A lot of people are going to flame you for this and tell you it'll cost far more. Chances are very good it will run you more but if you're ambitious, patient, and committed go for it. Just be forewarned that an AWD or a RWD swap hasn't be done on our cars before despite many trying. Have yet to hear of one even coming close. If you go for it best of luck.

Would love to see it done :3_bier:

 

a lot of people are going to flame you for this and tell you it'll cost far more. Chances are very good it will run you more but if you're ambitious, patient, and committed go for it. Just be forewarned that an awd or a rwd swap hasn't be done on our cars before despite many trying. Have yet to hear of one even coming close. If you go for it good luck.

shun the non believer!!!! Shun shuuun shuuunnnnnnnn-a!

 

Id say go for it. so get a motor. Make brackets. Decide of you want it to be rear wheel drive it awd and go from there. If its rear wheel drove you shouldn't have that much of a problem. Just making the tunnel for the drive shaft would be the worst. And for the rear maybe a raider rear since its a posi. You can run a stand alone system so you wouldnt have to mess with the wiring.

 

Except you will have to fabricate a new steering rack, front knuckles, possibly suspension bits like sway bars, ect. The list goes on.

I would be shocked if a shop could do that for 6 grand. Id be even more shocked if they could do it if that quoted price included parts. To the OP, dont waste your money. If you want to go for a setup like that, look onto getting another car.

I wont close this thread, but I am monitoring it...

Oh and if you put up a comment saying "but it would be cool and original!" you will be flamed heavily. I would never drop $6k for originality. If you want that, just go be hipster for a week.

Not trying to be rude, just simply saying. Thanks

 

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hurry! lock thread before :hitfan:

 

for 10k i know a shop that will put an ls1 in anything.

 

My very first post was exactly this, at the time i thought it was even a reasonable feasible goal. i now know that it would ruin the car,

The simple math involved in just making the car drivable let along jamming all that drive train in there and making it work is just not piratical even coming from the heart of a modder who dares to do the unthinkable just because i can

 

Anything is possible at the right price, in fact, being a fellow DSM owner, ive always thought about doing the same thing. Many people have done AWD conversions on Galants for about 3k on my DSM forum. So 6k would be a good price.

Ive seen so many custom cars, ive seen trucks with a 2JZ motor in it.Even a Integra with a Blown big block chevy motor in it and is RWD, Anything is possible.

A lot of custom fabrication will be needed, and a custom add on sub frame to hold the rear end, but again, anything is possible if you got the money.

If you got the money, then do it.

I also see your in my state, which city are you in? which shop will be doing the work?

 

That time of the year, again? :yawn:

Good luck. Post up pics of any progress made. You would be the first recreational modder (as opposed to the pros) to achieve AWD

 

Correction.... there are 2 awd tiburons 03-08 (one is 03 and the other 07)... and a couple of the earlier gen, but they are for rally though.

heres one of them

http://www.libraracing.com/rallycarrental.htm

 

Correction.... there are 2 awd tiburons (both 07's i believe)... they are for rally though

There were a few 03-04 models that were too that were in the x games suprisingly. I think I remember Gamz being invited to some big hyundai event where they reveiled the new 07-08 model rally edition. Ill look for the thread.

Found it:
http://www.newtiburon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112991&highlight=

 

There are those (they were professionall built by I don't remember which privateer team) and Hyundai ran a works team that ran a 2003 AWD turbo i4 Tib at the 2006 X-Games. It actually did pretty decently against the normal STi's and Evos.

Additionally, two AWD i4 03s were run by the same team in Rally America in the Pro class as well as one or two FWD i4 Tibs in the stock class. All were fairly successful. The program is long over though and the cars sold to privateers or collectors and will probably never be seen again. But again, there's never been an AWD Tib built by random tuners, the only successful builds were professionally done by racing teams.

EDIT: ninja'd

edit 2: a modified magazine editor ran one of the stock rally tibs and wrote an article:
http://www.modified.com/motorsports/0209scc_hyundai_tiburon_rally_car_review/

 

edit 2: a modified magazine editor ran one of the stock rally tibs and wrote an article:
http://www.modified.com/motorsports/0209scc_hyundai_tiburon_rally_car_review/

It says they used a stock engine and tranny? Does that mean it was still fwd?

 

Ah yes. Another one of these...

Good luck with your journey!

 

Yeah, that would be amazing. That car cleaned up in SCCA Pro Rally class. So who says Hyundai has no racing experience?
EDIT: You can buy it!
http://www.libraracing.com/rallycarsparts.htm
Only costs as much as a BMW M3...

 

We have takin a base model eclipse spider and converted to awd. It had the 2.4 in it. So we took it out grab a 2.0t. Cut up an old gsx for the.tunnel and other bits and pieces. Not saying it can't be done but it is a pain in the a**.

 

For sure. If it were to be attempted in a tib, i would recommend keeping the same engine and fitting a tranny and drivetrain from a santa fe that shares the same engine

 

On a side note, there are no AWD 4G63 engines.

There are however, 4G63T engines with AWD capability.

Here's my 12 years of DSM tuning knowledge... Get ready for some school.

A 4G63T will fit in the engine bay. You will need an engine from a 1G or 2G Eclipse GS-T. I recommend the 1G engine as the 6-bolt is way better than the crappy 2G 7-bolt. It is NOT similar in any way other than it's a I4. $7,000 is pushing it for this particular engine swap. The engine has to be mounted to the other side of the bay to get it to work.

How do I know? I've done it to a 2002 Eclipse, which does have a stock engine like the TIburon and mounts at the same points. The following picture is what the swap looks like when completed.

(2002 Eclipse with a 4G63T swap. Fully built block, ported, polished, cyro-treated parts. 32psi. 546whp.)

(Notice how the engine is now on the right side...)

The entire K-member and new mounting points had to be made. Custom axles, cv-joints and the works had to be found/made as the engine had to be mounted different changing all the clearance specs.

To put a built 1G DSM 4G63T into a 3G DSM that had a 4G64, cost with custom parts manufacture labor, was just under $10,000. If you do without all the bells and whistles of a fully built engine, I would guess about $8,000.

So, your shop is not too far off for a FWD to FWD swap. No way AWD is going to happen.

But what do I know, I'm a girl.

 

But what do I know, I'm a girl.

If thats true, marry me?

 

Regine is 110% correct.

 

1g= 6 bolt 2g= 7 bolt

 

Thanks, it's late and my fingers type what they want sometimes. Fixed!

It's a guy

Shhhhh!

 

I knew what you ment lol. Or take the 2.4l and slap the 2.0 head on it.

 

Now now mods lets stay on topic

 

It's been done before in previous gen Tiburon, so why not. I want to see some results otherwise it's just BS talk. It can be done anything can be done with time and fabrication.

 

wait till you have the 10K+ to drop into doing this and have sourced the parts and fabrication services first, then talk. we might believe you then.

 

Who cares how much it is, its just gonna be bad ass once its done so just do it!!!
Its your money not ours. Lol

 

What about this?
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/710414/1997-hyundai-tiburon

 

I was going to say EVO3 motor/driveline.... I think Hyundai used to use that back in the day as well.

BSE built an AWD turbo GK using Santa Fe parts , way back when. It was associated with that whole H.A.R.D./BSE nonsense that never came to be. Hyundai crushed the car.

I wouldn't attempt an AWD swap in one of these cars, but that's just me.

I'm glad someone remembers this car. Last we heard it was shipped to Korea...even though we were told it was being crushed. It was a 2.7l turbo AWD. It used the Sante Fe AWD platform.

It was pretty cool. I miss that car.

 

And it's like a girl, if it was easy, it wouldn't be worth it

 

that's a 99... completely different from the GK in every way. Nothing that is one way on the RD Tibs is the same way on a GK.

 

Theyre both cars....

 

4G63t Swapped 1994 Hyundai Excel
I love his valve cover! It's a plate that reads Vtec This with a middle finger haha

 

BSE built an AWD turbo GK using Santa Fe parts , way back when. It was associated with that whole H.A.R.D./BSE nonsense that never came to be. Hyundai crushed the car.

I wouldn't attempt an AWD swap in one of these cars, but that's just me.