Thought Id throw together a post for my progress of my car.

I have owned 4 S2000's and my GPW has by far been my favorite and the most heavily modded S2K I have owned.

Clutch Install

Here we go...



Intake removed, Unbolting the AC, loosening the Alternator, Disconnecting Sensors.. Lots to do before you can even think about touching the tranny...



Mugen Header being removed... Careful Brandon!



Mugen Header Removed... Dont worry I kept it in a safe spot!



Getting the Custom Mugen Sub Frame Jack™ ready...



No pictures of us lowering the Sub Frame bolts but these things are huge! we had to lower them 3 inches to drop the whole motor and tranny... scary stuff to see for the first time!

Motor Dropped 3 inches...



Removing the center counsel and shifter.. got to really lube the shifter sucker up when it went back it!



Get the tranny jack in place!



Stock Clutch and Fly Wheel



New Clutch and Fly Wheel waiting to be installed....



Custom made Nik Stig and Mugen spec Clutch Alignment tool! Not sold in stores!



Everything installed waiting to be put back together...



Getting the tranny bolted down...



Time to
Reinstall the Drive Shaft with new bolts! (Thx for letting me know I need new ones)
Jack the sub frame backup, torque all the bolts to the correct spec.
Reconnect all the tranny sensors
Reinstall headers, Intake, Headers, Test Pipe
Bolt down the AC, Alternator

Motor back to normal height



Everything went back together with no issues, Brandon wanted to test the clutch while the car was jacked up in the air, So I hopped in and turned it on, had an EPS engine light on (forgot to hook up one sensor) I go to let the clutch out and the car starts to stutter... I am thinking in my head that something is ****ed up and he is looking at me like something is wrong... Find out I left the E Brake on (my bad) I guess that's what happens when you don't drive your S for 24 hours...

Go out drive it around and it feels great, Stock pedal feel but its a pretty intense engagement. Definitely and all or nothing kind of clutch, It will take some time to get use to but I could tell right away I really enjoyed it. The lighter Flywheel makes a huge difference in how fast the car revs up and down now.

Came back and bled the clutch and installed the SOS steel clutch line.



All said and done really glad I got to do this job myself. I learned so much about my car and I feel much more confident wrenching on it.

Big Thanks to:
Brandon, Without you I would have been lost for a long time looking at my computer and the manual on how to do this!

The Watkins family, Thank you for all your help and workspace and tools. PS I love your Jack Stands...


And

Science of Speed --> Thanks for the Clutch, Flywheel, Hood Dampeners. Really looking forward to installing the SC very soon!

 

**SPOT SAVED FOR SC INSTALL**

 

Sexy! Whens the SC goin on, I wanna get in on it.

 

Looks good! Im really excited to see how this turns out!

 

Soon, I have to get a day or two off work to get the tune done right away after I install. Hopefully by the end of the month.

I would have invited a bunch of people over to come hang out for this meet but I didn't want to over step my boundaries by inviting a bunch of the S2K guys over to my friends house.

 

Good job guys!

 

Nice job, what FW did you go with? Video of the revs?

 

Good job. Interested in driving your car with the flywheel!

How many hours did the job take? Any snags? Awesome that you did this yourself!

 

Nice work as usual fellas. Can't wait for you guys to catch up on the boost wagon Let me know the next time you are going to do something like this, I would have loved to learn more about the car. One black guy can't be too bad right??? LOL, nah jk. Let me know when you and Brandon will be doing your SC/Turbo installs. Hopefully I will see you guys tonight at the meet.

- Nick

 

I went with the Competition Clutch Lightweight Flywheel from SOS.

http://www.scienceofspeed.com/products/dri...orged_flywheel/

It weighs 11.5 pounds according to the site, I think both Brandon and I will agree it felt more like 20 pounds and my stock Flywheel felt like 40 pounds LOL.

Ill try and get a video of the revs for everyone to see.

I would say we spent about 12 to 14 hours doing it, we really took our time and was extra careful and put the car back together with care and torqued all the bolts to the right spec.

The biggest thing I think about making this job easy is having the right tools, Luckily for me I was doing it at someones house that was a mechanic for 35 years and had any tool you can imagine. We had to grind down one of his flywheel tools to make it custom fit the S2K.

If I had to do it again I could do it much quicker just knowing what has to be done to get the whole motor to drop 3 inches so you can get access to the trans bolts.

I had a blast and look forward to getting the SC going ASAP!

PS I cant drive for shit now, Its like I am relearning how to drive manual all over again. (stalled the car 3 times now). The engagement is HARSH and will take time to get use to. O yea and reverse is not fun at all.