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Old 11-06-2018, 01:28 PM
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After many years of non S2000 ownership I got lucky a few months back (hopefully) and purchased a very nice, but broken 2003 GT variant.
The car seems to have had a pretty standard life in the past until it was taken to a “tuner” by the previous owner, who looking at the invoices threw all sorts of expensive parts at the car and unfortunately didn’t do a proper job putting it back together. Subsequently, when the engine was supposedly “built” with all new snazzy crower pistons, rods & cams it was put on the Dyno and it promptly threw its toys out straight away, where it then lived in a barn for just over 4 years!

Thankfully for me the damage was only really sustained on the head, which has since been properly rebuilt using new supertech valves, brass guides & springs etc..

I’m now at the point where I would like to get the engine put back together, but as I don’t know or have confidence in the skills of the original builder (DrJap in Manchester) I would ideally like to have the engine fully stripped down and rebuild from scratch by someone who is known for good Honda engine building, and not just a part fitting tuner.

So to conclude my unnecessarily long story I basically want to seek advise from fellow owners who have had an F20C engine rebuild done and can confidently put forward any suggestions on where I can take my lump to get sorted? I might even go turbo again...

Thanks in advance,
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You could try Buggyofmilddiscomfort on here?

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Thanks for the intro, just had a search through some of his threads and that guy seems to have some seriously impressive skills.
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MB had his race engine built in the uk. Who did that?
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Originally Posted by lower
MB had his race engine built in the uk. Who did that?
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Clockwise ^^
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Thanks guys, very much appreciated & funnily enough I was looking at clockwise's website last week, so I will give them a call for a chat about what I'm after.

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I would trust Ray too (Daytona Dave) but he may be very busy..

i dont know of anyone else
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