um if you have a 1.8 then you already have a beta swap. lol. Honestly it is the most worthwile swap for a Hyundai. I sooooo miss the betas power as compared to the 1.5l I have now. But gimme some time and this accent will be what the other one should have been.


welcome to the boards by the way!

 

is it possible that i found a 500 dollar car that runs and drives with the swap already done ?

 

bastard. Paid 500 for mine too, but it doesnt have the beta swap lol

 

Depends. Why do you think it has a 1.8l? Some swapped cars do go for pretty cheap so it's not impossible.

:welcome" to the site!

The Beta is not a joint venture between Hyundai Mitsubishi and Chrysler. That's the Theta, known also as the World Engine. It's available in 1.8, 2.0, and 2.4l displacements. The Sonata has a 2.4l version and the Genesis Coupe has a 2.0t version.

The Beta is loosely similar to the 4G63, but only loosely. Very very little is close enough to interchange.

Beta swaps do require minor fabrication, you have to fabricate a passenger side motor mount and slot the other mounts. The wiring varies depending on the year of the Accent, in early X3 Accents the ECU pinout is the same on the Beta I and Alpha so the Beta I ECU will plug into the Accent harness and run the engine. In LC and LC2 Accents the 1.6l ECU can be used to run the Beta II but the Beta II ECU can't be used without rewiring because the pinout is different. Compatibility in the MC Accent is unknown as far as I know.

 

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Lol guess I need to finalize some of my research, stop believing everything i read off cardomain and wiki, or just take notes from the ppl here.

wait... i COULD do all three, but that'd be kinda crazy!

 

I am here to help. smile.gif

 

well the casting on my block says rd18 and my step dad the guy i baught the car from said it had a 1.8 liter dohc motor but hey that is cool someone modded the car already part of the way for me lol the car didnt even cost 500 i traded it for a 32 inch flat screen hdtv lol i bought the tv for 300 lol new about a year ago

and 187sks man i love your car it is clean a seems fast from the vids i love autox and scca type events that is what i want to do with this car !!! we have all kinds of events out here in az

 

Thanks! It's not that fast, but it's a lot of fun.

You definitely have a 1.8l then. Nice to get it with the swap already done.

Autox is great and it'll be fun to try it out with the sway bar on it.

 

yeah i have some old honda stuff i am going to try and cross over to the hyundai lol like i have some front and rear strut tower bars short ram intake i really want to get a full cold air but i dont see them for sale

do you know where i can get one or what vehicle will be the closest to get one for that will work ?

 

You have a MAF so it'll be a bit of a hack job to do an intake no matter what. For the LC/LC2 Accents a CAI from a 99 Eclipse non-turbo fits fine. If you cut the intake and splice in the MAF it's probably the closest fit you're going to find.