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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Only the intake retainers need the upgrade, right? When can he do this and where?
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:27 AM
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Originally Posted by BelowRadar,Feb 16 2010, 12:19 PM
^^^ REALLY!!!??

I am trying to diagnose my misfire codes for a month now! (300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 1399) New plugs, new gas, cleaned injectors, about to do a map/ throttle body cleaning. Still throwing the codes.
I had major misfire issues (not just codes, but burned up ECU) and it turned out to be the wiring harness. During Honda's investigations (over the course of 40,000 miles), many Many, MANY things were replaced (all injectors, ECU 4 times). I wouldn't imagine this would be a common problem, but something to think about. When it finally got fixed, I got to feel the REAL power of an S2000. What a difference!!

As for the Adjustment, I did mine at a tech day down south, and it was painless. At 60,000 miles they were out of spec. That was several years ago, and 100,000 miles after the fact, the valves were still within spec.
I too, would not have the confidence to instruct anyone on doing it, but with someone overseeing a tech day that knows there stuff, it shouldn't be that big of a deal.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 04:49 AM
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if you line up the cars and everyone pulls their own valve cover... somebody could just blow through and do a whole bunch at one time.

you might even be able to talk down the price a dollar or two if everyone does their own open and close of the cover.....

Just a thought


if you do a shade tree tech day...everyone needs to get there at a specific time and allow the cars to cool a bit. I have been helper guy on at least 15-20 of these and the longest part of the proccess is waiting for the car to get to "touchable" temperature.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Requiem,Feb 16 2010, 08:11 PM
Only the intake retainers need the upgrade, right? When can he do this and where?
we have shop to work from, by appointment only, are you going purchase parts or us?
to do it correctly, should change spings, cap and retainers to ap2's, imo
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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if you can setup 3 cars or more at a time we can do it for $75 a piece for a valve adjustment.


in fact for the S2KI forum members, we will beat anyones labor price on anything! and we only do a 10% over cost on parts.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 09:09 AM
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^^ I am in at that price, and for AP2 conversion of my valve springs, caps, and retainers, as recommended.
Perhaps we can buy the hardware in a group as well, to lower the hardware cost.
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Old Feb 17, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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What is the AP2 conversion everyone is referencing?
I've coming up on 190,000 with no valve problems. should I be worried?
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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Is 2NERWERKS coming out of retirement? You were doing stereos out of the back of the print shop did you and Todd open up a automotive shop again?
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 07:33 AM
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2NWERKS is gone, but with many requests from older customers & now some new, we have had lately, something new may be in the works. The Stereo business has gone legit and is it own real company now also, with a history of over 250+ S2000 customers its just does not seem right to just let what we know go to waste. With little to no overhead, we can offer savings to S2KI memebers..... all for the fun of it!
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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 10:05 AM
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Valve adj on a difficulty scale of 1-10 are about a 6. If I can do it, anyone can. I would be happy to be apart of any tech day to help out.
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