Evo head swap and manual transmission swap

[SwiftVR4]

Hey Guys,

I have not been on here in a while since I have been working on my Talon, but I wanted to give you 2.4 guys a heads up. We have a guy in our local dsm club with a 3g eclipse, that just converted his car to a manual and swapped the head with a Kia optima. The Kia Optima head is the same as the Evos and it bolted on with no problems. The car turboed using a Evo III 16G. So pretty much he has a 2.4 Evo motor with out the price of swapping motors.

Here is the link:

http://www.carolinadsm.com/forum/showthrea...21&page=1&pp=20

At the moment he is the only 3g eclipse that attempted this, meaning the head swap, and the car is running. The car will need to hit a dyno to get dialed in. Check it out!!!

-Brian

[theblackpearl]

sorry i didnt read all of the thread, how much did it run him to do this project?

[SkylineG1]

Damn.... hell of a job.

[DOHCstunr]

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wow wonder what kind of cams are in the kia version head?
wonder if its the same valvetrain?

you gotta love the turbo drop top

[SwiftVR4]

I am not sure off hand but I will try to get up with him this week and ask. He did had to purchase a Evo intake manifold which he got for about $340 off of ebay. He already had a turbo kit on the car and a Greddy Emanage. He plans on replacing it with a AEM EMS soon one he gets the car dialed as it is.

-Brian

[Cali]

intereseting...i see he had the same problem with the power steering line although i had a new one made and he ran it over the actual valve cover...

hmm i wonder how he got around the whole starter hitting the turbo problem?

[Stewi]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cali)</div><div class='quotemain'>intereseting...i see he had the same problem with the power steering line although i had a new one made and he ran it over the actual valve cover...

hmm i wonder how he got around the whole starter hitting the turbo problem?</div>

Noel, he is using either a 2g or EVO3 exhaust manifold and an EVO3 16g turbo, not the twin scroll.


Not to sound like an @$$HOLE, but there is no other way to put this. I saw that kids swap over on eclipseforums.com and club3g. That kid went thru all the trouble of getting a damn Kia head, just to save a few dollars, then had to spend extra money to get evo cams, evo cam gears and the like, why not just spend the money and buy the right parts. I cant stand people who will totally go for the absolute cheapest parts they can find, yet they are soo crucial to the overall operation of the motor. its like buying used pistons, its something you dont do. in the end he ended up having to buy the evo parts anyway.

[Cali]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stewi)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cali)</div><div class='quotemain'>intereseting...i see he had the same problem with the power steering line although i had a new one made and he ran it over the actual valve cover...

hmm i wonder how he got around the whole starter hitting the turbo problem?</div>

Noel, he is using either a 2g or EVO3 exhaust manifold and an EVO3 16g turbo, not the twin scroll.


Not to sound like an @$$HOLE, but there is no other way to put this. I saw that kids swap over on eclipseforums.com and club3g. That kid went thru all the trouble of getting a damn Kia head, just to save a few dollars, then had to spend extra money to get evo cams, evo cam gears and the like, why not just spend the money and buy the right parts. I cant stand people who will totally go for the absolute cheapest parts they can find, yet they are soo crucial to the overall operation of the motor. its like buying used pistons, its something you dont do. in the end he ended up having to buy the evo parts anyway.</div>

im curious to know how his engine mangement is holding up...

[g-ridda]

HOLY SHIT SOMEBODY IS ON TGC FROM NC SWIFT MAN HOLLA AT ME I REALL Y NEED SOME ENGINE WORK EVEN IF U CANT HIT ME UP ANYWAY IM TIRED OF BEING THE ONLY ONE WITH A DECENT G

AOL:CONCORDSKING
YAHOO:WHOSYOURKING2002

[Serstylz2]

A) He doesnt own a G
We have PMs for a reason
C) Don't type in Caps

[Phil]

huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?

[qnz]

stop black on black crime

[bronxbombr]

Edited by VM


Damn, mad hostility. You Newbs be getting carried away nowadays.
Are any of you Mods following the bullshit going on ova here.
I think Flames are in order.

[8G_GTZ]

yeah homie g dogg bitch. where my hoes at? get the fuck out of here g-ridda.

ooohhh I see a guy from California has gone through here, dude talk to me I have to. I see you do really cool stuff, talk to me. fag


Steve

[seth98esT]

Alright now......Back on topic!

[Joaltava]

Wow :shock:
Seeing things like this project makes me want to do my swap more and more.

[SwiftVR4]

Number one I do own a Galant, a 99 V6. Since I have my Talon on the road I decided to mod it instead because the bang for buck ratio is better. Also, I drag race on a regular basis so it keeps me busy. Also, as for the cheap comment if it gets the job done I do not see what he did wrong. Us DSM guys prefer to take the path less traveled. For all we know the internals of the Kia Optima head is the same as the Evo except for the cams. I get sick and tired of people bashing someone when they try something new. If people had your mind set there would be no aftermarket support for import cars in the US. We would be waiting 3 to six months for parts from over seas because vendors in the US would feel that carrying aftermarket parts for imports would be a waste and people should be modding domestics. To not sound sound like an asshole, you did. I'm done with my rant. To each is there own. If you are just going to bash on this thread them mods, please lock it. That was not my reason to post it over here. As for the Galant guy in Charlotte, PM me. There are a few G guys on the carolinadsm forum as well.

-Brian

[g-ridda]

pm sent SWIFT i appreciate it.


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ooohhh I see a guy from California has gone through here, dude talk to me I have to. I see you do really cool stuff, talk to me. fag Â*


Steve</div>

man shut the hell up no one was talkin to you and no one knows wut u talkin about u aint nothin to me boy.

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Damn, mad hostility. You Newbs be getting carried away nowadays. Â*
Are any of you Mods following the bullshit going on ova here. Â*
I think Flames are in order.</div>

i didnt get carried away i didnt say anything to that bitch and he disrespected me publicly he tellin me i should have pmed SWIFT he could have pmed me and been a lil more respectful than that he's not my damn daddy!!there wasnt anything wrong with what i posted before at all if there was please show me cus i dont see it