i don't know...i'm just tired of messing with it... tons of hours into it, tons of money....never even driven it!

on a positive note, i got it running, and there's no more stumbling. but i do have a p0135 code (o2 sensor)

 

If you did it right, once you drive it, you will love it

 

well with all the issues i've had with this stupid car, in the meantime i bought a Hemi Charger....seats 5 so it makes more sense with the kid...though i am only getting 13mpg...

 

Get the S up and running to enjoy 20-23 city and 24-28 highway

 

i have a prius though lol. the s and i are not destined to be.....i think i hate it at this point.

 

So, as i said i got it running and the miss at idle gone but had a P0135 front o2 sensor CEL..and it was smoking white like Crazy! but there was no way it was the damn headgasket...it hadn't been run long enough to be the headgasket!! so, i thought with the flooding prior and it not being driven since (even though it was years ago) perhaps the flood water damage/broke down the cat and it was what was smoking...so i pulled the exhaust off at the header, doesn't smoke white anymore.

It does smoke blue when you get on it or downshift, i'm running valvoline 5w-20 full synthetic (it's what i had in the garage at the moment), will that cause it to burn more than say a 10w-30 or 10w-40? to a noticable degree of blue smoke out the back on acceleration/downshifting?

and i'm not getting any heat from the heater....all other lines are warm and the temp. gauge never goes over 3 bars but the rubber line coming off the water pump to the aluminum line behind the motor isn't getting hot, not sure whats up with that....will do a couple warm up/cool downs and see if it's just a pocket of air in that line.

 

IT MOVES!

 

Had you forked over the money for a nice car in the first place, you might not have the same opinion.
Hopefully this will be a good lesson for you (I learned mine on purchasing the car pictured below)


Nonetheless, great job on getting it up and running, albeit with some issues that should probably be worked out. You made a lot of progress from there being a gaping whole in the engine block upon the purchase

 

Told you you would enjoy it. I can tell you had the ear to ear smile while driving. Fix those small cel and srs issues then enjoy it more

 

any car can be nice, and with just a little more this one would be...my prius was SMASHED....i rebuilt it and have driven it for the last 2yrs...it's ok, serves it's purpose. the S2000 was honestly just a Stupid purchase from the beginning....i set a limit in my head as i always do...but got pissed off and ended up going $1000 Over my previously said limit...doesn't happen to me often but sometimes it does. buying a 2 seater convertible when you have a kid and often could use an 8 seater...really wasn't smart either. the whole thing was just...stupid of me, a poor choice.


On a positive note you guys have been cool, and the car was pretty fun the... 1/2 mile i put on it lol, but in reality it's just never going to be feasible for me to keep it. the charger was a much more realistic purchase, it has balls and seats 5.... so i still got a toy just, a bit larger. once i completely sell out, i'll be in a minivan (or hopefully i still have some man parts left that my wife hasn't taken away from me, and at least get a suburban)

i won't say i dislike the car...i think it's a cool little car but i will say at this point i am just tired of messing with it....and i'm just hoping someone else wants to finish it. at least it's a runner/driver now aside from the smoking/cel.

edit: heres what replaced it the s2000 thought: