I'm not all that active on here so I understand trepidation on replying to the topic.

I was trying to price point what I could do N/A mod-wise to get a 20-35 hp boost in power or even if that was possible for under -1200-2500

I've been checking the main s2000 forums but everyone's opinion seems to fluctuate and I was hoping someone local could give me some insight.

My buddy evan has done videos for the guys at evan's tuning and I was curious if anyone had done anything with them and what their experience/results were like.

From what I've researched on the global s2ki forums is that I'll be pretty hard up to get those kind of gains without dropping some serious cash into the car which I am trying to avoid so if I am beating a dead horse than let me know.

What have some of you done to get gains and how much did you invest for it?

(I don't have the cash for forced induction plus I am not sure of the reliability in a DD)


I thank anyone who answers in advance.

 

Intake, header, exhaust and HFC with VAFC should yield 220whp easy. This is what I have but most of my parts aren't optimal.

IMO, intake, test pipe, and single exhaust with standalone will net you the most gains. If you want to do VAFC, you will still benefit cause the early models run really rich.

AEM/K&N - 240 - 270 new
testpipe - 200 at most new
single exhaust - 700 for round about figure
standalone AEM or emanage- 1k~
VAFC - 150 - 250.

 

For under 2500$ you can't pick up 20 - 35hp n/a unless you spray.

 

So in other words, the only way to make lots more n/a power is by not staying n/a

 

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up

 

Thanks for the detailed reply. It really means a lot to me as the lurker on this forum.

I digress, since prices for s2k stuff (second hand) has come down some I may evaluate whether or not to just go FI. Granted, I have never even done something as trivial as changing a diff or clutch, but I have the theoretical and a brother and friend who are grease monkeys.

My contention for supercharging is torque and my concerns for turboing are turbo lag, aging the motor and in-experience in turbo setups although my brother has done at least 3 turbo builds and said he'd help. Ultimately, it would be me needing to maintain the car. Everything I read tells me I am a dumb ass for wanting to take the F20C which is already at a favorable compression ratio and put significant stress on it.

I guess what it really comes down to is if I have the balls to see it through. I've even looked for s2000's already turbo'ed / SC to save the costs/headaches/etc associated with doing it myself and just getting it retuned but they seem to be like unicorns as of late. I have read the horror stories but I have also read the success stories.

I need to drive a supercharged s2000 and a turbo'ed s2000 to really get my head around it.

 

well if all you want to spend is 2500 tops you can find used sc kits for that price every now and then. Should get about 320 whp and will be very reliable.

 

Basically the only way to make alot of power N/A is to spend lots of money on head work, stroker kits and tuning. But even then you really are still limited to how much power you can make

 

Yeah, N/A power is by far the most expensive. Also by far the most impressive when you can crank out big numbers.

 

I have a 3" HFC for sale