Head Swaps
02-22-2012, 10:17 PM
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Unless you have a set of spare engines for cheap to work on and then toss when it all goes horribly wrong, this is NOT something I would attempt. When you start talking about making external lines for water and oil circulation, I think it is safe to say you are no longer talking about compatible cylinder head/engine block combinations. And if your oiling system was failing you before, just wait until you start adding fittings and restrictions in the system before the oil can even reach the head!
To restate because it apparently needs restating: You can make more power than you can deal with, with a hyundai beta engine.
To restate because it apparently needs restating: You can make more power than you can deal with, with a hyundai beta engine.
02-22-2012, 10:18 PM
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The Sirius is a different family of engines, which are basically just the equivalent of the Mitsubishi 4G6 engines. The Beta is Hyundai's design, although sharing a lot of similarities with the 4G6 engines. As far as specifics on how difficult mounting a 4G63 head on a Beta block would be I can't be much help. I do know there are enough differences between the engines that I would be surprised if it only required a small amount of work.
I personally wouldn't be comfortable re-routing oil and coolant passages through hoses to connect between the block and head, but I don't see a reason why it couldn't work.
I personally wouldn't be comfortable re-routing oil and coolant passages through hoses to connect between the block and head, but I don't see a reason why it couldn't work.
02-28-2012, 06:50 PM
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The Sirius is a different family of engines, which are basically just the equivalent of the Mitsubishi 4G6 engines. The Beta is Hyundai's design, although sharing a lot of similarities with the 4G6 engines. As far as specifics on how difficult mounting a 4G63 head on a Beta block would be I can't be much help. I do know there are enough differences between the engines that I would be surprised if it only required a small amount of work.
I personally wouldn't be comfortable re-routing oil and coolant passages through hoses to connect between the block and head, but I don't see a reason why it couldn't work.
I personally wouldn't be comfortable re-routing oil and coolant passages through hoses to connect between the block and head, but I don't see a reason why it couldn't work.
Sorry I haven't posted in a while work's been crazy. Any ways I've ordered a couple different sets of head gaskets for comparison purposes. In the mean time while considering if its worth the trouble I've found a cheap 240 in dallas for a daily driver. I know the last part is Hyundai relevant but the 240 is RWD with super car potential.
08-22-2012, 02:37 AM
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Currently have a Beta 1 stripped to bare block, need to bug a friend and see if I can borrow his spare 4G63 head to squash or confirm this one.