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Old 07-26-2005, 07:43 AM
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Just bought a W plate S2000 and need advice where to start, Just fixed the car after the wife crashed it !!!!! Air box ???? where do I go first - don't want to go too mad,

Looking for largish inpact and low cost?
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Remove the spare wheel for a start.
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then the wife from the passenger seat
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always good to get a few tips straight away.

lots of choice for you so its no quick buy, air intakes are all for noise more than anything. biggest change for a W plate is the internal centre consol trim change it for a leather one either by getting hold of one from a breakers or buy a ricks one.

try and buy second hand parts from this for sale thread, very useful in saving you a few pounds and you get a hand when you need it fitted.
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Difficult to say to be fair - the S is genuinely at the top end of the tuning envelope.

Exhausts, headers, ecu's have a very small gain, but 5-10bhp. Not a lot, but lots of lovely noise

I ran mine for two years without a spare tyre - just had two cans of spray to fill any punctures

Also, the higher the mileage, the looser the get, the quicker they go I noticed this last year on a track day and subsequent drive afterward - they higher mile-ers pull harder

Or being a bit extream - you could always remortgage your house and buy one of these........



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That's a hell of a body kit to put on an S2000!
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Originally Posted by alex.stanley,Jul 26 2005, 09:33 PM
That's a hell of a body bag to put on an S2000!
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Best bet become a lawyer and copy Craigs signature!

As S2Uk says start removing weight very cheap!
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A few of us are also changing our final drive in the diff over the next couple of weeks - this is supposedly the best bang per buck. Watch this space
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