s2000 – Chin on the Tank – Motorcycle stuff in Philadelphia. https://www.chinonthetank.com Home Sat, 09 Oct 2021 16:48:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 s2000 track event – 2021 fall https://www.chinonthetank.com/2021/10/s2000-track-event-2021-fall/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2021/10/s2000-track-event-2021-fall/#respond Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:07:02 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=22699 Yep – the s2000 is still an absolute blast. Recent track event last month in Millville NJ.
I took a million Advil for my bad back, and went for it.
Tom N in his e46 m3, and my other buddy in his rare white/red AP1 s2000.
Ton of fun.

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s2000 – last track day of 2018 https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/09/s2000-last-track-day-of-2018/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/09/s2000-last-track-day-of-2018/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:25:57 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=20313 Was a good year. Got in a handful of track events.
Really happy with it all. Car ran great.
Made a couple s2000 friends this year too which is nice.

Vid below.
Chased down: Caymen S / e46 M3 / Corvette


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s2000 suspension track day https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/08/s2000-suspension-track-day/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/08/s2000-suspension-track-day/#respond Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:19:30 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=20143 Did some more mods:

  • Honda S2000 CR shocks.
  • Swift spec R springs which are a little stiffer than CR springs and 1″ drop.
  • Eibach front sway bar on stiff hole.
  • CR rear sway bar.
  • ACT clutch / streetlite flywheel.

Car felt great. I’m still slow but feeling good and having fun.
Tires cold – front: 30.5 / rear: 30

Below vid is my first session. Was traffic heavy and some people prob shouldn’t have been in Intermediate class.


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honda s2000 hardtop https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/07/honda-s2000-hardtop/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/07/honda-s2000-hardtop/#respond Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:39:47 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=21725 Always wanted the hardtop…

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S2000 jap magazine https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/07/s2000-jap-magazine/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/07/s2000-jap-magazine/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:19:42 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=20098 I bought this jap s2000 magazine over a decade ago. Hyper Rev? Was published in 2004 when the AP2 first came out. I highly doubt most of these aftermarket performance companies parts are still available.

Finally found an oem Honda hardtop too.

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S2000 intake exhaust track day https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/06/s2000-exhasust-track-day/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/06/s2000-exhasust-track-day/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:24:31 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=20034 Did another track day at NJMP thunderbolt with Tom N.
Ton of fun. Intake, exhaust mods felt / sound great. I need to figure out better GoPro sound quality. Wind is killing me.

Played around with some different tire pressures. For my reference, cold:
– 30.5 front
– 30 rear

Third session, lost the rear for a sec, but I caught it. Around minute 7:00.




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S2000 mods https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/06/s2000-mods/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/06/s2000-mods/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:25:26 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=19998 I’ve had my car for 10 years. I decided I should do more track day stuff and mod it. Fuck it life is short. Car is def fun. Sounds great now.

Installed:

  • Skunk2 alpha headers
  • Skunk2 megapower exhaust
  • Berk technology 70mm high flow cat
  • K&N short ram intake kit

DSC_6554
DSC_6552

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S2000 first track day of 2018 https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/04/s2000-1st-track-day-2018/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2018/04/s2000-1st-track-day-2018/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:13:21 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=19845 Dead last and having a blast.

  • Tom N and I were in the intermediate group
  • I have a first year AP2 s2000. RS3 tires. Hawk brakes. AP1 slave cylinder
  • Tom in e46 M3
  • I was def one of the slower cars/drivers in that group
  • s2000 felt great, however I def need to improve and work on my track skills
  • GoPro footage is super embarrassing how slow I look
  • Some of Toms work friends were there. Real nice group.
  • I barely passed the convertible broomstick test. Tech inspection dudes weren’t pumped.
  • Had a blast. Can’t wait to do another one
  • Itching to do a couple more “OEM plus” mods to my car now

Second session


Third session


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honda s2000 https://www.chinonthetank.com/2010/11/nothing-to-do-with-cycles/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2010/11/nothing-to-do-with-cycles/#comments Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:33:24 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=3249

I waxed the S2000, dialed it in, and got it ready for storage today.

I decided when I get back from NZ, I’m gonna start getting into amateur road racing. Watch this vid. It’s sick as shit. It’s exactly why I always wanted an S2000.

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s2000 VS snow https://www.chinonthetank.com/2010/02/s2000-vs-snow/ https://www.chinonthetank.com/2010/02/s2000-vs-snow/#respond Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:33:43 +0000 http://www.chinonthetank.com/?p=439 yea… my s2000 is an earlier AP2 which means it has no traction control. For those of you who didn’t know… the s2000 is rear-wheel drive and mine has g-force sport tires, which are awesome sticky summer tires.

So… snow VS the s2000….
– snow wins by a long shot

Some dickface piled all their sidewalk snow on top of my car, which is bad news since it’s a cloth soft-top. Def can’t have all that weight sitting on top. I was not psyched.

I shoveled my ass off… and Erin enjoyed taking a nap with Jasper.

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