Nice choice! Cant wait to get into my s2k in a few months. I'll most likely end up with an 04-05 though..only looking to spend ~20k

 

sweet ride... love the black...but then I am partial...LOL

 

Do the 08s come without the windshield tape? Or did you remove it yourself?

 

2008s don't come with windshield tape anymore.

 

windshield tape?

 

That one has got me too

 

Beautiful rides boys must be a hoot to drive in the summer with the top down on a mountain road.

 

I'll have to get back to you on that one. I bought my baby about 3 weeks ago...and live in the Chicago burbs. We have had 3 snowfalls so far in the first half of December. I have only driving it 50 miles since I bought it. All I can do is go in the garage and drool all over it.

 

'04-'05 wheels > *

 

BTW iTimmy - VERY sharp car! Love the red stitching!

What did they sell you the car for (before tax/title/license)?

 

Initially I felt the same, though now the 08 wheels are growing on me. I figured it wouldn't be hard to have someone over at s2ki that wanted to swap, but now I have no desire to.

 

I don't know the exact figure, sad, I know. But the deal worked out to be my car(07 G35X, premium pack, 17k miles, one owner, no stories) plus $1500, out the door including everything - based on what I see them going for on ebay they gave me private party sale value for trade in and car under invoice, but they moved two S2000s in a snow storm and took an AWD car in on trade. My brother got his for a few hundred under invoice, it worked out to be just over $31k, plus tax, title, license, etc....

 

I've been contemplating an S2000 for a while now. I just don't know what type of used beater to buy to drive the 600 miles a week I need to for work.

What I really need to do is move closer to work... sigh

 

I really, really like the '04-05 rims too. I just couldn't find a low mileage, clean, dent-free '04-05 out there. Every time I went to look at one, the dealer or person selling it would insist that it was clean and pristine. I would drive 30-40 miles only to pull up in the parking lot and see the car from 50 feet away...with a big dent above the gas filler door or a 6" long scratch on the fender. Very frustrating.

I then stumbled on my leftover '06 S2000 at an Acura dealer (go figure). They purchased it from Honda auction and it came with the full manufacturers warranty. It had been title to Honda about 6 weeks before, but never to an individual owner.

Now if the sun would come out and the temp would just rise to about 60 degrees...

 

The '06 is a good pick up. It has DBW but is the only S2000 to my knowledge that Hondata has a reflash for.

It's hard to pick up any power without forced induction on the S2000 but on the '06 thanks to the ECU you can actually pick up a decent amount of power without anything fancy (intake/header/exhaust/reflash)

 

OK...help me out here. What is DBW? And how do I pick up some decent power via the ECU? Is that a swap or alternation?

 

I looked into it, and you don't gain any peak hp, but due to lowering VTEC engagement you have a little more hp and torque around 5500RPMs

There is very little you can do in terms of bolt-ons to gain more then a single HP here or there, it hardly seems worth the money, save it for FI if you need more power.

 

I now know what they mean by "windshield tape". The S2000's used to have black tape around the windshield and up the a-pillars. Many people didn't know this and just thought it was black paint. There is body colored paint under there. So many surprises in a S2000.

More info:

http://www.s2katlanta.com/forum/showthread.php?t=909

 

iTimmy - did you find the secret compartment in your S2000 yet?

 

Yup I can't believe some people own their cars for years and NOT know about it

 

It is pretty hidden, but I found it the first day. The gas door opener is another hidden item! Very un-Honda like.

 

Drive By Wire

The '00-'05 cars were the traditional cable style throttle body.

It's an ECU reprogramming done by HONDATA.

Just learned it also works on the '07 cars so maybe it'll work on the '08+ as well.

Stock just a reflash is:

VTEC point decreased from 6000 rpm to 5600 rpm
Rev limit 8500 rpm
Maximum torque gain 14 ft/lbs torque at 5800 rpm
Maximum power gain 16 hp at 5800 rpm
Fully dealer compatible - works with all Honda scan tools and equipment

With TODA header:

VTEC point decreased from 6000 rpm to 4200 rpm
Rev limit 8500 rpm
Maximum torque gain 20 ft/lbs torque at 5800 rpm
Maximum power gain 23 hp at 5800 rpm
Fully dealer compatible - works with all Honda scan tools and equipment


for $595 it's pretty damn good IMO

 

Have you ever driven a car with the reflash? Does it void the warranty? Where do you get this done?

Thanks!

 

I have not driven a car with a reflash, however... it certainly would help in the midrange.

Shouldn't affect your warranty as the dealership won't even know it's been done.

 

And where do you go to get the reflash done? Is there a website?

 

hondata.com