One of my client's employees has abandoned a mid 2000s Hyundai Tiburon in his parking lot. He knows it's a stick shift and thinks it's a V6. Doesn't know for sure what year or why it was abandoned, but does know how to get ahold of the (ex)employee. He wants it out of his yard and thought I might be interested. It doesn't look bad from across the lot.
Do these have any real sporting potential?
For me it would depend on how much he wants for it.
In reply to paranoid_android74:
Knowing the type of people that work at particular establishment, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was a carton of cigarettes and an 8-ball, (assuming that there isn't an unpaid loan or lein on it).
Daughter had an 04 Tiburon GT. That's the one with the V6. Others had a 2L DOHC 4. Fun car. Hyundai's of that era were inexpensive for a reason. Dependable and quick enough but didn't have some of the performance enhancements that would make it a real nice car. Like limited slip, the V6 GT needed a limited slip with how easy it was to spin the front tires and torque steer it had. Aftermarket may have fixed that now. Daughter unwillingly traded it in on a Hyundai Tucson mom-mobile. She just had son #2 last week, son #1 is 3 1/2 now and getting close to grandpa toy spoiling age.
8 ball and pack of cigs sounds like too much
In reply to wlkelley3:
Is that the 2.7l V6 that is DOHC, but only has a single pulley for the timing belt? I've driven and worked on a few KIAs with that engine, and when they are freshly tuned up they run pretty nice, it seemed like that engine, with some tuning, in a lightish car with a manual gearbox wouldn't be half bad. OTOH, I didn't think about the torque steer. All the high performance FWDs that I've owned were SAAB c900s or 9000s, both very non torque steery cars.
HappyAndy wrote: In reply to paranoid_android74: Knowing the type of people that work at particular establishment, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was a carton of cigarettes and an 8-ball, (assuming that there isn't an unpaid loan or lein on it).
For that price I wouldn't give it any choice but to have potential!
All I can contribute is that the 2.0 car makes a spectacular ice racer for some reason.
In reply to HappyAndy: Believe it was. The one my daughter had was equipped with the 5-speed manual. Which probably magnified the torque steer.
It's a great car for a daughter. Not so much for sporting intentions. It's fat (3100lbs), made terrible power and that early 2.7 had a horrible power curve. The brakes were barely adequate because of the weight and if there's a sunroof, you'd better be under 6' unless you want to lay the seat back far. The 6-spd manual was crap. Or, I should say the clutch was crap. And crap may be putting it kindly. 5-spds were better vut not much.
BUT..... the suspension has possibilities, there were superchargers for the V6. Aftermarket made decent clutches for them and there were LSD's at one time for hte 6-spds. The brakes can be upgraded with off the shelf OE parts (XG350) and honestly, they are an attactive car. Basic maintenance will keep one on the road until the salt eats it in two as well.
Streetwiseguy wrote: All I can contribute is that the 2.0 car makes a spectacular ice racer for some reason.
The 2.0L car was the one to buy. Better trans/clutch, lighter (100 lbs) and the Beta II REALLY wakes up with a turbo because of it's cams.
I always see 2.0L cars and I've wondered if they're a compelling alternative to the Celica, which is its obvious inspiration. Seems like the ECU isn't well cracked because all the turbo kits I've seen come with a fuel controller.
Seen some real rust buckets, but I'm not sure if that's the owners getting them fixed poorly or if they are just bad for rust in general.
They sure like to advertise the "suspension by Porsche" on some of them too, so I bet they handle better than most cars in reverse.
I like Beta II's more the longer I'm around them. Easy to work on. Seem to last a long time. Wouldn't consider it more than a commuter though.
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