was thinking they were only 1.8 was only sohc

There are 1.8 dohc that came in Hyundai's, colts, mirages, etc..... 4g67 is the DOHC 1.8 4g37 is the SOHC 1.8

sciondan · Mar 2, 2012

Fix your car, the Hyundai probably more trouble than its worth.

talonawd97 · Mar 2, 2012

WES_393 said:
There are two reasons your friend is so eager to trade cars.

1. Yours is twice the car his will ever hope to be.

2. He knows how easy repairing a headgasket can be.

Keep your Talon and fix the headgasket. You'll be much happier in the end.

+1! Keep the Talon!

Gizmo63T · Mar 2, 2012

synthetek said:
There are 1.8 dohc that came in Hyundai's, colts, mirages, etc..... 4g67 is the DOHC 1.8 4g37 is the SOHC 1.8

Exactly. Euro Colts GTi came with that engine 4G67. They never came with turbo (4G67 is 1.8 N/A engine with 136hp)
This particular engine in Elantra is made by Hyundai (Mitsu licence). It is not so strong as Mitsu and has few hp less in stock mod.

8-10psi is alot if he didn't put down the compression.

I would fix Talon and enjoy it

I think it is not worth it.

marcman804 · Mar 2, 2012

Yeah keep your car, its not hard to fix the headgasket and its a lot cheaper than tracing behind someone else's stuff when you do run into a problem with that Hyundai... and i can gurantee you will run into a problem or problems.

sciondan said:
Fix your car, the Hyundai probably more trouble than its worth.

turbotom · Mar 2, 2012

I guess people think that I don't have a DSMTuners account, LOL

. So you all guys know I'm the owner of the red hyundai elantra . I have been playing with DSMs for 11 years now and over 30 DSMs buying/restoring, so I know what I am talking about. So the history on this car is that Yes!!! it's a 4g67 DOHC Mitsu and it's boost with a 14b with 390cc (450cc too rich) injectors and I did all my wiring myself. It's tuned with a SAFC with the stock hyundai ecu and at WOT it's at 11.2 with a AEM wideband. I been driving this car boosted for 2 years now with no problem. If you do some research the 4g67 is identical to the 4g63 minus the 1.8 has a smaller combustion chamber and smaller bore. If you bore the 1.8 to a 2.0 wit forge internals and a 2.0 head, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE!!!! Trust me I did A LOT!!! of research. A lot of the CSM guys (Colt Summit Mirage) use the 1.8 on 2.0 block to raise the compression to 8.1 and uses the head gasket as a 2.0. Also the Colt GT guys use the 4g67 head on the 4g61 block as a upgrade so to say the 4g67 won't hold up, is technically false!

I also build a 93 hyundai excel 4 door with a 4g63t swap that I did myself with no info on the swap.