Posts from ‘March, 2006’

Honda executives in Japan have stunned the automotive community with the declaration that 2006 will be the last year for the current S2000. The announcement was surprising coming from the usually tight lipped Honda brain-trust, and is most likely a response to Nissan’s recent announcement of the new Skyline GT-R. (Honda is aggressively pursuing a [...]

The next type of modification we’re going to address here is the use of forced induction to boost horsepower. While most owners are content with the rather spirited performance a stock S2000 offers with 240 HP, there are those for whom a 0-60 time of a little over 5 seconds just isn’t good enough. There [...]

Yesterday, March 26th, marked the date of the 4th annual Spugen BBQ known affectionately as “Exhaust’d 4.” This is one of the premiere S2000 gatherings anywhere in the world, and there were literally hundreds of S2k enthusiasts in attendance from all over the world. This was also perhaps the largest congregation of S2000s ever assembled [...]

In a bit of brilliant detective work, undercover agents in the state of Texas will begin infiltrating taverns and clubs to arrest individuals for being intoxicated. The announcement came this past Wednesday from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The first of these undercover operations was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents arrested 30 [...]

Earlier, we discussed different intake options to give your S2000 a bit more “vocal presence,” now it’s time to talk exhaust systems… There are a number of exhausts available, but we’ll just try to look at the different types and some of the more popular models available. There is a huge price range in these [...]

As reported here earlier, this past weekend was the start of the 2006 Honda Cup season. The place was Buttonwillow Raceway in Southern California. The cars were running configuration number one, a challenging 3 mile course featuring tight corners, high speed sweepers, esses, off camber switchbacks, and five different places where the cars get over [...]

One of the most common complaints new owners have about their S2000 is that it’s “too quiet.” The feeling seems to be that a sports car with this kind of performance ability should sound a bit more ferocious. There are a number of ways to add motor music to your S2k, but we’ll discuss the [...]

OK… perhaps that title is a bit misleading, but the UK contingent of S2ki spent a fun and informative day at the Honda Institute off the M25 near Heathrow airport west of London .   In a rare treat for an outsider, our own Ian (AquilaEagle) convinced Honda to stop all regular training activities and [...]

One of the first questions new S2000 owners ask themselves is whether or not to leave the car completely stock, or to modify/customize it to their own tastes. We’ll be doing a series of articles over the next few weeks about various different modifications available, but first we’d like to help you address the question [...]

 The 2006 SCCA Honda Cup Season kicked into full gear this past weekend at Buttonwillow Raceway in Southern California. With 2005’s most dominant driver out of the picture, the field is wide open. Saturday December 10, 2005: With only two races this weekend left to finish the season, S2000 driver/owner David Karner had built such [...]

 For those of you who may have been on a deserted island visiting the cast of Lost this past few weeks and therefore haven’t seen/heard the news, you may not understand the significance of those words. The rest of us know those words to be the second lamest excuse for a serious auto accident ever [...]

S2ki Vintage forum members are again hosting their annual “Get yer S out of the garage and drive it!” event. Spring Fling 2006 is now official!! The celebration will be held in the Watkins Glen area of NY, in the Finger Lakes region, June 9-11, 2006 and registration is already completely filled. (Sorry folks) The [...]

There seems to be much confusion on this subject, so we at S2ki, as a public service, would like to clear up this not-so-puzzling mystery once and for all. For all intents and purposes, most of what’s written also applies to the “performance” offerings from Subaru (the Sti) and to a lesser extent Mazda’s new [...]

Spring has nearly sprung and it’s time again for the S2KI community to awaken the dragon from his long winter sleep with the fourth annual “Wake the Dragon” run. For those of you not familiar with this particular stretch of US highway #129, here’s a bit of info: The Dragon is an 11 mile section [...]

March 12th is two days away, and the Formula One season will kick off this year with the Bahrain Grand Prix. (The Commonwealth Games in Australia causing the opener to be held elsewhere this time) The 5.4 km 12 turn Bahrain circuit is one of the most challenging in F1 and should provide an exciting [...]