Pretty much came right out. From banging around loosely it made the hole bigger. Going to retap and put a new thread in with locktight, so that the sparkplug can go in and out. They said hopefully that will fix the issue which wont cost me too much, and I think they are going to put a new seal on it to try and stop the oil issue.
The piston looked undamaged, so hopefully the sparkplug idea will fix it, if not they will look at the head to see any further damage and go from there.

 

Yup thats how it looked! My Mechanic just took it apart thats why there are two pieces.

 

Well they tried what they could. It only has 30 pounds of compression and a bad rattle. Took the camera down and put it into the spark plug hole to find out that the cylinder wall is scored pretty bad :/
I am going to see what one other person has to say about it, hopefully they can work magic. If not it looks like a new engine will be put in. Any advice on what to put in, or should I find another, or try and rebuild?

Thank you all for helping out and answering all of my questions. This is honestly such an amazing, and helpful community.

 

Due to the FRM liners in these motors, if the cylinders are scored badly then the block is toast. You will need to source a used motor in that case since there are no new ones anymore.

 

Should i get another F20C? or any idea for a good daily motor to turbo or supercharge to get 400-500 HP?

Thank you for all your help I really appreciate it

 

You will get a few different answers there. There are few motors quite like the F20C or even the F22C in the AP2. Very high power density, high revving, etc. However, it is easy to spend $4k + on a salvage yard motor for one of these cars.

On the flip side, a K swap is very popular in this car. And those motors handle mods and boosting very well. You will spend more than a used F20C on the swap, but after that, you can make more power and if you blow one up you can find those for under $1k used pretty easily I believe.

 

Yeah sorry i dont know why i put F20C i have a 06 AP2+ so its the F22C. I will just see where things take me. Once again thank you for all the help. I wanted to leave this car untouched but not it gives me a reason to learn even more about the S2000 and make it a one of a kind car! Thank you!!

 

I don't know if a "K swap" is any more popular than an "LS swap" which is where I'll go if my engine goes belly up.

-- Chuck

 

Idk if the answer to this question is K series yet. In a few more years, I think the answer to this question is going to be more and more leaning towards K series. It's easy to source, easy to rebuild, easy to make power, and fits the character of the original car with the right brand name to boot. For driving S2k's of the future that are not collector pieces, it makes a lot of sense.

GL getting your S back together. Focus on getting it into good shape before worrying about modding or adding power. IMO, a 400-500 HP s2000 daily makes no sense in a lot of ways but that's a different conversation.