I recently bought a S2000. I am practising it. I mostly in 1 and 2 sometimes 3 and even 4 gear. I noticed. The engine gives off a lot of heat. I can even feel in the driver seat. I drive around the parking lots for like an hour and I feel the heat from the engine. Is this normal. By the way, the water temperature is normal. But I am a little concerned about the heat. Does this happen to anyone of you?

 

yes, i have experienced this. you also might want to check the 're-circulating' setting for your climate control. when this is engaged(lit up), it closes off the vents to the cabin. a lot of hot air can get through there from the engine.

 

So is it coming up from the floor? Do you have an aftermarket exhaust system? I'd check to see if all the heat shields are in place.

 

It's coming from the engine. My car is all stock. The vents might have been opened. But it does produce a lot of heat from an hour of driving so that concerns me a little. I used to drive a chevy camaro. It doesn't give off that much heat. My biggest concern is that if it gives off too much heat it might melt the seals and that's where leakages come. I just bought it, so i dun know what type of gas the dealer put in it. I think they might have put 93 oct. in it.

 

Mine is stock and the center console gets very warm after about an hour of normal driving.

 

all of this is normal. our engine, tranny, and exhaust system is so close to us that there is no way to avoid all of the heat issue esp. when its a rwd car. even my bmw and rhd s13 has this issue in the center due to the tranny. the s13 whole floor is hot due to the exhaust

 

^ Yea Silvias get hot all over. S2000 is notorious for heat soak. Things to do to fix this issue:
1. Mugen/Spoon thermostat and thermoswitch
2. Any JDM radiator cap
3. ARC/ASM/etc cooling panel over the radiator
4. water wetter
5. heat wrap or jet-hot coating on exhaust manifold
6. Vented hood

However, you get to a certain point where the car takes too long to get to 3 bars. A thermostat/switch, cooling panel, and water wetter should be plenty to keep you running cool.

 

This is normal. This is why the top goes down.