[Xorro]

I have the Alpine SC and believe me, installation was not easy!!

I was without the car for almost a week. The main problem is that the Alpine kit utilises the engine mount brackets, for mounting the pulleys on. And as engine mount brackets are never the same between cars, what was right for them, was not right for me. It cost me more than the kit cost to have the brackets machined, I also had to have the pulleys machined as the belts didn't run on them properly and recently I have had to have 'sides' put on the guide pulley, as it didn;t have any and wasn't doing a good job of guiding!

I'm not trying to put you off, but my s/c installation has been a real pita. Its great now that its running OK

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I am using stock internals etc. I know that other s/c users have upgraded the fuel pump, I haven't need to do this yet[/edit]


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Random,

I've had no joy getting any recompence(sp?) from Alpine. RGS who do all my work are out of pocket too - they recently had to put some 'sides' on the guide pulley, which they did FOC for me.

What was that about the power steering hose?

I have the Unichip fitted now, the car is definately running better, but I would like to get the Unichip fine tuned so that 'takes into account' all my other mods.
I'm actually getting torque steer in 1st and 2nd gear and if the roads are a bit wet I get wheel-hop in both those gears too! <img src=/images/forums/snitz/smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0>

Dano, the Alpine system might install OK on your tibby, it depends on what shape the engine mount brackets are.

The mad thing is that I cannot believe that Alpine are relying on those brackets when they are a part that can vary in shape from car to car!




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The South African tiburon and the UK are of a similar spec, including MAP/ECU etc.

I didn't mean that Hyundai deliberately made different mounting brackets, just that they are not manufactured as precisely as other car parts - therefore they often turn out slightly different.


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