Finally got an S2000! I wanted one since about 2002 and through a little bit of luck picked up a very nice condition 2005. Went through the car top to bottom and at 75k miles, was in remarkably well-kept condition. Lucky for me the original owner religiously went to the dealer for every scheduled service visit. Still, I took the time to replace all the fluids, change the serpentine belt, plugs and coil packs. I also replaced the plastic pieces on the shifter and re-greased. Now with new clutch fluid and new shifter parts, it is smooth like butter.

Compared to my BMW 335i this car is a breeze to work on. My serpentine belt took 1.5 hours in the BMW and all of 10 minutes on the S2000. Plug change took about 20 minutes. I had to rebuild all of the plastic coil connectors, they were so brittle, they all broke when I squeezed the tabs in to remove from the coil pack. That job took about 10 minutes. Went through the engine compartment with a fine-toothed comb and cleaned everything up. It's likely the car never saw rain as I've never seen such a clean 13 year old car.

S2KI is a fantastic forum and glad to be a member. The S2000 gladly joins its stablemates and is an absolute blast to drive.

 

Congratulations on your s2000. Nice addition to your stable also.

 

Congratulations !!! Such a great S2000. I've already bought for my own an AP1 and feel great for your brief about your car !
If you know anything about this type car, pls feel free to share with me ^^

Cheers bro,

 

Congratulations on your S2000!

 

Very nice. I am up in El Dorado Hills. You may want to check out Driving Ambition in Rancho Cordova just down the street from Costco.

They only work on NSXs and S2000s.

Why did you replace the coil packs?

 

Thanks for the info. Do most of the work myself. Used to be part-owner in 10 auto repair shops. Changed the coils because I saw many +50k motors with brittle coil packs. The spark plug cover makes it like a little oven in there and cooks the coil body and the electrical connector, making both brittle after 6-10 years. Noticed a little crisper throttle response once I changed them.

 

Don't forget to check out the "area" site for us at the bottom of this forum.

 

thanks for the info, I'll check out the Sac region forum

 

 

Welcome and congratulations on your new buy buddy.