Thanks to our leader, all hail, who hosted a parts swap session Sunday and graciously provided lunch halfway thru the day! Great!

We did some significant work on three cars: Sondra, mine, and Tim's.

I got some much-needed EBC Red pads installed - along with a good bleeding (BTW, they do make dust, and a very-occasional squeal. And, they do take a bit of warming up). And, a really cool 2002 shift knob!

Tim installed a really nice x-brace and a rear Comptech brace.

And, Sondra got some much-needed brake pads and a blue-blood bleeding as well.

Sadly, we didn't have time to install a supercharger on anybody's car, much less the small-block Chevy suggested by our host's neighbor (currently residing in his 6000-pound SUV: 3 times the cubes, at least twice the the overall weight, 10 times worse aero, 3 fewer gears, far smaller brakes, but - a considerably larger bubba factor).

 

Small block?
Start with a big ol' 454 and work from there.

 

Jeff, are you picking on my neighbor's truck? I mean come on, he only has 10 kids and 4 coolers full of water balloons to haul, and "Dad gum it," that won't all fit in an S2000!

 

Shoot, we could probably fit the body of the S2000 onto a jeep or old Bronco chassis and we would have a four wheel drive cooler than the 4x4 DeLorean running around town.

"You sure got a purty mouth."

 

Who is going to donate their car's body?

Anybody blown an engine recently?

Anybody getting another S2000 and need something "original" to do with their "original"?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sondra S2K
[B]Jeff, are you picking on my neighbor's truck?

 

There is a lot of difference between a 50/50 weight balance and a 90/10 weight balance! Maybe Chris would want the 454 for a bike project?

And, there is still the issue of funds - unlike some swaps, you won't be able to save some $$$ by putting off the trannny and rear end swap for a month or two later. The stock tranny and rear would literally blow to smithereens, taking the driver and passenger with it. The engine, though, would be about a hundred feet forward up the road, so your estate be able to sell it for reuse that in the next project.

 

If your really considering it dont even think out it, that is insane if not stupid. I just dont undersatand this thread. Import and domestic o yeah very compatible. Just build a go-kart.