Fair enough, plus you dodged owning a black car...lol. There will be others. Best of luck.

 

what exactly should I look for? Check the build date via the VIN?

 

I'm persnickety and mid model '02 engines had the 4 hole oil squirter bolts. 4 is better than 2 if you're doing any FI or serious track work. If you're just driving around and its just a drivin' around car, not likely a big issue. but like I said, i'm persnickety. There is a thread somewhere around here which talks about the engine number limits which had and did not have this upgrade. It happened in mid '02 sometime.


https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-un...umber-1172863/

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thanks for the help

so anything past 1025386 I'll be ok?

 

I bet the guy with #1025385 has been kicking himself

 

ABS problem - replace ABS modulator is big $. Car can run and pass inspex without ABS but...
New replacement part is in the 2k range

 

lol thanks guys had no clue about this. Anything else I should look for? Also where exactly should I find this number on the block?

 

Was this a model year or calendar year change? Easy enough to look at the build date on the drivers door jam and compare the model year in the VIN. There were about 10,000 MY 2002 cars build. Model year changes about September.

It's a shame the build date doesn't show in the Registry (here). Mine was July 2006 making it an "almost-2007" car. 200 built after mine. Looks like it was built 2 weeks before model year change, certainly in the last month.

-- Chuck

 

Calendar year revision. It happened sometime in mid 02.

 

The Craigslist post has been deleted so maybe you've gotten it already, but my favorite year is 03'. Granted, I've never driven an AP1, but an 03' is guaranteed to have the better banjo bolts, has the higher rev limit, and has the quicker steering ratio that they went back to with the CR.