Recently bought my first S2000. Extremely excited. It's got 133k miles and has never had the valves adjusted, as far as I know. They are pretty noisy.

Looking for a shop in Austin or San Antonio that I can trust to adjust the valves. I've heard good things about Auto Spec in Round Rock (slightly north of Austin), so I was going to go with them if I didn't find a better place.

 

Im near new braunfels I can adjust them.

 

I thought you were in north Texas?
I’m in austin, I would’ve suggested soulspeed or auto tech but yeah I think someone who is an Enthusiast is the best option. There’s just more care and attention to detail.

 

I moved, too much traffic lol

 

I can recommend Auto Spec in Round Rock. I have been taking my cars including my 2007 S2000 for many many years. Ask for Ray, service advisor and manager. They have always been honest and competent. If you want to discuss, send me a message.

 

What every s2000 owner needs to realize is just as important as a valve adjustment is to check for valve leakage by performing a leakdown test. This is mechanically the first thing to deteriorate in an S2K engine when inspecting things mechanically in my opinion specifically the exhaust valves.

 

I had compression and leakdown tests done before I bought the car. Here are the numbers.

Compression:
1 - 220
2 - 210
3 - 215
4- 220

Leakdown:
1 - 7%
2 - 7%
3 - 7%
4 - 5%

The shop told me these were good numbers. Are they?

 

I am having trouble sending you a private message. When I click on your name, it says I don't have permission to access your profile. Is it because my account is new?

 

Not bad. Just remember it should be 0% ideally. Think of it as 7% of your exhaust gas making its way back into the cylinder mixing in your intake air. Not ideal but not horrible if your not running forced induction or pushing the engine to its very limit. Also it gives you a good baseline so if you redo a leakdown test in a year or 2 and its holding at 7% that tells you everything is staying put

 

Ok, good to know. I don't plan on running FI or tracking the car.