In reply to ProDarwin :
I know, I've read the same thing. There may be some part of the platform, though I don't know where, but look under the hood of a Veloster and a 14+ Forte. They're identical. Veloster CAI goes from the front of the engine bay to behind the motor. It's pretty long and it fit my car and all the bolts lined up perfectly. And the suspension I put on my Forte, listed for a Veloster. That doesn't leave a lot of room to fit the other platform in there.
In reply to Mr. Peabody :
I forgot you guys got the second gen Rondo. We got the first gen Rondo which was loosely off the old Optima platform with the 2.4LTheta and a bastardized Delta they called something else.
There is NO commonality between the 2000 and 2018 Elantra. 1996-2000 were tied to the first gen Tiburon and they carried 4 wheel macstruts and Beta engines (1.8 in the early cars, 2.0 in the later). 2001-2006 shared the same basic bones from the earlier cars and led to the GK Tiburon (2003-2009). The 2007-2011 elantra used macstrut front and an odd multilink rear. The 2012-up all used the same strut/torsion beam of the Forte (2010-up).
There are a lot of similarities from the first gen veloster and the first gen Forte. The veloster is a wider Accent/Rio platform with bigger brakes and 5-bolt hubs.
The first gen accent was an Excel is curvy bodywork. Second gen was a 4-wheel macstrut car from 2000-2006. The 07-11 went to strut/beam with the rear shocks outboard of the beam and really long. The 12-up accent/rio went to the Forte/veloster style inboard shocks that are really short. Veloster NA intakes fit the accent/Rio.
I didn't realize the second gen wasn't available there, they're quite popular here. I keep saying when they get cheap I'm going to get the 2.0 GDI/6spd manual, chop the roof off after the front seats and build a Kia Rondero
The two generations is why the platform is across almost 20 years.
I thought GM was bad for platform sharing but it seems that in any given generation, K/H only uses 2, maybe 3, platforms and sometimes mixes them together
In reply to Mr. Peabody :
that's pretty much all manufacturers. Honda has been doing it for eons as well. The Odyssey was an enlarged Accord.... which morphed into the Pilot/MDX/Ridgeline.
I keep saying when they get cheap I'm going to get the 2.0 GDI/6spd manual
I have a 2.0 6spd. It is a nasty, thrashy motor. It feels so wrong to rev it above 4k, like it could come apart at any second. It makes a Saturn 1.9l feel like a BMW 6.
Hopefully it's just the bad engine mounts.
Bob, how do you make the stock intake into a CAI? I wanted to do that on my car, but it wasnt super straightforward. I don't care so much about the power as much as the audible feedback. Wind noise can get bad in this toaster about 50 mph and it makes rev matching a bit more difficult.
In reply to ProDarwin :
Remove the resonator in the fender. Remove the snorkel behind the radiator. Depending on the vehicle you can either use the turn down through the frame rail or dryer hose to the lower box intake. One a couple cars I drilled/dremelled the opening larger. removing the resonator helps tremendously.
I remember the wife's 2.0GDI auto Koup. That engine rev'd fine to 6k and still made power. It was very reminiscent of the 2.4MPI Theta to me
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