Category: Under the Hood

Honda Recall for 2006 and 2007 S2000 Brake Boosters

Many of you may already be aware, but in case you haven’t heard… American Honda has released a statement regarding the brake booster in 2006-2007 model year S2000s (and 2006 Acura RSXs).  According to hondanews.com, they will voluntarily recall 5,239 Honda S2000 vehicles from the 2006-2007 model years and 13,113 Acura RSX vehicles from the 2006 model […] More »

By: | August 18, 2013


Retorquing the Rear Axle Nuts, How-to and Why

One of the few yet common problems many S2000s face is the rear axle nuts not being tight enough from the factory.  Regardless of model year, if you hear a single pop or creak from the rear of the vehicle when changing direction from forward to backward and vice versa, the problem is likely wheel […] More »

By: | September 21, 2012


Demystifying the AP2 Drivetrain

Once or twice a year, since the AP2 came to market, I hear some S2000 owner or another talk about the issue of clutch slip and the clutch delay valve (CDV) in the AP2 S2000. As well, over the years, I continue to hear the same incorrect “facts” spouted off by those owners about the […] More »

By: | March 3, 2012



Jekyll and Slide

I used to loathe and despise stability control. Call it ESP, DSC, VSA, or any other acronym; I considered it to be a blight on the dynamic prowess of the vehicle and a hindrance to the development of real driving skills. From the moment I stepped from my non-ABS, non-traction controlled, two-pedals-and-an-emergency-brake 1996 Saturn into […] More »

By: | June 19, 2011


DIY Rebuilding your transmission

I searched all over and never did find a DIY for rebuilding an S2000 transmission, and I needed to rebuild mine so I decided to go for it and what follows is my attempt to document my rebuild with lessons learned (this is my first transmission rebuild) Hopefully it will be helpful to someone else […] More »

By: | December 2, 2010


DIY Valve retainer replacement with head in place

S2Ki has seen a lot of great info on cracked valve retainers, but there’s never been a comprehensive DIY for replacing them. Hopefully this DIY will save people from some of the exhaustive searching that I did.

By: | November 30, 2010


DIY How to replace Window Regulator/Motor

Original DIY write-up by clarkster009 This might not be a common problem, but it’s one that sucks all the same. You are driving along as usual, you roll up the window, and then POP! There is a loud sound and your window mysteriously starts going down. It’s likely (in my case at least) that the […] More »

By: | August 19, 2010



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