Sounds good, I would definitely try to attend... Let's get Tachus to start organizing it now

 

Well, I offically put my S2k into storage this weekend.

I got my oil changed just a few days prior
filled up the gas tank
disconnected the battery
put a bunch of drier sheets (I'll give those a try because I hate mothballs) around the interior, trunk, and over the cabin intake port in the enginebay
put the car on jack stands
covered the intake port and exhaust ports with aluminum foil
put the shifter in reverse
put on the all-important S2000 car cover.

I'm just curious though, how many drier sheets would it take to equate the effect of mothballs? I have a box of, like, 200 sheets of 6x8. And are the chemicals in the sheets safe to put them on the seats for long periods of time? Right now, I think I have about 8-12 in the interior, just kinda scattered randomly, and about 5 in the trunk and by the seals.

Where would be a good places to put traps? Adjacent to the walls or near the car?

 

I have been using dryer sheets with no ill effect to the car. I do not put them on the leather, but all over the floor, and behind the seat. I use 40 per car. I put them by the intake and a couple spots in the engine bay also.

Trapsk, the more the better. I put by all tires, or in your case jack stands and along the wall; anywhere you think a rodent may start to climb up to your car.

 

Thanks for the info!

I'll increase the sheet count. And traps . . . the more the better you say. That being said, I could litterally set up a parimiter of four-eight traps per stand. I would immagine that bating them would be a bad idea since the object is to NOT attract the invasive critters. . . . or is that super-overkill?



. . . it is overkill isn't it?

 

^ ha good question.

i don't like the idea of attracting things towards the car.

also - why put the shift in reserve vs in N? i leave mine with the parking brake off and in N

also i go to run mine for an hour every week. i know that might b a little overkill, but as i understand it, it's best to run it very often or not at all (to avoid dry starts). i'd rather do it super often as i'm kinda going through S-widthdrawl right now. i feel like a bad parent

 

I've read in the manual that you're suposed to put it in reverse. I don't know the logic behind it though. Since my car is on stands, I left the E-brake off. . . . the car aint going anywhere.

About starting it, others here have said that starting it is actually a bad thing. I can understand the logic behind this as cold starts and running the engine at idle while cold puts more wear and tear on the engine than anything else, and on the starter. If you have a block heater, then you might be ok, but I don't see any reason to have one of those unless you drive your S in the winter of Alaska where it gets down to 60 below.

 

You put it in gear to prevent the car from rolling.

You use reverse instead of 1st, or anything else, to take advantage of the gearing ratio: reverse gear requires the most force to turn the cylinders. I hope that second part makes sense. It just means that in reverse, the engine "pushes back" the most, compared with other gears.

 

So I take it that it's probably better for the transmission if I left the car in neutral since it's on stands?

 

Probably wont matter either way what gear you left it in. But I would leave the E-brake off since it will be stored for a while. Pads could seize/rust to the rotors.

I never leave my car in gear when I park it though, unless on a very steep incline/hill, or at the track after a session.

I use the ebrake only otherwise.

 

ebrake can also warp your rotors. or most likely warp your rotors..
You can either use reverse or first gear, they seem to have same gear ratio?