A Ricer's Dream.

**Blue8g** · 03-22-2016, 07:33 PM

A couple weekends back, I bought my (realistic) dream car, a 2000 Honda S2000 (award for most confusing name goes to...).

I bought the car in largely all stock condition, just a different stereo and K&N short ram intake (this thing SCREAMS in VTEC).

Also came with a couple extra sets of wheels, two of which I'll be selling. It also came with a sweet rust weight reduction mod which I'm going to deal with this spring.

Car as purchased (including the UGLY snow wheels/tires)

As can be seen in pictures, the car's major flaws are the rust (contained to one quarter panel thankfully) and a tear in the driver's seat. Stuff that isn't as noticeable is the wear on the center console, the driver's side sun visor is missing, many rock chips on the front bumper, paint fade on the side mirrors and some corrosion on the battery tie-down & radiator stays.

So what are my goals for this car?

First things first, I want to get the car sorted, I'm going to put on my stock AP1 (1st gen S2000) wheels & Dunlop Direzza ZII tires, fix the rust, replace the 'ugly' parts in the engine bay, purchase a sun visor, change fluids, get an alignment, etc.

Once that has been achieved, I want to live out my early 2000's dreams & achieve a car that would not look out of place cruising around Osaka in 2003. This is more than just an aesthetic ideal, I will be modifying the car to achieve a 'balance.' Very basic drivetrain modifications, simple (but high quality) suspension modifications, detail interior pieces & a loud exterior, achieved through minimal modification rather through a few parts with great presence.

**Techn0Nut1996** · 03-22-2016, 08:17 PM

I love the car man, its hard to beat a 2 seater convertible! I like the plans for it as well, what aesthetic mods do you want to do?

**Blue8g** · 03-22-2016, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Techn0Nut1996

I love the car man, its hard to beat a 2 seater convertible! I like the plans for it as well, what aesthetic mods do you want to do?

Well, I'll be honest I've already purchased a front lip for the car, but I'll post that up once it gets here in a few months (made to order in Japan...4 month lead time haha), I don't like posting before I have stuff in my hands. Other than that, I'm really not sure how I failed to include my existing part collection.

As for interior pieces, I've got an NSX-R shift boot and Arvou shift knob.

***I've also got that S2000 CR radio door, but I'm not 100% that I'll actually install it.

On the outside, thus far I've got some 17x8.5 +31 Advan RG, which I'm going to refinish to like new except substituting a pewter grey stripe for the dark blue to avoid clashing with the red paint.

I've also got a full Ti J's Racing 60RS exhaust.

**Techn0Nut1996** · 03-22-2016, 09:19 PM

Nice!

**dronesurfboards** · 03-22-2016, 10:14 PM

Time to take that sucker to a road course! Chasing those things through the twisties, I never see them hit the brakes.

**Blue8g** · 03-22-2016, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by dronesurfboards

Time to take that sucker to a road course! Chasing those things through the twisties, I never see them hit the brakes.

I aim to do an autocross or two this year, I can't have sticky Direzza ZII and not play with the car at least a bit!

**gtx** · 03-23-2016, 12:38 AM

They are great cars, and those Advans are sweet!

**Palmz** · 03-23-2016, 02:26 PM

ive always liked the interior of these cars it reminds me of the Viper interior

**kylecanthurdle** · 03-23-2016, 10:27 PM

Got to drive lots of these when I was a tech for honda. Lots of fun! After I realized how much money they could be i ended up getting the little brother and got a miata. Sadly I had to sell it but I got to enjoy the top less 5 speed rwd fun for a little.

**Blue8g** · 03-23-2016, 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by gtx

They are great cars, and those Advans are sweet!

Thanks! I'd like to pick up a set of 17x9 +49 Weds TC105N to go alongside them, but no rush on that.

Originally Posted by Palmz

ive always liked the interior of these cars it reminds me of the Viper interior

Originally Posted by kylecanthurdle

Got to drive lots of these when I was a tech for honda. Lots of fun! After I realized how much money they could be i ended up getting the little brother and got a miata. Sadly I had to sell it but I got to enjoy the top less 5 speed rwd fun for a little.

I actually had a Miata prior to this, sold it because the engine just didn't have the 'feel' I knew was always there in a proper Honda DOHC.

**Techn0Nut1996** · 03-23-2016, 11:55 PM

I thought you had a miata, wasn't it white?

**dronesurfboards** · 03-23-2016, 11:59 PM

Ive actually seen a miata running in scca with a b18. I was watching it while they were doing practice runs and I was like that doesn't sound like a miata. later that day I went to look at it and bam b18c inside. ran strong, it beat out a lot of the cars times that were doing their practice runs.

**Blue8g** · 03-24-2016, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Techn0Nut1996

I thought you had a miata, wasn't it white?

Mine was Montego blue, as pictured here:

Originally Posted by dronesurfboards

Ive actually seen a miata running in scca with a b18. I was watching it while they were doing practice runs and I was like that doesn't sound like a miata. later that day I went to look at it and bam b18c inside. ran strong, it beat out a lot of the cars times that were doing their practice runs.

I've seen K20/24 Miatas, never seen a B-series, that's pretty wild.

**8thLS6** · 03-26-2016, 01:55 PM

Nice a guy who worked where I worked had a yellow s2k on enkei NT03's with what looked like iwas a J's exhaust. That thing was loud at idle/startup. Never got a chance to hear it driving cause we were on diff shifts.

If you plan on keeping the intake ans ever need a new filter, dc sports has some nice dry filters with metal construction. The metal is PC wrinkle black and the filter material is red. Also they have a velocity stack. I actually have both a 3" and 4.5" for when I switched to a bigger maf adapter. The 4.5 has like an additional inner funnel on top to aid in velocity I think. Could be my imagination but i think the all metal construction adds more sound compared to traditional filters.

**Blue8g** · 03-26-2016, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by 8thLS6

Nice a guy who worked where I worked had a yellow s2k on enkei NT03's with what looked like iwas a J's exhaust. That thing was loud at idle/startup. Never got a chance to hear it driving cause we were on diff shifts.

If you plan on keeping the intake ans ever need a new filter, dc sports has some nice dry filters with metal construction. The metal is PC wrinkle black and the filter material is red. Also they have a velocity stack. I actually have both a 3" and 4.5" for when I switched to a bigger maf adapter. The 4.5 has like an additional inner funnel on top to aid in velocity I think. Could be my imagination but i think the all metal construction adds more sound compared to traditional filters.

I hope to replace the intake at some point with something more in keeping with my overall goal with the car to make something that would take me back in time to 2003 Osaka. For now though, the K&N will do & the filter is 'cleanable.'

**8thLS6** · 03-26-2016, 10:42 PM

Makes sense with your given theme in mind

**Blue8g** · 03-27-2016, 12:09 AM

Another couple days, another couple purchases.

I've become a bit of a stickler for maintenance, so I picked up some fluids for the car.

(OEM Honda MTF2 & coolant not pictured)

Today, I picked up a seat that looks terrible in pictures for some reason...but looks pretty much new in person.

Also, I put the AP1 wheels on my car, tossed in my new sunvisor & swapped out the old rusted battery tie down for my new one.

So happy with this car.