I've got the 1.6L Alpha engine in my 2001 SE Coupe (one of the supposedly rarer ones with rear brake discs as standard fitment)

Anyhoo, I just received a K&N panel filter for the car via eBay and it's for the bloody Beta engines... the Alpha engined variant uses a Hyundai Accent panel filter...

So - I know a lot of you folks out there fit CAI and SRI kits and often junk the air boxes from your Beta engines...does anybody know if these air boxes will bolt into my Alpha engine bay so that I can use the K&N panel filter or will I just need to sell the filter and get the correct one instead?

It should certainly fit onto the mounting points in the engine bay - the inlet pipework might need a bit of cut and shut to mate up as it looks a little different to the Beta. Issues such as the Intake Air Temp probe sensor or the Mass Air Flow sensor (dunno what the Alpha uses, TBH) housing will also need to be surmounted.

Certainly do-able though, with a little work...

I was hoping just for a straight-forward bolt on job with perhaps a wee bit of effort but it sounds liek I'd be better off just getting the correct "Hyundai Accent" air filter for it...

I'm going to phone K&N tomorrow to see if they can do anything for me over the phone - emails basically tell me that should send it back to the eBay vendor for a refund, however, he has sent me the correct one according to their information and he doesn't have an Accent filter..

If I get no joy - there will be a K&N panel filter for sale in for sale forum