You'll wanna wait until charper weighs in.

He has paved this road ahead of us. Experimented to find best piston clearance, etc, for our blocks and their coating.

He had several blocks done he found the winning combo.

 

Subscribed. New here. I would rather do this than a K swap. I just picked up a project S2k with 168k and it maybe time to send off. Anyone here pulled the trigger? Results?

 

I know there is at least one long term race mileage result from this process. A road racer has his engine done using their process.

 

I PM'd charper to see if he has any more info as well. Will post if I hear anything.

 

While you can send your stuff directly to Millenium, you probably won't have a good time. The pricing on their site is just for the plating, it does not include any other services that are required to have a properly functioning engine. ie: boring, honing, decking. I have a torque honing plate stored at their facility for use on our engines as it will simulate bore distortion when the cylinder head is torqued down.
I spent quite a bit of resources getting the recipe correct to get it to an OEM level for our platform.
If you're interested in getting it done, you can reach out to me as I deal for Millenium and my pricing is a little better than what they offer direct. You'll also get the specs I developed.

 

Dude, you gotta start a complete oem equivalent short block rebuild service.

 

I do, and I keep them in stock. I'm just not a paid sponsor on this site, so I tread lightly. IB charges a premium for advertising on what is a very low traffic site.

Currently, I still have in-spec oem FRM blocks available, so doing NSC plating isn't mandatory for an oem rebuild...yet.

However, even when NSC is the only option, it really doesn't make sense to use oem rods and pistons. Technology has advanced and there are better options for the same price that yield a better level of reliability. The only reason we still use stock pistons is because no one has been able to recreate the oem coating to the level of an oem manufacturer. The stock pistons and rods are very heavy.

Ultimately, an s2000 restomod service will be introduced between myself and another company that is a sponsor of this site. The platform isn't to the point of needing that service yet, though.

 

That is fantastic to hear!