Eric Hsu’s Beyond the Dyno With Genesis Information
Eric Hsu has posted some relavent information about the 2.0T motor and the driveline of the Genesis Coupe. He recently spoke to Gary at Design Craft and picked up some very useful information to dispel the rumors around the car. Among the information – the coupe uses a gear type (helical) rear LSD, not a [...]
AMS Performance to get Genesis Coupe
One of the employees at AMS Performance have purchased a Genesis Coupe. The official word from AMS, as sourced here from Genesis Owners is that fabrication and production of a full line of parts will be done for the car. In case you didn’t know, AMS has built one of the fastest Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions [...]
Cosworth, Vivid Racing Confirm 2.0T Theta Share Camshafts with 4B11
Vivid Racing and Cosworth over at genesisforums.org have supposedly confirmed that the Mitsubishi 4B11 and the Hyundai Theta engine used in the 2.0T share the same camshafts – this immediately opens up a whole new world of tuning options for the Theta 2.0T engine before it is even released in the US market! Click here to see the thread [...]
Seoulful Racing BOV Kit in the Works
Seoulful Racing has been doing a lot of importing and prototyping for the new Genesis Coupe and they have focused on the 2.0t model for a lot of their work. One of their latest developments is their new BOV kits for the 2.0t motor. Since the Siemens VDO ECU-II manages the airflow with a MAP [...]
Beyond Redline Disassembles 2.0T Motor With Pictures
Update 20090309: It seems we got some details wrong. Pointed out by JGP at the AutoBlog comments, and according to this article on Wikipedia, Hyundai was the company that did the initial design on the engine, who then provided the engine to Mitsubishi, who then modified the engine to their specs. Euclid at NASIOC [...]
Car and Driver Reviews 2.0T With Short Road Test
Its only a short drive, but Car and Driver has taken the 2.0T model out for a short drive. They like the feature list, and they compare the engine to the Mitsubishi 4B11. It also uses the Siemens VDO ECU-II for engine management, which is a fairly new and complex system. Click here for the [...]