Well the debate over mods vs. no mods has really got my juices flowing (no wise cracks!). I've been wrestling with my conflicting thoughts over mods and have asked myself many times "When does and s2k STOP being an s2k?".

For example, when mods are made to the point that the aesthetics and performance of the stock s2k are hardly recognizable, is the car still an s2k? Does simply installing non-stock badges violate it's purity and change it's very essence (virgin-->prostitute)? Or is there a line somewhere between these examples?

Certainly this is a personal question and there are no right or wrong answers (see my theory of neutrality here.. But I'm intreagued with this and would like to know your thoughts.

 

I don't think that by modifying a car takes away the original personality of the car. We all know that mass produced wehicle comes with lots of compromise to please the masses. Us being true enthusiast want our car to be unique and better performance and styling. If you think about it, we just want what the designer of the car originally intended to be. Just like the original show cars, with big wheels, ground effect and big brakes. But in the end it does not matter what everyone else think of your modded car, as long as you are happy with it yourself, that is all that matters.

 

in that case you need to talk to the designers and engineers of the S and ask them what a "no holds barred" S should be.

I don't think that they made too many sacrifices as the car is almost fully tweaked and esoteric as it is.

 

Ruf modifies Porsche's to such a high degree they are coverted to Ruf 911's. They are no longer Porsche's when they are done. I think that's pretty interesting.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by S2Krazy
[B]Ruf modifies Porsche's to such a high degree they are coverted to Ruf 911's.

 

hmmm...good question....I have modded my S so most people say what the heck it that? Now they even say that when stock.....but it still is a Honda

Thinking..... you have bought lots of stuff (I know all the things you have purchased) it can still be a S2000, unless you take the whole car and use (Veilside kit) and turn it into something different.

Remember it's what you like, if it suites your needs.

 

the car is the same because thats the way it started from the factory!

 

the way i see it is that once it's had an engine-swap, then it's a different car. the reason is because you have to start buying parts for the current engine. i hope that makes sense.

 

As I think I talked about on the outer banks prelim run, I used to have a turbo Integra Type-R. It was VERY fast and I loved the car very much but in my opinion it really wasn't a Type-R any more. It changed the behavior of the car soooooo much that it felt like something else. I'm not putting down turbos. Lord knows I wish I could afford to make a call to Speedcraft, but they really do turn the car into a whole new and wholly different beast.

 

In certain racing venues, you can build from the ground up a brand new tubular frame car with some sort of custom engine, put on some fiberglass body that looks vaguely like a street car, and still call it that car. Look at the Trans-Am Series, or that 5000hp Integra Norwood built.

Pretty much, take an S2000 and do whatever you want to it, I'll still call it an S2000.