Topic: Slotato's S2000, not for the purists

[Slotato]

This is the Western S2000 Club right? lol. Anyway figured since there are a few s2ks on here i wouldn't mind staying on a canadian forum that has some S2000s.

So I finally sold my WRX a week ago and picked this up the next day. It's a 2003 Sebring Silver S2000. Only a couple mods on it when I bought it. I wont be going to crazy with it right away as a new house comes first, so only little things here and there for now. I'm just enjoying the car and realizing what i've been missing  . I also wouldn't mind any tips you other S2K owners might have for me (best place to buy parts, favourite mods/upgrades, or anything else)

This is the car as it currently sits May 2015



This is the day i bought it



I was still deciding at this point wether i liked the colour enough to keep it or if i should sell it and pick one up in a different colour



I have since decided that I will keep it and i am actually starting to really like the more classy simple look it has in silver.

Mods

Engine/drivetrain

- K&N FIPK
- ACT Clutch
- ACT lightweight flywheel
- PasswordJDM dry carbon sparkplug cover
- AP2 intake valve spring retainers/keepers
- HKS Hi-Power dual exhaust
- Invidia 60mm test pipe
- Mishimoto Radiator

Interior

- BYS drivers lowering seat rail
- Moddiction blue titanium shift knob
- Top up/down while moving
- Modifry Cupholder and bracket
- NRG short hub
- NRG V3 quick release
- Nardi 350mm Deep Corn
- Blue titanium steering wheel bolts
- Infinity speakers
- Kenwood KIV-BT901 headunit
- Modifry DCI-2
- Relocated Cruise Control
- OEM cargo net
- Spoon blue convex mirror
- LED interior lights
- Redline Goods shift boot, e-brake handle, armrest cover
- Carbon wrapped centre console and headrest covers
- AP2 black dash trim


Exterior

- OEM CR clear sidemarkers
- OEM replica lip spoiler
- OEM front license plate plugs
- OEM replica front lip
- Moddiction blue convex mirrors
- Rolled fenders, relocated rear bumper tabs
- LED Exterior lights
- Hella Supertones
- Seibon Mugen style carbon hood
- Forcewerkz Voltex style front bumper
- AP1 V1 tailights
- SOS Hood dampers
- Muteki SR48 Chrome titanium lugnuts

Suspension/Wheels

- Algernon Intelesse
   - 18x8.5 +43 225/40r18 front
   - 18x9.5 +43 255/35r18 Rear
- BC Racing BR coilovers
- Mugen front compliance bushings

[Slotato]

My first mod was the top up/down while moving mod, don't have to completely stop to put it up if it starts raining, a simple mod that is quite useful

The second thing i did was put a BYS drivers seat rail in to gain a bit more room between the steering wheel and my legs. It turned out really well and was easy to do. It took around an hour and no surprises it fit perfectly.
The one down side is it lowers the seat so much that it drags on the carpet and its a bit hard to slide the seat around.

heres the BYS vs stock




Installed on the seat



The final product. The back of the seat moves down a bit as you can see compared to the passenger seat but the base moves down even more and I found the seat is actually more comfortable now as the lumbar support is in a better spot.



and a sneak peak of whats to come

[YvanF]

Haha. Sounds like many members are flocking to the S2K. Congrats on your purchase.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Do I ever love the S2000. Congrats dude, I really like the seat lowering mod.

[RhinestoneChow]

Nice! May I ask where you got the steering wheel?

[My Dad]

Sweet Tato! Looking good man! Congrats dude!
You got a winter beater too? Lol it's almost that time. I actually really like the Sebring Silver.

Think I saw your old car last weekend, did it make its way to Edmonton?

[Slotato]

Do I ever love the S2000. Congrats dude, I really like the seat lowering mod.

Haha. Sounds like many members are flocking to the S2K. Congrats on your purchase.

Thanks guys, They are such fun cars!

Nice! May I ask where you got the steering wheel?

The wheel is from SpeedTech Saskatoon. Still waiting on the hub and quick release

Sweet Tato! Looking good man! Congrats dude!
You got a winter beater too? Lol it's almost that time. I actually really like the Sebring Silver.

Think I saw your old car last weekend, did it make its way to Edmonton?

Haha, I actually bought a beater about 3 1/2 months ago.

Here it is, I never thought id own a honda... now i own 2 .



I'll hopefully only have this for one winter. I'm thinking of getting a forester for next winter.
My car ended up in P.A. so unless they were in Edmonton for the weekend, it wasn't mine. You'll know when you see mine, the license plate says BEEAST, lol.

[Wegz]

Very nice, I hope to get in a S2000 a couple years down the road.

Will keep an eye on this thread.

[My Dad]

Here it is, I never thought id own a honda... now i own 2 .

Haha nice! Me too man, I'm selling my SIR in hopes of scooping up a GC this year though, just don't wanna deal with FWD in the snow lol

[Slotato]

Well I got out to autox in the s2000 for the first time. I loved it! It felt so much better than the understeering wrx. Everywhere I read talked about the s2k snap oversteering and being a handful without a big front swaybar. I'm sure the huge 265 tires in the rear that were on the car when I bought it helped but I found the car quite controllable. It does love to oversteer and slide but I was able to catch it everytime except once in the fun runs when I did finally spin it.
I was really happy with my times as well since this is the first time autoxing it and I'm still getting used to it. There was another s2000 there who goes quite a bit and from what I saw is usually near the top for raw and pax times.
He had a 41.5 and I had a 43.1. Now I just need to get out a lot more next year as this was the last Saskatoon event this year unfortunately.

Right now I'm in STX because of my huge tires and I'm undecided if I should build my car to keep it in a specific class or do as I did with the wrx and just do what I want and only pay attention to raw times. I'll have to read through the classing rules further and see what else I am do while still remaining in this class.

No pics since I didn't have anyone there to take any


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[Slotato]

It also took me a few runs to figure out how to launch it, I just kept bogging. I think it was partly not revving high enough and partly being to gradual with the clutch and launching it like the wrx. I ended up revving up to 7-8000 and dumping the clutch which seemed to work well and get the tires spinning and no bogging. If anyone has some tips for launching these cars that would be great.


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[jellynuts]

Congrats on:

• the sale of your WRX; that was a loong time coming
• the purchase of your S2000

Here it is, I never thought id own a honda... now i own 2 .

Honda's are wonderful vehicles.  FWD will suffice and that beater will treat you very well through the winter. 

And...  Although silver may not be the prettiest, it is still the best colour 

[Slotato]

I'm sure the civic will be good enough, but I will miss my wrx I'm sure.

I'm actually really happy with the silver now. It shows the body lines it doesn't look dirty 30 seconds after a wash and it doesn't show swirls, scratches or rock chips nearly as much as black. Plus it just looks clean and simple and that's the way I like things.


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[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Taken from my experience with my civic.

How to launch a honda:
Rev the isspay out of it.
Drop the clutch (experts may prefer to slip it).

And that is how you launch a honda.

[GrantC]

It also took me a few runs to figure out how to launch it, I just kept bogging. I think it was partly not revving high enough and partly being to gradual with the clutch and launching it like the wrx. I ended up revving up to 7-8000 and dumping the clutch which seemed to work well and get the tires spinning and no bogging. If anyone has some tips for launching these cars that would be great.


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http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=17093.msg244997#msg244997

[esp1818]

Taken from my experience with my civic.

How to launch a honda:
Rev the isspay out of it.
Drop the clutch (experts may prefer to slip it).

And that is how you launch a honda.

Lol. I saw quite a few Hondas there were doing that, but they were all fwd.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I never got any decent times at the 1/4 mile until I did that. I was scared, but an n/a honda doesn't really have enough torque to break any axles (that I've personally seen), so fuggit, abuse the car.

[Slotato]

http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=17093.msg244997#msg244997

Dump the clutch it is! Maybe I'll try a lower rpm again, around 6. I think I was letting the clutch out to slow the first couple times.


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[cmyles]

I never got any decent times at the 1/4 mile until I did that. I was scared, but an n/a honda doesn't really have enough torque to break any axles (that I've personally seen), so fuggit, abuse the car.

My buddies integrea sheared one right off haha..

It was also turbo'd with a GT2876R.

I think majority of us would love to own an S, so congratulations haha
Looks good dude

[GrantC]

Dump the clutch it is! Maybe I'll try a lower rpm again, around 6. I think I was letting the clutch out to slow the first couple times.

Drop, then feather out until it stops spinning.  And yea, it's not a "quick slip" like a Subaru, it's a shock to the rear tires.

[Claw]

...best place to buy parts...

Best place I've found is Partznet for parts.. quick shipping (via USPS) and cheap.

Congrats on the car!

[idtrav]

My buddies integrea sheared one right off haha..

I did as well. SOHC + DCOE 45 Webers 

[Slotato]

Installed some eibach springs, went from this





To this





Installed the steering wheel, it is at the perfect distance now and there should be no more hitting the wiper switch in the middle of an Autox run.



Then plastidipped the wheels black then sprayed the copper metalizer over it. I really like how they came out and will be getting them painted some shade of matte bronze. I just did the plastidip as a temp thing to see how I liked it.
I don't have any good pictures of it yet but here's a couple for now.






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[RhinestoneChow]

Great steering wheel, you convinced me to get the same one!

What kind of hub and quick release did you end up going with?

[Slotato]

I've got the NRG short hub that fits around the clock spring and comes with resistors to plug into the airbag connector to keep the light off. And the NRG v3 quick release (with those crazy paddle flaps removed)


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