Passing the magazine rack in the supermarket yesterday, a silver S2K jumped out at me from the front cover of the Import Tuner magazine. It had the obligatory blonde bimbo draped over the hood (watch that paintwork!:eek , but what caught my eye was the mention of a heavy duty upgrade to the S2K engine. Reading the article (which had more photos), it appears that a company in San Diego have bored out the stock engine (this stuff was far too technical for me to understand), and are boosting the HP significantly. They still have some hi-tech tuning to do, but they expect the output to be in excess of 475 horses!!! I can't imagine what kind of performance figures they'll be getting, but it'll be interesting to keep up with their progress.

FYI: The mag issue I saw must have been the November release, which is not yet included in their "This Month" section of their web page (www.importtuner.com).

For the highly technically minded, this article may make interesting reading for you.

 

I certainly haven't heard of an 475 HP S2000 in this neck of the woods!

Guess I'll have to pick up that copy and find out who's doing it!

The guy that does the Monster Miatas (V8-powered) is here in San Diego, actually in Escondido, cthree's neck of the woods.

 

blonde bimbo? She's Chinese. Anyway here is the link to their website and pictures. Just for reference they raised compression to 9.5:1 http://www.speedoptions.com/headline.asp?i...=list&pagenum=1

 

Successor to the big-block V8 Shelby Cobra?

 

wow

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo_pwr:
[B]blonde bimbo?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by turbo_pwr:
[B]blonde bimbo?

 

Hmm I just realized the site doesn't really tell you much about the mods. So I will provide the highlights.
Swapped cylinder sleeves with ductile iron versions (AEBS in San Diego)
Ross performance pistons 9.5:1 ratio
Fastrax T4 turbocharger
equal length tubular exhaust manifold
2 1/2 inch intercooler piping (Kiwi Fabrication)
HKS frount mount intercooler
3 inch downpipe (they don't mention the exhaust)
Tial wastegate and blow of valve
RS*R titanium lowering springs
Racing Hart M5 in Pirelli P7000 225/40ZR18 and 255/35ZR18
Federal Mogul Speed Pro EMS
No mention of upgraded fuel delivery.

 

Mingster you are correct. You think a guy born in Taiwan would know the difference.

I am just so use to saying Chinese for all the Americans

 

Is that the Ferrari mod shop? About 10 years ago I went down to talk to them about chopping my Fiero. Pretty cool setup. Targa top, with a power rear section. Could afford it though. I was only in high school at the time.

The guy did these custom mods as a hobby. Practice on the cheap car first, I guess.