Mine is a late 2009 so it still has lead/copper bearings from factory. What did you do when your S2000 started knocking? Did it need a new engine/rebuild or were the shells being replaced enough?
Soooo anyway, all done. The bill was 2 grand which hurts quite a lot, but boy am I glad I took it in.
Two of my bearings were *absolutely* trashed (as in had gone completely through the copper layer to the steel backing plate) and weren't far from spinning, another 3 or 4 were very worn, 3 or 4 slightly worn and 6 or showed almost no wear. I got told to buy a lottery ticket because he said that he's seen bearings that have spun before that have had less wear than some of mine! And even more luckily, he measured the crank at the required places and found it to be absolutely fine. No scoring, no grinding, completely round still and within spec. As i've only owned the car for 10 months or so, this wear was clearly done by the previous owners and it was only due to my mechanical sympathy when warming it up that it didn't spin and write the engine off.
Anyway, new engine mounts in, new bearings in, new DCT pan/seal/oil and a wallet that is light as a feather. Also got a complete health check done and the rest of the car is absolutely spot on.
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Those pictures are probably going to frighten a few into getting theirs done.
. Remember that all S engines from that era rev high so are bound to be pushed.
