Hello everybody,

My name is Octavian, i'm 26 years old and I'm pretty sure I am the first Romanian S2000 owner on s2ki (Greetings from the Romanian s2k comunity too !!)
I must start off with a BIG THANK YOU for everybody on this amazing forum who's opinions and feedback I took into account when I decided to get a AP1 S2000.
I intend to use the S2000 only for track days (no, as you probably assumed, there isn't any race track in Romania, but there are several in nearby countries) and the Romanian national Hill Climb Championship (tarmac only), as my daily drive is a 2008 Audi S3, so all future upgrades for it will disregard comfort in favor of handling and power.
I wouldn't say my budget is restrictive, but it definitely isn't unlimited so I've divided everything in a few stages. The first one is already on it's way from Japan so there isn't a lot to discuss about it but I will appreciate every useful opinion on the next upgrades as I still haven't decided yet what to do next.
So, here goes:

Stage 1 (Handling and Safety, and a bit of NA power )

CUSCO 6pt Roll Bar w/ harness-bar, around dash w/ CUSCO Roll Bar padding
CUSCO front/rear Type OS Strut-bars
CUSCO front/rear Lower Arm Bars
CUSCO front/rear Sway Bars
TEIN MonoFlex Winding Master coil-overs w/ EDFC
BRIDE ARTIS III FRP driver's seat
VOLK CE28N 17" bronze (7,5" ET50 front, 9" ET63 rear) wheels
TOYO R888 semi-slick tyres 225/45 front, 255/50 rear
XYZ big brake kit 330mm 6 piston front / 303mm 4 piston rear (XYZ is the same with K-sport and D2)
J'S Racing drive-shaft spacers
SPARCO remote fire extinguisher
SPARCO 330mm Monza Steering wheel
SCHROTH 6pt harness

SPOON baffle oil pan
SPOON ETD
SPOON magnetic drain plugs
CUSCO aluminium cooling plate
CUSCO oil-catch tank
TODA lightweight pulley kit
SPOON A/C removing belt
TODA "Torquie-kun" Headers
TODA resonated cat replacement
KAKIMOTO GT1.0Z Racing 60mm single side cat-back exhaust
AEM V2 cai (allready installed when I bought the car)
HONDA AP2 OEM valve retainers and valve keepers
HONDA MY02 oil jet/banjo bolts

Stage 2 (drivetrain, more handling and weight reduction)

Cusco Type RS 1.5 diff
Spoon Capacity up diff case
J'S Racing 4.4 final gear
TODA RACING Clutch + Flywheel
as much carbon fiber as possible (hard-top, fenders, trunk, hood, doors, lip, wing ...)
removing the soft-top

Stage 3 (F/I power)

Comptech after-cooled Supercharger
new ECU (haven't yet decided on HONDATA K-PRO or AEM EMS)
...

And here's the soon to be "Time Atack Weapon"

 

and welcome.....

 

Car looks great as is. Good luck with your build and welcome

 

Welcome...your S looks great.

Any pics of the 2008 S3 you can post? We don't get them here in the US, would love to see it.

 

Thank you all for the welcome!

@berlinablackie
You can find some here: http://face.insomniaracing.org/
I'll post some higher resolution ones later.

 

You mean they don't have S2000 in Romania?

 

Yes we do ... I meant the first one on s2ki (I edited the post)

 

Audi S3

Nice collection you have there....

 

I love MCB. Car looks good.

 

welcome and nice pics!