EK9 VS S2K
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My stoptechs added no extra weight, they are actually a few grams lighter and they are huge. Most kits save rotational mass due to aluminium calipers and aluminium hat on the floating disc. The willwood kit (admittedly not a very chunky kit) saves 10kgs!
I noticed a night and day improvement on track days myself. Going super charged next week I'm very glad I've got them on the car. Even if staying na I'd do them again personally.
Not sure why some people are against them on here. For normal road use I found the normal setup fine, but the op is talking about tracking a supercharged s2k. I think its wise planning on his part, certainly not rice.
PS with careful planning on wheels you can still keep the correct offset. I'm running et50 offset up front, pf01s.
I noticed a night and day improvement on track days myself. Going super charged next week I'm very glad I've got them on the car. Even if staying na I'd do them again personally.
Not sure why some people are against them on here. For normal road use I found the normal setup fine, but the op is talking about tracking a supercharged s2k. I think its wise planning on his part, certainly not rice.
PS with careful planning on wheels you can still keep the correct offset. I'm running et50 offset up front, pf01s.
But you have to know what you're starting off with and throwing money at it is usually a CWOT without driver training, practice, etc first.
Cart before horse, & all that.
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Originally Posted by Ultra_Nexus' timestamp='1349787662' post='22069233
Before I had my S I had a stripped EG with a B18CR.
I miss that car as you could just throw abuse at it.
I miss that car as you could just throw abuse at it.
I had stripped EG with a H22A (prior to that it was a D16).
Utter hooligans. FAR more forgiving than the S2K - to the point where I really miss it and would love another EG.
Would I swap the S2K for one, though? Not a chance.
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My mate has a white one circa 200BHP and its brill I really like it. Still looks nice too, handles amazingly and goes well, the amount of higher power cars it can leave on 1/4 miles is amazing for what it is.
However the brakes standard are good but not brilliant, there's nothing under 5000k rpm worse than the S in that respect, they look a *little* dated but stood up to the test of time well but i would only have one if i wanted a small car when you put them side by side there's the S wins, and they are slower when you get up to *high* speeds vs S but not far behind.
Though however much i like them i can think of far more as capable, as fun and quicker similar cars and probably cheaper.
However the brakes standard are good but not brilliant, there's nothing under 5000k rpm worse than the S in that respect, they look a *little* dated but stood up to the test of time well but i would only have one if i wanted a small car when you put them side by side there's the S wins, and they are slower when you get up to *high* speeds vs S but not far behind.
Though however much i like them i can think of far more as capable, as fun and quicker similar cars and probably cheaper.
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mines a facelift 2000 shape so doesnt look to bad, so bang for buck the ek9 wins on track then ?
so really im looking at 10k plus in mods to get a s2k boosted and ready for track, plus I still need to buy/swap to get one.hmmmmm ek9 would need about 5k to be k20 track ready I think ps this is with me doing all the work only mapping I cant do really.
but then again its just a civic at the end of the day and my GF will still hate it lol
so really im looking at 10k plus in mods to get a s2k boosted and ready for track, plus I still need to buy/swap to get one.hmmmmm ek9 would need about 5k to be k20 track ready I think ps this is with me doing all the work only mapping I cant do really.
but then again its just a civic at the end of the day and my GF will still hate it lol
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The ek9 is all ready a good spec with a rollcage,bucket seats and coilovers etc etc just that a k20 swap cost bucks prob about the same price as a supercharge kit from TTS. I just like the idear of the s2k being my daily drive as the ek9 is not a very good one with the mods it has ha.
The only other car I was looking at was a dc5 what do you guys think of them ? just not much power wise mods to go with on them, engine bay is tight to work on etc
The only other car I was looking at was a dc5 what do you guys think of them ? just not much power wise mods to go with on them, engine bay is tight to work on etc