ipeefreely

Hi guys. I just picked up a S2000 last Wednesday, on 3/8/17, and have really just been enjoying the car. It's my first convertible and the weather has been great so it's just a blast driving around with the top down.

This is actually my second sports car in my garage and it's duty is to be more of a track weapon than anything else.

The plan is to build her up as I get more and more used to driving her on the track.

Here she is on the day i picked her up:




2/12/18 - updated with list of mods

Engine / Performance:

07 Engine + Tranny - 3500
HKS supercharger - 3500
Shifter - Renegade Quick shifter
(Custom) V mount radiator Setup with Rx7 Radiator
Flashpro
Ballade Sports Honda 00-09 S2000 Clutch Line & OEM Slave Cylinder Combo (2004-2009)
Ballade Sports Timing Chain Tensioner & Timing Gear Combo (ANO-BLUE)
Forbidden-USA Mugen Replica hard top w/ OEM brackets
Puddymod Stage 3 differential + extra upgrade + axles
Summit racing battery
Oil Pan - EVS tuning
F22 S2000 Flywheel
Walbro 255 drop in fuel pump
Honda OEM S2000 Clutch Master Cylinder
Radium Engineering S2000 Catch Can Kit (RHD/06-09 LHD) (20-0099 Dual Catch Can Kit)
SBG Oil Cooling Kit
Radium Fuel Cell w/ Walbro 255
BC Stage 2 cams
Ballade Sports Force Induction Clutch Kit (Supercharged)

Wheels & Suspension:


Bump Steer kit
Mx-72 Brake pads
Eibach Sway bars - Front and Rear
Innovative Transmission Mounts - 85A
Innovative Engine Mounts w/ 85A stiffness
Spoon Sports Rigid Collar Kit (00-09 S2000)
Buddy Club 00-09 S2000 Front/Rear Ball Joint Combo
Stoptech Big brake Kit - 328mm - Only fronts
Ballade Sports Steering Rack Bushing Kit (ANO-Blue)
Toyo R888R - 255 40r 17
Innotech Lug Nuts
Volk Te37 Black Edition II - 18x10 +39
Ohlins Road and Track
Whiteline Subframe Bar

Exterior / Aero:
Front Bumper - APR front bumper with canards, lip, and diffuser
Brake Ducting - APR Racing
Wing - J's Racing type 2 with Voltex 245mm uprights
Diffuser - Shine Auto S spec diffuser - 550
Front fenders - Shine Auto S spec 20 mm wide front fender
Hood - Seibon wet carbon hood - Spoon style
Trunk - Seibon OEM Wet Carbon Trunk
Mirrors - F1 Carbon racing mirrors
JDM Front + Rear Anadized Tow Hooks
Aerocatch Hood pins

Interior / Dressup:

Harness - Takata Drift 3 - 3" Black - Strap in
Mark Reynolds - Engine dress up bay covers
Heel Toe - hardtop locks
Ballade Sports 06-09 S2000 70mm DBW Throttle Body Kit (Include Intake Arm / Filter Velocity Stack
Hendy Genuine Long Floor mats Black
Roll Bar - Hard dog roll bar - with options 2d, HL, and L
Bell Works - steering wheel hub
Tanabe Medallion Touring
Works bell short hub
Momo Tuner steering wheel
Seats - Recaro Pole Position
Seat Mounts - Buddy Club super low s2000 AP2 Seat rails
Modifry Dash Bracket
Modifry Sony adapter

ipeefreely

Thursday 3/9:

Invidia Exhaust installed.

Exhaust is fking loud. lol. I'm basically always running it with the silencer as it makes it more bearable.

Friday - Saturday 3/11:

I was able to pick up a J's racing type 2 wing from another member on here. (Thanks Tom). It was missing some hardware but luckily Evasive had it in stock. Had CY next day it to me so that I could install the wing ASAP because I'm impatient like that I guess.

Wing is on with 255mm uprights.

j0nwall

Be mindful of the sound restrictions at MRLS and Sonoma Raceway too. I think you should be fine at Thunderhil, but it does put a damper on the fun when you get flagged for exceeding approved dB levels.

ipeefreely

3/13/17:

Work todayyyy.... yay....

Also had some stuff done on my other ride so I was pretty busy all day. Here's a picture of my dog smiling at me while I'm filling up the ride with some E85. lol.




Despite this, i managed to purchase a Recaro Pole position seat locally. Guy was super nice and delivered the seat to my work place when he was on his way to a camping trip with his girlfriend. haha. Came with the Recaro side mounts.





I'm not sure if I'm going to be utilizing the side mounts as I heard they seat you rather low and the stock height is perfect for me right now.

ipeefreely

Yeah i got flagged 3 times and subsequently kicked out of Sonoma last time I was there with my other car. I'm thinking about switching the test pipe to one with high flowing cats to decrease the volume a bit. Any recommendations?

Chuck S

Recommendations? Dump the Invidia exhaust!

The Speed Academy guys ran the Tanabe Medalion Touring exhaust on their race car when they had to drive it on the street. And some tracks had noise restrictions. Quieter is always a little less powerful of course.

My Gernby tuned '06 peaks at 221bhp with a Berk 63.5mm high flow cat and that exhaust. Stirctly a street car. 94dBA noise level. The Q300 was over 105dBA.

-- Chuck

ipeefreely

would I be able to run the tana medallion cat back with my invidia test pipe?

JamesD89

Yup, but most people would recommend matching the test pipe inner diameter to the exhaust inner diameter. The Tanabe is 63mm and I'm fairly certain the Invidia is 70mm.

ipeefreely

What exhaust would you guys recommend that is 70mm (and dual)? WOuld like that passes the db test and has less drone.

Also what about the Tanabe Medallion concept exhaust? What's the dfiference between the concept and the touring?

sunflowers2k

Looks like it should be a good build considering you've only had it for a few days!