did wrc accents have beta engines or alphas?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HyundaiKitCoupe @ Oct 21 2009, 09:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>was the accent really stiffer? i thought the tiburon was marketed as the stiffest body of its class & lineup?</div>
All I can say is from personal experience as I don't have a fancy chassis flex machine or anything, but the floor pan on the LC/LC2 Accent is incredibly strong. Also, if you jack up a RD or a J2 behind the front wheels the chassis flexes enough that the door alignment is different. On one RD I jacked up you could visibly see it flexing as I jacked it up and the driver's side door wouldn't even close when it was up on jack stands, we had to leave it open. The Accents I've dealt with on the other hand do not flex or sag whatsoever.
Not even this Accent (busy_squirrel's) which has been beaten absolutely to death in it's lifetime:
A video of some of the typical abuse endured by this Accent.
Here's a comparison with me in my 4x4 Bronco which I think shows how rough conditions are.
If he was on now he could post pics of him beating it to death, airborne, etc.
Still today though it has no flex and no signs of the structure giving out, such as odd rattles, creaks, or clunks from the unibody structure.
The Accent is not almighty and has plenty of faults of it's own, but it's got a far stronger structure than any other small car I've been able to compare it to. The GK is almost as rigid, but all GK's I've worked on have all been treated pretty well and are still fairly new. I don't have any experience with WRX's or Evo's so they're probably as solid or better than the Accent I would assume.
All I can say is from personal experience as I don't have a fancy chassis flex machine or anything, but the floor pan on the LC/LC2 Accent is incredibly strong. Also, if you jack up a RD or a J2 behind the front wheels the chassis flexes enough that the door alignment is different. On one RD I jacked up you could visibly see it flexing as I jacked it up and the driver's side door wouldn't even close when it was up on jack stands, we had to leave it open. The Accents I've dealt with on the other hand do not flex or sag whatsoever.
Not even this Accent (busy_squirrel's) which has been beaten absolutely to death in it's lifetime:
A video of some of the typical abuse endured by this Accent.
Here's a comparison with me in my 4x4 Bronco which I think shows how rough conditions are.
If he was on now he could post pics of him beating it to death, airborne, etc.
Still today though it has no flex and no signs of the structure giving out, such as odd rattles, creaks, or clunks from the unibody structure.
The Accent is not almighty and has plenty of faults of it's own, but it's got a far stronger structure than any other small car I've been able to compare it to. The GK is almost as rigid, but all GK's I've worked on have all been treated pretty well and are still fairly new. I don't have any experience with WRX's or Evo's so they're probably as solid or better than the Accent I would assume.
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Uggg...this is hurting my head...ok here are the Specs on the Accent WRC EVO 3 wich was the last produced model: http://www.ultimatecarpage.net/car/1273/Hy...cent-WRC-3.html
Bottom line. It used an overbored beta engine with a COMPLEATLY different tranny. It had a similar design to the top ranking WRC cars of the time, the Subaru Imprezza STI and The Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII I believe. The RD prolly could have done good but they chose the boxy hatch back Accent instead. They did good. Beat Mitsubishi a few times overall but in the end it was money NOT the choice in car that lead them to pull out. I hope they go back and use the Accent again. I doubt it cause the new Accents look like eggs but then again so do the new STIs (whats the deal with that...a hatchback waggon type STI...eww...no thanks). Personaly I'm glad they choose the Accent over the RD or even later in 2003 the GK. It's the only pro racing Hyundai ever really used the Accent in and it's the pride of all Accent tuners everywhere...
Bottom line. It used an overbored beta engine with a COMPLEATLY different tranny. It had a similar design to the top ranking WRC cars of the time, the Subaru Imprezza STI and The Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII I believe. The RD prolly could have done good but they chose the boxy hatch back Accent instead. They did good. Beat Mitsubishi a few times overall but in the end it was money NOT the choice in car that lead them to pull out. I hope they go back and use the Accent again. I doubt it cause the new Accents look like eggs but then again so do the new STIs (whats the deal with that...a hatchback waggon type STI...eww...no thanks). Personaly I'm glad they choose the Accent over the RD or even later in 2003 the GK. It's the only pro racing Hyundai ever really used the Accent in and it's the pride of all Accent tuners everywhere...
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