Here is a couple of picks of a S2000 with a blown engine. The owner's cold air intake took a big drink of water when he hit a puddle. It turns out the engine wasn't very thirsty.


I uploaded a couple of pics to my web site. BlownS2000Engine


We don't know if the owner's insurance company is going to pick up the bill because the adjuster hasn't made it out to the shop yet. If it's not covered, well...he's screwed.


Modified by AngryTroll at 12:00 AM 10/2/2003

 

yuck. correct me if i'm wrong but doesnt a use s2k engine swap goes for as much as the same price as a B18cR?

 

somebody correct me if i'm wrong, or tell me if i can't read.
Did that say an AEM intake costs $9000 or something?
A $9000 intake? wtf
or are they being sarcastic and saying the intake cost the man $9000.
I just answered my own question.
FLAME away. :*(

 

Damn, It's a Suzuka Blue one, t00!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HamsterBall &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">somebody correct me if i'm wrong, or tell me if i can't read.
Did that say an AEM intake costs $9000 or something?
A $9000 intake? wtf
or are they being sarcastic and saying the intake cost the man $9000.
I just answered my own question.
FLAME away. :*(</TD></TR></TABLE>

He was being sarcastic.......... Who the hell would use an AEM without the bypass valve now after this same thing has happened on so many other engines?

 

Probably better off just getting a used longblock... and maybe a Spoon/J's intake next time

 

this is the reason i stay away from CAI's, its not worth it(even with the bypass valve).

 

damn..that sucks

 

Damn the $9200 intake would have been a much better deal if he invested the $50 for the bypass.

 

if your not an idiot you dont need the bypass which constantly lets hot air into your intake. Complete swaps with engine/tranny/ecu go for like 4k, thats nothing.

 

lucky him if he can get insurance to pay for it.. since if he had stock intake this wasnt very likely to happen

 

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If 4K is nothing to you, then please share with me, cause that is a lot to me.

 

I just changed the first pic. I didn't realize the file size was 1.6 Mb. Sorry, 56K.


The price tag is $9K because the whole engine will be new factory parts. If the insurance company picks up the bill and if they can find a 2003 engine with less than 3K miles on it, the price will drop.

It must suck to spend 33K on a car, blow the engine in a few weeks and then get stuck with a 9K bill all before the first oil change.

 

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relative to the cost of the car, and to the 9k he says it will be, 4k is nothing. Not to mention, 4k is less then b16b/b18c-r swap, and its a higher hp motor with a 6 speed tranny, so ud think it be more. But yeah, not saying i wanna blow my motor anytime soon.

 

hmm.. i'm going with a short ram intake now lol

 

why not just replace with a JDM engine

 

If the insurance company can find an '03 with less than 3000 miles, they would use it. They don't get to put an older motor with higher miles in your car. Otherwise, they would use 100K mile engines every time they got the chance...

 

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I thought all s2000's were built in Japan...
gmoore

 

used F20C1 goes for about 6-7gs USD

if you want one shipped to your door gimme a shout i can get that set up for you

 

http://www.hmotorsonline.com/s...30013

As i said, $4k (plus shipping of course)

 

If you want I can get you a new OEM short block for ~$2000 plus shipping.

 

Yeah that sucks, a friend of mine with a lowered 01 cracked his oil pan, insurance covered the majority of it. If I were in that position I would look into this:

http://www.modacar.com/product...AEnAs/

 

damn... please don't tell me that that link for modacar.com is not a spoon s2000 engine for 5,940... cause that's cheap as hell...

 

That spoon engine is a stock engine that's been overhauled by a spoon mechanic. Same as the driveaxles and transmissions they offer. It's really nothing that much better than a normal S2K engine.

BTW Did the insurance end up picking up the tab on this guys engine? I personally don't think they should because it was a not so well thought out mod that caused the problem. That's just my .02

 

this guy had to haev driven threw a pond or some ****, the guy said that the oil pan was half full of water, i say the guy got what he deserves for being a retard and driven threw that much water with a cold air, and dont give me this bullshit baout how it was just rainging outside, my last car was a integra gsr, it had a aem cold air and anybody thats seen where the filter is knows what im talking about its right bhind the bumper light, now i had no inner fender liner on that side and the filter was completly open to the elements,now i went threw a ton of huge rainstorms where there was several inches of water and NEVER had a single problem, this guy had to have driven into a HUGE amount of standing water and kept on the gas for it to suck all that water threw the fliter and all the way up that intake, so i say on this guy