Official Is This Car Worth It Thread vol 3
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Based on numbers alone, that feels like a nice deal. You certainly want to give the car a good look over and perhaps a pre purchase inspection, but if the car is nice, with no issues, I'm making a move at $18,000.
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Thanks! I am definitely bringing it in for a compression and leakdown test!
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Hi, so I'm looking into buying a MY00 s2000 and am curious to see what you all think. I've never thought about buying one with FI so this is new to me. Below is a list of mods and info. Any feed back is appreciated whether you own one with forced induction or not. Is this a good super charger choice and what do I have to look forward to in the future as far as problems and maintenance. He wants 12k for it and the build has about 8k miles on it, currently making 370whp and 220tq
2000 Honda S2000 GPW, has 114k with zero rust on body, black and red interior. Comptech Supercharger Novi 1000 kit, running on AEM Series 2 Standalone. Motor is running healthy. tranny is smooth. Puddymod built Diff. Runs and Drives with no problem. Soft top is in great shape, upgraded to a glass window.
Clean Title in hand.
Comptech Novi 1000 supercharger kit w/ 3" FMIC.
SOS 3 Bar Map.
ASM Style Front Bumper.
Top1Motor Lip.
Qube Engineering LED Cluster
AP2 Headlights.
ARP Rod Bolts.
ARP Head Studs.
Billman TCT.
AEM Oil pressure, Boost, AFR Gauge's.
InlinePRO Fuel Rail.
ID 1000cc Injectors.
ACT Clutch Kit.
Puddymod 4.10 Diff Gears, Good for 400-500hp.
Innovative 75a Motor, 85a Tranny & 95a Diff Mounts.
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump.
BlueRidge Catch Can/ Overflow.
Battery relocated in the trunk.
Line lock for front tires.
NGR Quick release steering wheel.
Carbon Fiber Center Console.
BC Coilovers.
70mm Forcwerkz Single Exit with TP.
Carbon Fiber rear bumper cap for single exit exhaust.
Enkei RPF1's 17x8 and 17x9.5
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It's hard to tell on paper or in the pics the true condition of the car. Pics can hide a lot. To start with, that drivers seat is not in the greatest of shape.
Buying such a highly modded vehicle for me would come down to the previous owner - type of person he is, quality of parts who installed them etc.
The relocated battery to the trunk would scare me off LOL.
Buying such a highly modded vehicle for me would come down to the previous owner - type of person he is, quality of parts who installed them etc.
The relocated battery to the trunk would scare me off LOL.
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It's hard to tell on paper or in the pics the true condition of the car. Pics can hide a lot. To start with, that drivers seat is not in the greatest of shape.
Buying such a highly modded vehicle for me would come down to the previous owner - type of person he is, quality of parts who installed them etc.
The relocated battery to the trunk would scare me off LOL.
Buying such a highly modded vehicle for me would come down to the previous owner - type of person he is, quality of parts who installed them etc.
The relocated battery to the trunk would scare me off LOL.
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Is he providing any of the factory parts, like the air box, ecu, injectors? If it comes with the parts to put back to stock if the supercharger craps out then I think it looks good. Two other relevant questions:
1) is this a second or third car, or a daily? If it's a daily then I would steer clear since it wont have the factory reliability
2) Are you relatively proficient in working on cars? If you aren't and something goes wrong a lot of shops won't work on cars that modified
1) is this a second or third car, or a daily? If it's a daily then I would steer clear since it wont have the factory reliability
2) Are you relatively proficient in working on cars? If you aren't and something goes wrong a lot of shops won't work on cars that modified
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Is he providing any of the factory parts, like the air box, ecu, injectors? If it comes with the parts to put back to stock if the supercharger craps out then I think it looks good. Two other relevant questions:
1) is this a second or third car, or a daily? If it's a daily then I would steer clear since it wont have the factory reliability
2) Are you relatively proficient in working on cars? If you aren't and something goes wrong a lot of shops won't work on cars that modified
1) is this a second or third car, or a daily? If it's a daily then I would steer clear since it wont have the factory reliability
2) Are you relatively proficient in working on cars? If you aren't and something goes wrong a lot of shops won't work on cars that modified
I'll add to this. If you do have a problem it can become quite task in identifying exactly which part is the culprit and the root cause etc.
If you are not mechanically inclined or know these cars well it could become a daunting task,
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Is he providing any of the factory parts, like the air box, ecu, injectors? If it comes with the parts to put back to stock if the supercharger craps out then I think it looks good. Two other relevant questions:
1) is this a second or third car, or a daily? If it's a daily then I would steer clear since it wont have the factory reliability
2) Are you relatively proficient in working on cars? If you aren't and something goes wrong a lot of shops won't work on cars that modified
1) is this a second or third car, or a daily? If it's a daily then I would steer clear since it wont have the factory reliability
2) Are you relatively proficient in working on cars? If you aren't and something goes wrong a lot of shops won't work on cars that modified