Born in Korea, 850 hp bred by way of the U.S. and Japan
It belts out nearly 750 whp
before the nitrous switch is even flipped on... Its bodywork was crafted
by Kei Miura of Rocket Bunny fame... It cinched loads of accolades at
the '14 SEMA show—we recognized it as one of the best of the best...
And, it comes from Korea... Say what?!
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| Btr 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Remake Fender Flares
Tuning firm Blood Type Racing
(BTR) is situated some 6,500 miles from Seoul in the heartland that is
the greater Chicago area, but is more in tune with what it takes to make
the South Korean carmaker's Genesis coupe something even more special
than just about anybody this side of Hyundai is capable of.
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| Designed by Kei Miura himself, the REMAKE widebody kit
takes very obvious cues from his Rocket Bunny line.
Generating Supra-like
horsepower from a platform so little explored, like Hyundai's 2.0L
factory-boosted four-cylinder, is as hard as you'd think. But the
principles of compressing a whole bunch of air and fuel and doing
important things with all of that will never change. That's why BTR
looked not to the sovereign state of Korea for whatever wares it needed
to make the Genesis better, but Japan, and then back to the U.S. It's
both of those places where BTR Marketing Director Sam Lee says all of
the internals were sourced that'd allow the all-aluminum long-block to
more than quadruple its power rating when on the squeeze.
If you fancy yourself smart,
right about now you might be thinking about how Hyundai's twin-cam Theta
engine is pretty much the same thing as what's underneath the hood of
Mitsubishi's Evo X. It isn't. Although the two engines share all sorts
of pieces and the whole shebang was a joint effort between the two
carmakers, Hyundai's version falls short in a couple of ways, the most
obvious of which is its open-deck design.
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| Btr 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Theta Engine
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| With 850 whp using nitrous, this Genesis is the most
power 2.0T to date. It also utilizes the factory ECU.
It is '15, though, which means
getting a hold of somebody at Darton and ordering up a set of its
ductile-iron cylinders is easy—all of sudden making those floating
cylinders not so big of a deal. Sourcing the right pistons from CP and
big-power-capable connecting rods from Brian Crower wasn't any harder.
Which is exactly what the technicians at BTR did before fitting the
engine with the twin-scroll Precision turbo that hangs off the cylinder
head by means of an Intense Power manifold.
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| Btr 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Remake Widebody Kit
Generating 750 whp from only
four holes' worth of combustion typically means there's more going on
than just strapping a big honkin' turbo into place. Here, GSC cams were
fitted inside of the head along with stiffer TOMEI valvesprings and
bigger valves from Brian Crower. The whole idea is to let more air past
the valve seats and, ultimately, into the combustion chambers.
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| Using Japanese parts was a key factor to this build, hence the 19" staggered Work wheels.
BTR's Genesis is more than
just a burly forced-induced powerhouse two times over, though. Every
facet of the car has been massaged, from the suspension and chassis, to
the interior, and to the exterior that's been gone over by Japanese aero
specialist Miura of TRA Kyoto, resulting in the first Rocket
Bunny-style widebody kit for the Genesis. Since BTR debuted its car, the
aero kit has since been made available to the public under Miura's new
brand, REMAKE.
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| Btr 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Remake Front Lip
So even if you aren't a fan of
Hyundai and its rear-wheel-drive two-door, it's hard not appreciate
Miura's craftsmanship, or the 19" Work wheels within the fender flares,
or the fact that this boosted four-cylinder can pump out 850 whp with
nitrous on.
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| Turbo so big, think I can fit my head in there...
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| Btr 2014 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Sw 390 Steering Wheel
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