duhelo

i just bought a ap1 s2000 gpw with 80k miles and it drives awesome but has a bad diff, i ordered a new one already but i was taking the valve cover off because i was worried about the retainers... but when i saw them the valve retainers and spirngs dont look stock...... what do you guys think? please chime in if i bought your car i am the third owner lol... i think....

heres some pics




you can kind of see the other spring here...











i tried my best to get a pic of the dual spring... those arent stock right? oem would have a marking of somekind on the spring... am i blind folks?

itsnoe30

Retainers definitely aren't stock. The springs I can't really tell from the pictures, but I'm inclined to go with a no on those as well.

Edit: if I am understanding your post correctly, and they are dual springs, then no, those aren't stock either.

s2000maniac

they look better than stock to me. lucky you!

duhelo

thanks guys for the fast replies and thanks! @s2000maniac 9k all the way !!!

Switchblade

Not stock. Win for you!

duhelo

any one else have other opinions?

importkid

If you daily drive the car you might want to pick up some OEM retainers. AP1 exhaust amd AP2 intake IIRC. This is because most companies only make Ti retainers which don't stay there correct shape over light use mileage.


Check and see if you feel they are steel, if they are then you have really lucked out with the whole deal!

itsnoe30

If the retainers are Ti, I would keep an eye on them. As importkid said, Ti retainers can be a liability, with some users reporting having to change them as regularly as 15,000 miles. Unless there is some reason for them (higher fuel cut, more aggressive cams or some such), I would switch to AP2 intake and AP1 exhaust retainers and keepers, which would probably facilitate AP1 springs as well.

duhelo

are the ap1 oem valve spring dual or single

ans2k

single