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I made it about 3 days, my friend did it the first hour he had his clutch done...Quote:
Originally Posted by xXCriticizeXx
my reasoning was I planned on doing a clutch swap 8 months later. so.... I dont give a **** about it, but it seems the harder I am on it, the better it gets.
Why would anyone be nice on a newly built engine? It makes sense to drive it nice for the first day just to make sure there is nothing wrong, but after that first day why would you baby it?
Your car learns how you drive and if you put on 5k miles of never going over 4k, how do you think the motor is going to react when it sees it the first time?
Ive been around a few Honda builds, the builders are people who know what they are doing. Every single one of the builds that I have seen they have burned a bit of oil, not a ton of it but they have all burned some.
Unless you are sending clouds of smoke out your tail pipe I wouldnt worry about it. If you are loosing a quart of oil every week, I would start to worry.
the fact is when you put a brand new part (esp pistons and what not) into a used engine and immediatly just start beating the s%& out of it your bound to get uneven wear... endless problems. Yes i understand its extremely tempting to gun it right after a newly HP proven add on, but it should still be "broken in". Stuff is going to expand and shrink the first couple of times of use and will eventually fit in "right". Im not saying it was done wrong, but im simply saying i think it wouldve been start to take it easy for a bit.
O BTW S2000 are nice cars, the only honda i would think about purchasing, helping a buddy turbo his next week.
If you are asking those questions, then you don't know sqwat about building engines. There is a difference between race cars and street cars. Do honda engines smoke excessively from the factory? H3LL NO!! Then why should they smoke after a correct rebuild and break-in? They shouldn't. No street car should be smoking after a rebuild unless its a 4G63 engine because they run rich and just puff oil particles forever. The builders may know what they are doing but if they are screeming the life out of a freshly rebuilt engine, they are idiots.Quote:
Originally Posted by DogGod
I like the look of the S2000 but after flogging one around for the day, I must say that they SUCK!!! They are light and nibble but chassis regidity is lacking. Wow 240 hp engine with absolutely NO B@LLS!!! And they are wicked small inside. I'm only 5'10" and 170 lbs, and if I felt cramped in it, roof up or down, then it is tiny. I had more space to work with in a 1973 Austin Mini. If I were considering a S2000, I would buy any generation Audi TT turbo over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by xXCriticizeXx
lol well my key word was i would THINK, if i had to get a honda it would be it. Ive driven his once and its a fun lil car, but it does have no balls. Torque=0 but yea thats why my friend is boosting his, in hopes of torque.....
Anyways you do not drive the ^**^ out of a freshly rebuilt car.