S2000 - Supercharged?
Discussion
Hey guys,
If all goes well and we get the house up for sale in the winter I shall be on the hunt for a new sports car.
My old man suggested the S2000 as a possiblity and after looking into it some more it does appear to have potential plus the added bonus both the wife and I love Jap cars.
The only thing it seems to be lacking is performance. I am sure it is plenty quick enough but coming from 350bhp per ton it might feel a little sluggish to me.
So I was wondering if any of you guys have experienced the Supercharger kit that TTS supply?
I do love tinkering with Jap cars (performace related mods I mean) and will be fitting the kit myself.
My concernes are the effects this would have on the engine character I don't want to drop one of the main appeals of the engine it's ability to scream at 9k rpm.
So anyone fitted a supercharger and regretted it?
If all goes well and we get the house up for sale in the winter I shall be on the hunt for a new sports car.
My old man suggested the S2000 as a possiblity and after looking into it some more it does appear to have potential plus the added bonus both the wife and I love Jap cars.
The only thing it seems to be lacking is performance. I am sure it is plenty quick enough but coming from 350bhp per ton it might feel a little sluggish to me.
So I was wondering if any of you guys have experienced the Supercharger kit that TTS supply?
I do love tinkering with Jap cars (performace related mods I mean) and will be fitting the kit myself.
My concernes are the effects this would have on the engine character I don't want to drop one of the main appeals of the engine it's ability to scream at 9k rpm.
So anyone fitted a supercharger and regretted it?
A few owners on S2ki have them fitted. There's some build threads on there too:
http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/forum/25-
http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/forum/25-
Hi,
Whilst my experience here isn't with an S2000, one of my close friends has an EP3 Civic Type-R with the K20 engine and a Jackson Racing Supercharger. It's making 306bhp, and has been for about 2 years now. He bought the charger second hand from an owners forum for ~£1200 with all the necessary giblets to fit it, and it's been 100% reliable. The car had around 46K on when it was fitted, and it needed a clutch within about 9 weeks, it had another fitted, and it's been fine since, I believe it's sat on around 67K miles currently.
Character wise, it's one of the best mods to the car, it still screams up to 9K very happily, it runs a Hondata ECU and VTEC has been lowered to 4,400rpm, it's just a really really fun car to drive, the supercharger whine is fantastic. It's also rather brisk.
I'd do it in a flash, I've personally driven about 500 miles in the car, and I never thought it was a bad addition, having driven it both with and without the charger.
Do it!
Whilst my experience here isn't with an S2000, one of my close friends has an EP3 Civic Type-R with the K20 engine and a Jackson Racing Supercharger. It's making 306bhp, and has been for about 2 years now. He bought the charger second hand from an owners forum for ~£1200 with all the necessary giblets to fit it, and it's been 100% reliable. The car had around 46K on when it was fitted, and it needed a clutch within about 9 weeks, it had another fitted, and it's been fine since, I believe it's sat on around 67K miles currently.
Character wise, it's one of the best mods to the car, it still screams up to 9K very happily, it runs a Hondata ECU and VTEC has been lowered to 4,400rpm, it's just a really really fun car to drive, the supercharger whine is fantastic. It's also rather brisk.
I'd do it in a flash, I've personally driven about 500 miles in the car, and I never thought it was a bad addition, having driven it both with and without the charger.
Do it!
That's one of the reasons I thought about the Honda. With a supercharger it should be more reliable and cheaper to run than the Tuscan was. And as we are looking at starting a family having a car that I can work on and service myself would save some coppers and I won't loose the performance.
Had a look at the tts instructions and got to say they are great I wish I had that level of detail when i did work on the supras lol.
Cheers for the link btw that should keep me sane when trying to sell the house
Had a look at the tts instructions and got to say they are great I wish I had that level of detail when i did work on the supras lol.
Cheers for the link btw that should keep me sane when trying to sell the house
The TTS/Rotrex kit is bolt on. Requires an EMS and some tuning, but not an engine rebuild.
http://www.rotrexsuperchargers.co.uk/Rotrex/pages/...
http://www.rotrexsuperchargers.co.uk/Rotrex/pages/...
Gaz. said:
Is a SC a true bolt on? I was always under the impression you had to rebuild the engine and lower the compression? 
Still, for the money I'd be looking at a Z4M roadster.
The F20C is a solid block, it will take quite a lot of boost in stock form. Some of the chaps with turbos get silly figures on normal internals.Still, for the money I'd be looking at a Z4M roadster.
I have a supercharged S2000 for sale at the moment!
Running 11PSI with a Comptech supercharger. Never had a problem - its only 350hp but makes the car what it should have been out of the box.
I would keep it but I have had it since new but a new family calls for something fun with more seats)!
Running 11PSI with a Comptech supercharger. Never had a problem - its only 350hp but makes the car what it should have been out of the box.
I would keep it but I have had it since new but a new family calls for something fun with more seats)!
Gaz. said:
Is a SC a true bolt on? I was always under the impression you had to rebuild the engine and lower the compression?
Still, for the money I'd be looking at a Z4M roadster.
I looked at Z4MRs and they weight nearly 1.5 tons so the power to weight is quite low. Plus running costs seemed to be quite high with the added "M Tax" Still, for the money I'd be looking at a Z4M roadster.
I will be doing most of the work myself (apart from mapping) the one thing I missed with the Tuscan was being able to fettle with it
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