I was at Gingerman again today...(more on that in another thread shortly)...my bud Nick was with us, as well. I drove his S2000 for probably 6-7 laps and I posted my best time of the day in it.

He has had King Motorsports install some Mugen parts that you may find interesting.

Front sway bar

I'm here to say that this thing really makes a HUGE difference!!! Wow! Very VERY neutral at the limit and If you are one of those who think the car is tailhappy, get this bar. You will be very very satisfied...There is another thread on coating your front sway bar with epoxy etc...and I can't speak to that. Sounds like an odd approach to me, but hey, go for it!


Mugen CAI and header

Great throttle response. Very light and quick. A definite improvement. If you have the three million dollars (ok slight exaggeration) for these two pieces, it's a nice kick in the pants improvement...worth it.






Brake ducts

While they are not Mugen, King Motorsports did the brake ducting work. I am very confident that this provides a great deal of additional ventilation and cooling. They did a terrific installation and this is one that i DEFINITELY planning on doing over the winter.



Anyway, just thought you'd like a little input on how to drop some major cake on Mugen mods...

 

Thanks for the report. What size front sway bar? (they sell two.) No change to the rear? With stock wheels and tires?

Appreciate the tip.

 

Chris, I don't know which one he put on. I'm sure he'll chime in here and say though. No rear bar...he finds the car to tend towards oversteer and stiffening the front will help to elimiate that. No change in the rear and not strut tower bar, either. I can't emphasize how much the tail stayed tucked back there. Very impressive...

And yes, stock wheels and tires...

 

Hi cdelena-

31.8mm Mugen hollow swaybar. It weighs the same as the stock swaybar. The equivalent solid bar would be marginally stiffer, but also 5-8 lbs heavier. I don't think that would be acceptable to Mugen, especially since they spent ungodly amounts of R&D to save weight on the header and exhaust. It's nice, solid engineering- minimal change for maximum benefit...

-Nick

[This message has been edited by GTRPower (edited November 06, 2000).]

 

does anyone know the size of the stock front sway bar?

 

A search finds..

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...&highlight=sway

 

cdelena

thank you very much...

 

Nice car indeed - what suspension is on the hot red pepper Stook?

 

Thanks for the pics; the best yet I have seen of a Mugen cai. The cutting of the cross piece is not apparent, and the cutting of the shroud is neatly done.

 

How come he doesn't have an upper front swaybar?
-- Aaron