'Customizing' an AP2
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Originally Posted by addisonc,Mar 7 2006, 11:18 AM
If you are Asian in California, you will always be associated with "rice" whenever you drive around with any modified sports car...
I am not though
Listen to this guy!
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Originally Posted by XclusiveAutosports,Mar 7 2006, 01:31 PM
Hmmm... lips and tops make it ricier 
... different strokes for different folks I guess. I'm not sure how you want to make your car look all that different if you only use Honda parts.
... different strokes for different folks I guess. I'm not sure how you want to make your car look all that different if you only use Honda parts.I like the 'sleeper' look.
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Originally Posted by Popeye,Mar 7 2006, 03:27 PM
Leave the effin car alone and go on a cross country cruise meeting up with as many S2000 owners as vacation time permits
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Originally Posted by DucS2R,Mar 7 2006, 06:30 PM
Hey luisimo, thought I recognized your name from the DML. I wonder if you and I are the only two Ducati Monster/S2000 owners? I have modded my S2R about the same as you did, suspension, brakes, exhaust, though my only carbon fiber so far is the front fender.
I took it easier on om '04 S2000 though I really like the mods I did. I first added the AEM intake which gives a nice intake sound, plus the fujisubo dual exhaust. The missing link was a test pipe which really opened up the sound and IMHO added some hp. The other mods are cheap but significant--convex drivers side mirror, Voodoo shift knob, muz glove box organizer and front X brace.
That leaves you over $3 to spend. You could go body kit, there are some nice ones out there but i like the stock lines. I uess I would go lowered suspension and wheels, man. There are some sweet 18" wheels out there (Volks and others) that look great. Lots of good posts and pictures of wheels on the forum.
Nice to see your reat taste in motorcycles carries over to cars. I love my S2000.
I took it easier on om '04 S2000 though I really like the mods I did. I first added the AEM intake which gives a nice intake sound, plus the fujisubo dual exhaust. The missing link was a test pipe which really opened up the sound and IMHO added some hp. The other mods are cheap but significant--convex drivers side mirror, Voodoo shift knob, muz glove box organizer and front X brace.
That leaves you over $3 to spend. You could go body kit, there are some nice ones out there but i like the stock lines. I uess I would go lowered suspension and wheels, man. There are some sweet 18" wheels out there (Volks and others) that look great. Lots of good posts and pictures of wheels on the forum.
Nice to see your reat taste in motorcycles carries over to cars. I love my S2000.
The only thing that is not carbon fiber on that bike now is the airbox as they don't have one.
Thank you for the recommendations, I am trying to order the parts now before I start going to the track because once I start the S2000 is going to end up in the corner of the garage.
Wife is giving me a hard time because I want to do all this upgrades and also upgrade my racebike (currentrly a zx6r). Are you in the bay area?
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Originally Posted by Highrpmek,Mar 7 2006, 04:31 PM
I understand the points you are making, but you're a little off with your logic. Reducing rotational mass is the biggest thing you can do to add performance to a car besides better tires. So....... the first and best mod that can be done is lighter wheels (CE28N's are amoung the lightest and strongest that I know of) and a good set of tires (Advan AD07's, BFG KD's, Michelin PS2's).
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Originally Posted by PilotKD,Mar 7 2006, 08:25 PM
Reducing rotational mass by 5-6lb per wheel is not going to be [dramatic] ... get 225-45-17 and 255-40-17 ...
Another thing that I was considering was to powercoast the stock wheels white (I have a GPW) and change the the mentioned tire sizes. I hear conflicting information about those size tires rubbing when cornering aggressive. Also the Volks wheels don't let you add a BBK with out spacers.
AP2 :
17x7.0 +55 17.50 lbs
17x8.5 +65 20.50 lbs
CE28N :
17x7.5 +50 13.8 lbs
17x9.0 +63 14.8 lbs
Thanks for great feedback, keep them coming.