Goodbye to the S2000 and the Community
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Goodbye to the S2000 and the Community
Well, it's been a fun and rather expensive ride, but all good things must end.
I bought an '02 S2000 in 2004 and proceeded to mod it out, eventually ending up with a 380whp Vortech-supercharged little monster...
Eventually, the Vortech self-destructed and the S is back to NA. I actually prefer it that way, btw. With the 4.57 rear-end, it's as fast as I need it to be.
Now, I'm retiring the S to long-term storage and moving on:
BMW M6, 500hp V10 with 10 ITB's, HUD, 7-speed SMG...
I'm keeping the S as a family heirloom of sorts. An homage to tuning culture in the first decade of the new millennium blah blah.
I spent a ton of money (about $50k - wince) and have an S that is worth no more than stock. Still - it was something I had always wanted to try. I will never mod a car again, just because of the ruinous expense involved and the fact that I took a perfectly reliable S2000 and made it into some sort of Italian exotic that spent as much time in the shop as on the road, despite the best efforts of a nationally famous (and totally competent/professional) tuner. But when it ran, it did so like a scalded cat.
Later guys,
Erich 'Jester' Swafford MD USAF (Ret)
I bought an '02 S2000 in 2004 and proceeded to mod it out, eventually ending up with a 380whp Vortech-supercharged little monster...
Eventually, the Vortech self-destructed and the S is back to NA. I actually prefer it that way, btw. With the 4.57 rear-end, it's as fast as I need it to be.
Now, I'm retiring the S to long-term storage and moving on:
BMW M6, 500hp V10 with 10 ITB's, HUD, 7-speed SMG...
I'm keeping the S as a family heirloom of sorts. An homage to tuning culture in the first decade of the new millennium blah blah.
I spent a ton of money (about $50k - wince) and have an S that is worth no more than stock. Still - it was something I had always wanted to try. I will never mod a car again, just because of the ruinous expense involved and the fact that I took a perfectly reliable S2000 and made it into some sort of Italian exotic that spent as much time in the shop as on the road, despite the best efforts of a nationally famous (and totally competent/professional) tuner. But when it ran, it did so like a scalded cat.
Later guys,
Erich 'Jester' Swafford MD USAF (Ret)
. I also retired from modding and bought a stock C6.
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Yes, I really enjoy having a 12s car and not having to constantly worry about grenading the motor.
From now on, if I want something faster - I'll just get a faster car.
I noticed I had changed last year: When I play games like GT5 or NFS: Shift, I like to keep the cars stock - so as to 'experience' them the way the builders intended. Just a different ethos, I guess.
It was fun to have a fairly unique ride, however, and I did enjoy the fact that it resembled a Hot Wheels so closely (the styling effort was somewhat tongue-in-cheek). Nobody ever really "got" the joke that it was supposed to be like a "Fast and Furious"car. Everyone took it deadly serious, even though the car was clearly over-the-top to my eyes.
I just noticed that my sub must have expired at some point. Back to being a lowly Guest <sniff>
From now on, if I want something faster - I'll just get a faster car.
I noticed I had changed last year: When I play games like GT5 or NFS: Shift, I like to keep the cars stock - so as to 'experience' them the way the builders intended. Just a different ethos, I guess.
It was fun to have a fairly unique ride, however, and I did enjoy the fact that it resembled a Hot Wheels so closely (the styling effort was somewhat tongue-in-cheek). Nobody ever really "got" the joke that it was supposed to be like a "Fast and Furious"car. Everyone took it deadly serious, even though the car was clearly over-the-top to my eyes.
I just noticed that my sub must have expired at some point. Back to being a lowly Guest <sniff>
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Originally Posted by deepbluejh,Feb 9 2011, 03:52 AM
I'm curious as to why you preferred the S naturally aspirated over supercharged.
I'm a pretty outspoken hater of the Vortech kit. The fasteners used are of inferior quality. I had oil leaks, broken bolts, stripped boltholes - you name it. The severe harmonic vibrations from a 25,000rpm impeller strapped to a 9000rpm motor pretty much shook it all apart.
If you just have to boost, do it right and go with a custom Turbo kit done by a competent tuner, or else the Inline Pro kit. Plan on spending $10k as the bare minimum. And don't forget that, by the time it's done, you probably could have just gotten a Cayman S...
