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Originally Posted by II HUFF II
There is an S2K here in T-Town (Tucson, Arizona) yellow convertible with 21,000 miles 6spd manual for 8200...Less than your supercharge plans haha...sry to hear man  |
Most people here who own an S2000 know that doing a proper build on this car costs a lot of money due to the fact that the car is tuned so well out of the box, and tuned nearly to the max on top of that.
My intent with the Supercharger was to do a proper build, not just a slap-on-and-go deal. If that's all I wanted, I'd do the install myself for the cost of the SC kit alone. And I could very well have done that. I found a good condition used Vortech with 10K miles for $3100. That's pretty cheep, and a lot less than your used car. (FYI II HUFF II, a new SC kit from Vortech costs about $6,500, and a Kraftwers SC goes for a little more. . . just for the kit.)
But this build had a lot more parts going into it:
Vortech SC,
Hondata K Pro system
S2KPuddydad built differential with 3.91 gears included meant for high-boost cars (FS on S2ki if anyone is interested . . . these diffs have a great rep!).
Stage 2 competition clutch kit
Lightweight fly wheel
Upgraded injectors and harnes
Instalation and tuning done by King Motorsports, which is a very well regarded tuning shop that deals with Honda/Acura primarally (Solely I think), and luky me it is a local shop only 20 min away. Google their website.
The cost adds up really fast.
BUT after recent experiences, I think that my next car will remain NA. I might want to do other upgrades like maybe a test pipe or something to that affect, but it will be be more show than go. That's not to say that this experience has me down, I'm just going to take it easy for a while. I'll learn the car better before I decide to upgrade the power. I'll probably wind up taking a Skip Barber class or something.