miknairb

Thanks for the reply. Yeah maybe it’s best I just keep driving this thing and get to know it better. I’ve never felt such fear in turns in my life lmao. I have an sti and that was never an issue haha.

B serious

Ah yes. Usually, with an STi, you're fighting understeer and driving more violently to INDUCE rotation. Plus, AWD makes mashing the throttle acceptable. Plus...its not a momentum car.

You're going to potentially ruin the S2000 trying to make it do all that. It just takes a different touch. It drives with a textbook definition of characteristics of a RWD car.

miknairb

That’s exactly why I got her

freddydela

The way you are describing your car, it drives the way its supposed to drive. If anything, I would replace the front sway bar with a stiffer aftermarket one, to reduced the roll now that you have added grip. B_serious is right though, unless you're setting best times at a time trial, I would just learn how to drive the car the way it is setup from the factory.

Car Analogy

Once you learn to drive rwd,if you want to see tbe impact of swapping swaybars, how it affects front to rear balance, etc, pm me your email address, and I'll send you my suspension calculator spreadsheet. You can see effects of mix and match oem parts from other years or aftermarket parts if you know their rates.

Jub

Go drive it in a closed environment before you start changing stuff. I had an 03 for a few years and really liked the balance of the car. That being said, I don't push to the way limits on the street. Cornering speeds on back roads on 200TW tires is more than I find reasonable to truly push in public settings. 7-8/10 is really fun though. In an autocross environment, I thought my 03 (same as 02) was really well balanced on 205/225's. I did eventually do a front swaybar and 225/225 square. I vote on driving it as is and considering modding it later when you know what you're really trying to accomplish. Having a gut reaction to being uncomfortable when first driving a sensitive RWD car is not a great way to make an intelligent decision to buy parts and set your car up.

Bama Dave

Learn the car, get a good baseline before you start modding the car. If your first RWD take it to a track and learn your limits because you might get to the limits of this great car. Tires and brakes first mod only. And just enjoy the car. Welcome to the S2000 community