ID this valve cover?

[noahwins]

Seller says he thinks it's for a 4G52 but isn't sure. Is it just me or does it look like the footprint is all wrong and it's too short, like it's for a 3 cylinder generator or something?

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[geezer101]

Definitely not a 4G52. It looks like it's off something like an early Mirage or Lancer...

[noahwins]

Would make for a nice piece of wall art then.

[Merrill]

Looks like a 4g15

[geezer101]

Looks like a 4g15

That's what I thought too. It's definitely off a belt driven engine and the only thing I could think of with a cover that small were the 2 Mitsubishis I mentioned in my earlier post.

[finalfighter]

it looks short to me even for a 4g15, might be that the picture is off somehow? it resembles the 4g15 cover with that bolt pattern. my guess, it came from an early carburated colt with a jet valves. or... it could be an extremely rare valve cover to a sirius dash 1.5l 3 valve motor that was only given to Executives for testing. (Just made this up to make it interesting btw).

hope it gets figured out.

[noahwins]

When did they stop using Cyclone branding? They used that on engines that didn't even have Cyclone technology.

[geezer101]

I think they used the Cyclone labelling on engines with jet valves as well. I did a google image search and this valve cover looks to be from a 4G13/15. Those engines look tiny compared to their big bro 4G5/4G6's.