Type R and VTEC owners
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Same intake but different seller. I paid £375 delivered from AquaEagle. I also bought the J's manifold from him. I did know about the other for sale, but forgot to check it again and just went back to someone I'd bought from who I had no issues with.
Trip to TGM yesterday to have the following done:
The car has had a bit of a tappety noise when cold, after Tom did the clearances this has now gone. Tom was not impressed with the HEL lines, in terms of how they fit. He had to muck around for a bit in order to get them on and I'm in two minds about whether to change them for some other branded ones.
Will had a look underneath and suggested I get it undersealed and get the arches wax oiled. There's no rust, but they don't have much of a covering from the factory so I think I'll get it done at some point before the winter.
Will had to drill my boot lid in order for the new spoiler to go on, something I wasn't keen on watching! The spoiler itself is subtle but does have an acute angle, so it's exactly what I'm after.
- 81k service
- Fit HEL lines
- Fit boot spoiler
- Fit Jazz washer jets
- General health check
The car has had a bit of a tappety noise when cold, after Tom did the clearances this has now gone. Tom was not impressed with the HEL lines, in terms of how they fit. He had to muck around for a bit in order to get them on and I'm in two minds about whether to change them for some other branded ones.
Will had a look underneath and suggested I get it undersealed and get the arches wax oiled. There's no rust, but they don't have much of a covering from the factory so I think I'll get it done at some point before the winter.
Will had to drill my boot lid in order for the new spoiler to go on, something I wasn't keen on watching! The spoiler itself is subtle but does have an acute angle, so it's exactly what I'm after.
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I prefer the S2000, mainly because I'm bored of FWD. It's to the point now (much like my Evo was and why I sold it, bodywork issues aside) where it wasn't really a challenge to go fast down a fast road. I had my DC5 for three years, three fantastic years which ended prematurely by me writing it off. Hard to compared them really, one is a FWD coupe/hatch, the other is a non practical roadster.
I had considered another one as a winter car before I came to my senses.
As a side note, I drove my mates EP3 at the weekend, loads more torque lower down, the K20 feels much more responsive than the F20C, however I hated the lack of steering feel and the torque steer as the power comes in. RWD really is fantastic in that respect.
Yeah I've done a bit of research and I'm going to go along this route. Mase is great, but he's too busy I think so can't get updates to me quick enough.
Plus most of those cars are ten a penny, S2000's are getting rarer by the day.
Stop tempting me with Ohlins, pretty much set on some when my suspension dies.
From the description it sounds similar to my old one.
They're getting on now, you'll be hard pushed to find a perfect example. For the price you can't grumble.
From the description it sounds similar to my old one.
They're getting on now, you'll be hard pushed to find a perfect example. For the price you can't grumble.
I've not long picked up the car from Performance Autoworks. It was booked in for two jobs, firstly fit the newly acquired Mugen intake. A lot of closed box intakes for the S2000, including the Mugen, aim to take cold air from further forward than the OEM one, but to do this unfortunately a small bit has to be cut out of the bonnet. I had briefly thought about doing this myself, then I came to my senses and I booked it in for a professional to do. I'm very pleased with the results, the bit where it's been cut has been painted and made to look nice. I can only image what devastation I may have caused!
Fitted:
The cut on the bonnet:
I'm pleased with the sound, it's quite subtle until VTEC cuts in. One thing that annoyed me about the Gruppe M on my DC5 (and EP3's) is that it's very boomy at WOT at lower RPM. The mugen isn't, it's only a little louder than OEM. However when VTEC cuts in it turns into a nice subtle growl. I wanted a new intake because all of the noise was previously from the rear of the car (not surprising with a race manifold and Fujitsubo exhaust combined with the OEM intake) and this fits the bill nicely. If I had to complain about one thing, then I'd say it could do with being a touch louder, but it's early days yet.
Unfortunately, I've just uploaded a new base map so I'm stuck with part throttle only to datalog before I can start flooring it again. So far so good though, the car has a nice balanced sound to it. Although saying that I've only driven it with the roof down which increases exhaust noise a lot.
The kit was missing a fitting bracket, but a new one was made by Rich and the intake itself is solid under the bonnet.
The second job was to fit a spacer to the passenger side engine mount, in order to stop the J's Racing manifold touching the steering column when turning left. This seems to have cured it completely, so all in all a very productive day.
Fitted:
The cut on the bonnet:
I'm pleased with the sound, it's quite subtle until VTEC cuts in. One thing that annoyed me about the Gruppe M on my DC5 (and EP3's) is that it's very boomy at WOT at lower RPM. The mugen isn't, it's only a little louder than OEM. However when VTEC cuts in it turns into a nice subtle growl. I wanted a new intake because all of the noise was previously from the rear of the car (not surprising with a race manifold and Fujitsubo exhaust combined with the OEM intake) and this fits the bill nicely. If I had to complain about one thing, then I'd say it could do with being a touch louder, but it's early days yet.
Unfortunately, I've just uploaded a new base map so I'm stuck with part throttle only to datalog before I can start flooring it again. So far so good though, the car has a nice balanced sound to it. Although saying that I've only driven it with the roof down which increases exhaust noise a lot.
The kit was missing a fitting bracket, but a new one was made by Rich and the intake itself is solid under the bonnet.
The second job was to fit a spacer to the passenger side engine mount, in order to stop the J's Racing manifold touching the steering column when turning left. This seems to have cured it completely, so all in all a very productive day.