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Awesome review.
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To fix the clutch from being too soft and hard to feel the engagement, there is a quick/simple/easy mod for it. There's a spring attached to the pedal that is doing exactly what you mentioned to make it easier to press in and out. I pulled the spring out and it feels like a normal car again, as did everyone else that did it. Here's the thread on how to do it. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35621
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My Innovate supercharger fixed this. More torque down low is a good/fun fix.
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IMO it's because the car they benchmarked has the exact same setup...Porsche Cayman. I don't mind the analog speedo although I very rarely look at it. In my view it only adds to what is already a very driver focused cockpit. Sent from my StarTrek communicator using Tapatalk
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now this i may have to do, thanks! though i have since gotten rid of my S2K, for 2 first gen RX-7's
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A late post, but I wanted to voice my opinion on your perspective. Near the end of the video you argue the idea of needing to shift frequently in a stock FR-S, most notibly to find power, took away from your "focus of driving". Please remember that this car was designed to teach you to become a better driver. . These fundamentals of lower power and use of the gearbox (which I find enjoying to use more often) are part of what make this car so great. The whole experience of needing to work for the power and keep it consistent as the drive evolves is very engaging, a true drivers car.
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I finally got around to watching these videos this weekend. Pretty good stuff and I agree with most of your conclusions. The biggest issue I have with the S2000 is that there was never a coupe version offered. I just hate ragtops. With that being said, the motor and chassis in the S are fantastic. So much so, I'm on the hunt to pick up one again.
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But once you can grab a low mileage FRS for <15k. It becomes one of the best tuner car options, definetly something I'd reconsider later on.
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I agree with you though, sub 15K and the FR-S/BRZ would make a great "tuner" car, but when you pay 25-28K and have a warranty to worry about it doesn't make much sense unless you don't care about warranty and have the money to burn when things break. |
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Love this thread as I'm a hair trigger away from buying either the BRZ or S2k but the problem is that up here in Canadia, they can be much harder to find unmolested and nowhere near as good prices as what you guys have access to. I found a 2004 S2k with 65,000km / 40,390 miles (for $26,500 CAD - very clean and bone stock.
Ho-ing and humming on that one.
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If it were me starting out with a fresh start and I had 25K to spend, I would spend 15K on as nice of a S2000 I could find and spend the other 10K on a nice used econo car that way I would have a vehicle for everday use and one to have fun with. |
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I don't plan to mod either one right off the bat other than protective stuff. Drive the heck out of it, then once I know the car inside out, then start from the tires up. I know about the road noise issue and the rear tires - the S2K will eat tires like no tomorrow oddly enough. My priorities are: 1- Fun 2- Reliable-ish (if it spends more time not being driven due to being broken, it does achive it's primary goal) 3- Road-trip worthy (I'd love a used Elise but that's insane road noise) One of my favourite videos is by Nino Karotta on the Epic GT86 drive across Europe here: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYrvhkIivgA"]Epic Scion FR-S, Toyota GT86 test drive: racetrack, drift & cross-continental dash - HD - YouTube[/ame] That's what I want to do with the fun car.
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EDIT: Also want to add, I actually spun the S2000 in the rain this morning for the first time ever while driving to work after owning the car for 14-15 months now. I've always felt like people slightly over exaggerated the oversteer issue, but it actually caught me off guard this morning and was a bit scary! Fortunately, no problems other than sliding into some muddy dirt on the side of the road, but was definitely a butt-puckering experience lol |
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Well, if you're asking me @Frost, I'd go with as nice of an AP S2000 that you can find/afford. I've owned both now and hands down the Honda just seems like a much better built car IMO. I know this is subjective, but I thought Dezoris's video(s) did a pretty good job of pointing these things out. There's a reason why Honda built a reputation for building reliable well thought out vehicles. Oh and then there's that whole "Honda just happens to be a world class engine builder that also makes cars" thing. The F22 engine is fantastic, I can't say that enough. It's the big reason I want to go back to an S2000 and it's not about the horsepower advantage, it's just a much better engine IMO. I can't imagine owning and driving an S2000 wouldn't bring a smile to your face.
And for those who are going to slam my opinion on the power thing, I went from my S2000 to a 2008 Shelby GT500 which had gobs more power and torque, but ultimately that small NA 2.2L F22 is just amazing and as others have mentioned on here it takes to FI eagerly if you want to go that route. If I get back into another one, I'll probably keep it NA but look into eaking out as much hp and revs as possible. I believe Spoon had a crate engine you could buy that was putting down around 300bhp, but it wasn't cheap either if I remember correctly. |
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