S2000 owners thread. 9,000rpm of goodness in here.

[kinger8938]

get on with it, you've been talking about it for a year

Ha yep!

Longer almost gone for an s2000 before too. Before the MX5.

 

[kinger8938]

Regarding the "UK Exhaust mod" is there a go to guide? We have full welding fabrication facilities at work, do lots of car related items and so on. If it's just a case of cutting/welding a pipe etc I'm sure our guys could have a go at no cost (to me )

Does it still pass MOT with this?

 

[grudas]

Regarding the "UK Exhaust mod" is there a go to guide? We have full welding fabrication facilities at work, do lots of car related items and so on. If it's just a case of cutting/welding a pipe etc I'm sure our guys could have a go at no cost (to me )

Does it still pass MOT with this?

yeah no issues with MOT. All it does is bypass some internal piping.. I have a stock system with that mod and it's MEH.

not even the volume, the tone of the sound is boring.

 

[Rilot]

It depends on how the mod is done. Larger bypass pipe and different angles produces different sounds.

Excuse my MSPaint skills.

 

[Rilot]

I just replaced the timing chain tensioner this evening. There were no rattles or anything but it looked original and with 60k and 19 years on it, I figured it's probably worth doing.
Took me 10 minutes.

 

[Rilot]

Dropped the S off for a gearbox flush and refill this morning. They are going to do the diff as well.
No issues but I can't see from the mountain of paperwork I have with the car that it's ever been done, so better to be safe.

 

[Michael Myers]

mine went through an MOT yesterday, no issues to report other than forgetting to top up the washer fluid, annoying is its the only mark down the car has had in its history.

 

[DBT85]

Finally booked in to see Raymond in Swansea for a new lid. End of Sept so plenty of time to sort some other bits out first. £450 now.

 

[grudas]

Spent some time being a careful lady owner at Goodwood this Saturday. Car performed without issues. Drove it there and back.







Here’s a YouTube short of some flybys, not sure where else to upload them.

 

[kinger8938]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405270129608

This one looks pretty good, good mileage etc.

Massive gap in MOT due to storing for like 10 years, same with servicing. Which Is pretty off putting, I think I'd prefer more miles and used more frequently. By the picture of the history, it looks like it was last done in 2013

Going to view the other one I posted, either Wednesday or Thursday this week

 

[ChrisD.]

Still annoys me when people refer to it as an AP2, that was US market only.

 

[grudas]

Still annoys me when people refer to it as an AP2, that was US market only.

Grinds my gears

 

[kinger8938]

Was there any difference over there? Or literally the same but they named it the AP2 (TBH if so.. it does make sense) but yeah annoys me too that UK ads use the terminology

 

[Rilot]

US AP2 is a 2.2 with an 8k RPM red line. The Yanks couldn't cope with the lack of torque from the F20C.

 

[grudas]

US AP2 is a 2.2 with an 8k RPM red line. The Yanks couldn't cope with the lack of torque from the F20C.

if you drive it properly like Honda designed it’s perfectly fine but people in USA seem to be unable to cope with revving their cars out lol

 

[kinger8938]

Seeing the S2000 in the morn! 3 hour drive so leaving at 5am-ish

Advertising my MX5 Now!

 

[Rilot]

Hopefully it's a goodun.

 

[Michael Myers]

good luck! about time you got one.

 

[kinger8938]

good luck! about time you got one.

It will be the 2nd one I've viewed, and the last one was not good. So I have high hopes

Thing is it's 3 hrs away, if it's the one, I'd probably want to take it home instead of doing the trip again but I think he has yet to get the service done at honda.

Could discuss getting that done myself if we can come to an agreement. I got a quote from honda for a service in case

 

[kinger8938]

Got the car!

I now, finally, have an S2000!

That gear box