AdN

Hi everyone,

i have been thinking of selling my dc4 for a s2000 the problem is there arent many for sale in perth, australia. there is one that i have seen which i have no doubt has been thrashed a bit during its life.
my car is 94/95 integra with 175k kms
the s2000 is an '01 with 165k kms which is extremely high.

the way i see it is my car has absolutely no problems so the s2000 should be the is same condition as mine if not better. but its hard to tell. if i am able to sell my car i would have the s2000 checked out by a mechanic.

it has a full service history from honda. what do you think of a used s2000 with such high kms?

Adrian

sahtt

Depends on how it has been used. There is a guy selling a heavily raced ap1 with 105k miles [about the same as yours] with the stock engine supposedly in decent condition.

Do a compression/leakdown check and check the valves, other than that makes sure you have a couple grand put aside in case the rear end or another major component goes out. And most importantly, get it cheap enough to have a margin of error when something goes wrong.

AdN

i have gotten the price down to were if it did require some repairs it would still be cheaper then a the same car with less kms. but i will be using all my money to buy so i will not have money to back up the purchase.

as for the compression test how complicated are they? are you able to get it done at local mechanics or do you need to go to specialized places?

ngc2359

did you get the compression test done?

Christople

KMs people, not miles

sahtt

I don't see anything that would suggest anyone in the thread is confused on the km's vs miles.

OP, the compression test is simple. You simply remove all the spark plugs, put the compression tester in one of the spark plug holes, crank the ignition, and see what PSI it hits. You do it for each cylinder. You can pull the fuse to the fuel pump if you want although it's technically not necessary on a 4 cylinder engine.

You'll want consistent figures in the 200 range, consistency is more important than peak values.

Malloric

175km = 90k miles.

Its a not really that high, but I'd rather buy a car with 90k miles and a full service history than one with 60k miles and none at all. Compression tests easy enough to do at home, just need a compression gauge and someone who can read it. Its also possible to analyze compression based on changes in crank speed which apparently compares well with the mechanical method, no idea if you can do that on an S2000. As long as you've got it at a shop might as well have the mechanic do it especially since not many of us have compression gauges lying around. If compression isn't within 10% of spec either do a leakdown test which will give you a good idea whats actually going on. It might be something minor like the valves which do need to be adjusted on the S2000 occasionally.

sahtt

Compression testers are cheap [maybe 20$?] and readily available at auto parts stores in the U.S. at least. Of course, as soon as I got my first one I had about 6 friends that all of a sudden wanted a compression check.

s2kpdx01

I would be worried about the tranny too. I would have it checked out. If the tranny goes and there are not many S2000s around getting a new one can be very expensive. New S2000 trannys in the US run $5k from the dealer. No one buys them as used ones can be sourced easily, but that might not be true in Australia.