I'm 21. In college and work 40 hours a week.

my mods

949racing 17X9 +63 wheels
buddy club P1 QF 17x9 +63 wheels
Hankook RS-3 255/40/17 Tires
JRZ triple adj. Coil overs
700 lbs hypercoil springs
850 lbs hypercoil springs
Rebuild through srpengineering
Roll Fenders
Small fortune racing solid sway bar
J's racing camber joint
Two Recaro spg
Two taitech seat rails (driver/Pass)
K&n FIPK intake
T1r 70mm single
Toda torque-kun header
Berk 70mm High Flow Cat.
Boomslang Apexi harness
T1r acc. Pulleys
T1r crank pulley
Apexi Neo
Deka etx-16L battery with adapters
innovative motor mounts
J's racing front strut bar
J's racing rear strut bar
Modify seat belt lock
Megan half-shaft spacers
06+ miata front bar (for the rear)
Redline shift beeper


about $20-25,000 worth parts

 

i like my k&n fipk. for $250, its definitely worth it

 

Its expensive to mod an s2000 nicely. I've spent at least $6000 on mine including the new Mugen style hardtop, and it doesnt seem like I have done to much to it. I'm very satisfied with what I have done with the money, and I am very young and still have a lot of time to do things to my S.

 

use the search feature

Intake is mostly just sound.
Get an AEM if you want but if I were you I would get a snorkle type.

Try the knock-off on ebay if you are strapped for cash

 

Worth is always subjective but to sum it up: for HP it's really not worth it, for sound it might be if that's your thing.

[QUOTE=hippo and dog,Nov 14 2010, 02:11 PM]if you wanted sound, just take the airbox cover off.

 

the K&N was definitely worth it for me. The sound alone...oh my god! - I love american muscle engine/exhaust notes, but the intake induction noise is definitely up there...

 

omg... my car parts are

-invida exhuast
-stock
-stock
-stock
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you also don't have to go baller status and buy j's racing stuff... the amount of stuff he did to his car shouldn't even have cost 5g to do if he just shopped around and hes probably made that price up for new prices which he definitely didn't pay. imho some used parts are just as good as new parts. exhaust, intake (depends on the intake), strut bars, wheels (condition) and you save almost half of what you would buy them for new. I bought my t1r exhaust for 350 shipped with out the test pipe that i had before but i'm getting another t1r, but will probably spend around 600 max to get a used one.

If you have the money go ahead and spend it on parts, but if your working with little cash just buy some used parts and save up for other things. I'm going to buy coilovers next, which i'll prolly buy brand new. I don't have an extra 1000 bucks laying around in my s2000 fund that i'd like to drop into buying coilovers. I'm saving up for a hardtop and s/c kit first.

If your also tight on money try the ebay parts thread. They do have nice parts on ebay that aren't name brand that are almost as good as name brand parts at like fourth of the price of brand name stuff. They give reviews and post pictures and videos also. Check the search feature out for parts that you're looking for and your most likely going to find something that you need in your price range.

 

I actually copied that off my excel sheet. Price new for all the parts is around 23k and I've got about 14k in it. Buy used when you can. For example my 8000+ dollar coil overs I got for $3200 but I had to rebuild them. Which was another 1200

 

is an intake worth it for hp? no

is an intake worth it for sound or bling factor? depends on the buyer