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Hello again all, Just looking for some more advice from you helpful lot.
My car seems to make a sort of fluttering/ticky sound which changes and gets fast/slower with rpm. I've done the tct but this hasn't changed this noise.
It seems to point to valve clearences as apparently these need doing at 60k and I'm on 64k.
Is this plausable? And could anybody recommend an Indy Honda specialist who would do this in the north east area?
Thanks
My car seems to make a sort of fluttering/ticky sound which changes and gets fast/slower with rpm. I've done the tct but this hasn't changed this noise.
It seems to point to valve clearences as apparently these need doing at 60k and I'm on 64k.
Is this plausable? And could anybody recommend an Indy Honda specialist who would do this in the north east area?
Thanks
Hey guys,
Just recently took delivery of an 09 S2K, in Black, with Hard top. The car is basically Minted, having only covered 8000 miles. It has a full honda history also, and plainly obvious It has been taken care of. Its First time out in the Rain was when I drove It home from Derby.
I have only had one decent run in It, as I had to leave the Uk for my work.
Initial impressions, Looks amazing, especially when the top is down. Engine as we know, sweet as a nut, and the gearbox, although slightly notchy is very precise, as I would expect from Honda.
The snappy rear end had worried me, as It seems to be mentioned a lot. However It is not too concerning for me being honest. The only negative I'd say, Is probably a tiny bit too much body roll for my liking.
The car will be used as a daily driver, however I cover very few miles in a year due to work commitments.
First thing I will have done is to replace the mounts with tge Innovative set. I also plan to have the Geo done. Need to find someone in Scotland who is versed on the S2K. I possibly know who to go to here, but some recommendations won't hurt.
K+N panel filter and that will be about it. I personally do not think It needs much doing to it, Its that well a sorted car.
I have had most performance FWD cars, and I actually sold my FD2 the evening before I picked up my S2K. I ruined myself and was bit by the RWD bug when I owned my MX5, followed by my Supercharged Elise. So now I feel I cannot go back to FWD, as basically It bores me.
However horses for courses I Suppose. The buzz I get from RWD is, you need to think more what your doing when Pushing on, due to sometimes the unforgiving nature of RWD and oversteer/understeer.
Anyway, got some pics up in the other thread, but I may delete that and stick them here.
Just recently took delivery of an 09 S2K, in Black, with Hard top. The car is basically Minted, having only covered 8000 miles. It has a full honda history also, and plainly obvious It has been taken care of. Its First time out in the Rain was when I drove It home from Derby.
I have only had one decent run in It, as I had to leave the Uk for my work.
Initial impressions, Looks amazing, especially when the top is down. Engine as we know, sweet as a nut, and the gearbox, although slightly notchy is very precise, as I would expect from Honda.
The snappy rear end had worried me, as It seems to be mentioned a lot. However It is not too concerning for me being honest. The only negative I'd say, Is probably a tiny bit too much body roll for my liking.
The car will be used as a daily driver, however I cover very few miles in a year due to work commitments.
First thing I will have done is to replace the mounts with tge Innovative set. I also plan to have the Geo done. Need to find someone in Scotland who is versed on the S2K. I possibly know who to go to here, but some recommendations won't hurt.
K+N panel filter and that will be about it. I personally do not think It needs much doing to it, Its that well a sorted car.
I have had most performance FWD cars, and I actually sold my FD2 the evening before I picked up my S2K. I ruined myself and was bit by the RWD bug when I owned my MX5, followed by my Supercharged Elise. So now I feel I cannot go back to FWD, as basically It bores me.
However horses for courses I Suppose. The buzz I get from RWD is, you need to think more what your doing when Pushing on, due to sometimes the unforgiving nature of RWD and oversteer/understeer.
Anyway, got some pics up in the other thread, but I may delete that and stick them here.
Hands up if you had yours out in the sunshine this weekend then?
Bloody magic. First chance to really try out my AD08s in proper dry conditions, roof down, ACDC on the stereo, engine running sweet and growling nicely. Such f
king cool cars. Still not bored of it.
Bloody magic. First chance to really try out my AD08s in proper dry conditions, roof down, ACDC on the stereo, engine running sweet and growling nicely. Such f
king cool cars. Still not bored of it. Edited by krunchkin on Sunday 30th March 20:24
Only had mine since December so just starting to really enjoy it now in this weather.
To those newcomers who are wary of the lively back end etc. you should take it on a track to learn its limits. I did and by the end of the day you are properly hammering around the track - and in standard form it was one of the most confidence inspiring and predictable cars I've tracked! Talk about Internet scare stories!
To those newcomers who are wary of the lively back end etc. you should take it on a track to learn its limits. I did and by the end of the day you are properly hammering around the track - and in standard form it was one of the most confidence inspiring and predictable cars I've tracked! Talk about Internet scare stories!
agreed. It's one of those silly things that has grown up around the car. In the dry on good tyres it's rock solid, and you shouldn't be fking around with the back end in a car like this in the wet on a public road anyway. Warm those nice Yokos up on a sunny day and it grips like a demon and hugs the road.
king around with the back end in a car like this in the wet on a public road anyway. Warm those nice Yokos up on a sunny day and it grips like a demon and hugs the road. It really is a proper "summer" car I think. Never feels right driving it in rain and cold - although it copes. Roof sticks in the cold, back end feels unhappy, gets covered in ste. A proper sunny day like yesterday - and off you go. Sticks like glue, warms up fast, and just cant wait to get into VTEC and start cooking.
(you can tell I had a fun drive yesterday rigtht?)
te. A proper sunny day like yesterday - and off you go. Sticks like glue, warms up fast, and just cant wait to get into VTEC and start cooking. (you can tell I had a fun drive yesterday rigtht?)
Complete disaster!
With the first of April approaching (upon which she'll be taxed for 6 months)I thought I would administer a little TLC to my 51 plate and a fly hoon in the sun!
So, I opened the shed doors, whipped off the dust cover, checked the tyre pressures and went to clip on the battery charger and... the poor battery was completely cooked!
To be fair, the battery hadn't been performing well last summer - a winter left alone has killed one or more of the cells. So I have to order a new battery from the mainland! Devastated.
Here's to a sunny summer lads!
With the first of April approaching (upon which she'll be taxed for 6 months)I thought I would administer a little TLC to my 51 plate and a fly hoon in the sun!
So, I opened the shed doors, whipped off the dust cover, checked the tyre pressures and went to clip on the battery charger and... the poor battery was completely cooked!
To be fair, the battery hadn't been performing well last summer - a winter left alone has killed one or more of the cells. So I have to order a new battery from the mainland! Devastated.
Here's to a sunny summer lads!
Oh, another thing...
The chap I bought mine from used his all year and the tyres he had on it were... Dunlop runflat all-weathers. (I have no words...)
Now - my one is quite well behaved. The back does slip out if I try to make it, I think the harder compound winter-ish style tyres makes the back a little more progressive (rather than the legendary "grip, grip, grip, grip hedge") at the cost of outright grip of course.
I would like to throw on a nice new set of bridgstone's all round, but the penny pinching Scot in me feels this is wrong as the Dunlop's have tons of tread on them.
Scrap the Dunlops or burn them out over a couple of seasons? Does anybody have a thought on this?
The chap I bought mine from used his all year and the tyres he had on it were... Dunlop runflat all-weathers. (I have no words...)
Now - my one is quite well behaved. The back does slip out if I try to make it, I think the harder compound winter-ish style tyres makes the back a little more progressive (rather than the legendary "grip, grip, grip, grip hedge") at the cost of outright grip of course.
I would like to throw on a nice new set of bridgstone's all round, but the penny pinching Scot in me feels this is wrong as the Dunlop's have tons of tread on them.
Scrap the Dunlops or burn them out over a couple of seasons? Does anybody have a thought on this?
krunchkin said:
It really is a proper "summer" car I think. Never feels right driving it in rain and cold - although it copes. Roof sticks in the cold, back end feels unhappy, gets covered in ste. A proper sunny day like yesterday - and off you go. Sticks like glue, warms up fast, and just cant wait to get into VTEC and start cooking.
(you can tell I had a fun drive yesterday rigtht?)
Totally disagree te. A proper sunny day like yesterday - and off you go. Sticks like glue, warms up fast, and just cant wait to get into VTEC and start cooking. (you can tell I had a fun drive yesterday rigtht?)
It is one of the few roadsters that has a very powerful heater and will not soak you with the roof down in torrential rain
Crisp UK winter days and snowy Alpine roads are superb!
Edited by mikey k on Monday 31st March 11:27
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