Daily Slideshow: Robi Suggests 5 Things You Should Never Do to Your S2000

In part 2 of my interview with Robert (Robi) Fullerton, I asked him to think of 5 things not to do to a street/track based S2000. With SCCA runoff wins to his name and as a contractor for KW suspension, we compiled some of his thoughts.

January 17, 2018
Robi Suggests 5 Things You Should Never Do to Your S2000
Robi Suggests 5 Things You Should Never Do to Your S2000
Robi Suggests 5 Things You Should Never Do to Your S2000
Robi Suggests 5 Things You Should Never Do to Your S2000
Robi Suggests 5 Things You Should Never Do to Your S2000

Rear wing or no?

Robert Fullerton (aka Robi) is a Southern California based tuner and driving coach. He has helped names like Oscar Jackson Jr. win the SCCA runoffs as a chassis consultant and has been contracted by big names like KW and P7 Racing for his knowledge of suspension setup. In part 2 of my interview with Robi, I asked him to think of 5 things not to do to a street/track based S2000. Here are his thoughts.

Robi Says: Don’t put a wing on the car if you’ve followed my previous guide. A wing provides stability, but everything I’ve done has given the S2000 more flexible and repeatable performance in the back end and calmed it down. That’s exactly what a wing does, the difference being a wing causes a large amount of drag. You’ll be quicker with a given amount of horsepower not wearing a wing, but calming a chassis down.

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Square or Staggered Tires?

Robi Says: Don’t run a staggered setup. I know a lot of people are going to cause me problems on this. Run a square front to rear wheel and tire setup. Enkei makes some great wheels that are 9.5 inches wide for use with 245mm to 255mm tires.

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What size rear sway bars should I run?

Robi Says: Do not run a stiffer rear sway bar. Now, if the car is wandering around on a super high speed straight and you have to run one install the smallest one you can find, i.e., a first generation AP1 rear bar. Other than that they aren’t necessary. 

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Strug Bars, rear strut tower bars?

Robi says: No other chassis reinforcements other than the under fender braces we previously mentioned. All this other stuff is dead weight…just dead weight. 99% of the time you actually want the strut towers to move around.

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Thoughts on Short Shifters?

Robi Says: Do not waste your money on shifters. Not that anybody does it, but everyone is always looking for some speed advantage. Don’t do any modifications that aren’t absolute requirements. A short shifter kit may be worth time in drag racing, but it comes at the cost of your synchros. Want to blow through a transmission? No problem.

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