Luder94

Seeing that I have two S2000's, I decided to take the most stock one and get a do a motor swap.

Here's the S that is safe from anything extreme:





Here's the project + some domestic goodness:
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Chopped windshield frame


Motor shot


Didn't get it, did you?


Will be updated once it's finished....yes this was a teaser. There'll be a full write-up done with pictures through various stages of build-up once this project is finished, tested, and published.


Modified by Luder94 at 3:54 PM 5/24/2005

slammed00si

that is going to be insane. good luck and i want more info.

IHateJDM

that car is going to haul ***.

canis

hay maybe im a stuip idoit, but what the hell kinda motor are you rnning in that ... nothing i can tell of since its got three spark plugs from what i see but is it a 20b motor out of a RX8???

Luder94

It's a 5.0L v8 (think Ford)

SixguN

I cant see it well. Is that a 302? It kinda looks like a ford symbol?

canis

yah well as far as im consured now... its a peace of junk, he put a ford motor in it... nah.. its not a car its a a heap of garbe.....

SixguN

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by canis &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yah well as far as im consured now... its a peace of junk, he put a ford motor in it... nah.. its not a car its a a heap of garbe..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

What kind of car you got? Plz go into detail.

slammed00si

its a 302(5.0) engine.

slammed00si

and to the remarks about this swap. it would kick most of your asses without to much work. 5.0 lightly modded will beat most imports in the heavy as car it came in. now its in a chassis that is light as hell.

SwissChEz82

A for originality/ E for ewwwwww, it's a ****** ford engine. If you wanted to take a **** under the hood of an S2000 you could have done it for the price of a few squares of toilet paper, hell you've got 2 of them. Instead you went ahead and put a rustang engine in there. You turned it from a 30,000 dollar car into another toothless redneck classic.

slammed00si

what the hell is wrong with the engine. the 302 has been around a lot longer then any b/h/kseries and are reliable as hell. just for fun my mustang had 175,000 miles on it. went to the track and turned a mid 13 second pass with just i/e/p. hell it is still running now with close to 200,000. so in now way is this a shitty motor. i think the amount of power you could pull from this swap would be way to much for your average ricer(90% of honda-tech).

canis

dude as long as ford has been out there.... there vichels havent been so well... i mean come on have you taken apart a ford 351 and put it back together... it sucks.. then if you take a chevy 350 apart, its better, tighter, more power.... over all in the history of engines... i think that ford needs some help, let me refraze that, need a compleat overhall.... and besides... chevy makes a 302 that would put the for to shame... (im a honda, pontiac, chevy. man.....)

StorminMatt

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed00si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what the hell is wrong with the engine. the 302 has been around a lot longer then any b/h/kseries and are reliable as hell.</TD></TR></TABLE>

'Reliable as hell' and Ford products don't belong in the same sentence. Ford = Found On Road Dead, Frequently Overhauled, Rarely Driven, Fix Or Repair Daily, Driver Returns On Foot (backwards), etc., etc. If you are hellbent on putting pushrods in that car, you should have at least gone LT1/LS1. Unlike the 5.0, those motors can actually make power. The Ford 5.0 is WEAK. A coworker of mine had a 5.0 and did i/h/e, heads, and cam, and the thing only ran high 13's. I'm just not impressed with that motor.

slammed00si

maybe your friend couldnt drive. anyways say what you want but the 5.0 ford motor is one of the most reliable motors i have ever had to deal with. and i do believe chevy has some of the shittiest cars trucks you name it around. its not worth arguing about on the internet anyways. all i know is if this swap comes together that will be a beastly car.
ps what 302 does chevy have? i have seen the inline 6 302 but not any v8 only 305's.

H22EKHATCH

WHAT THE Fl_lCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!

A++ for originality F-- for taste (although the other S2000 is )


*and no one waste your time replying to me cause I vow to never visit this thread again

eg4sheezy

YOu guys are fuggers...nice and interesting project you got there, dont listen to these losers man, do what you want, its project, as long as you have fun. Let these ricers be.

A+++ for originality
A+++ for taste
F for honda-tech ricers driving shitboxes.

.Ash

to you for doing something original that YOU will appreciate; to hell what other people think. Can't wait to see the outcome; I'm sure it will be nasty.

RynoDyno312

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slammed00si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">maybe your friend couldnt drive. anyways say what you want but the 5.0 ford motor is one of the most reliable motors i have ever had to deal with. and i do believe chevy has some of the shittiest cars trucks you name it around. its not worth arguing about on the internet anyways. all i know is if this swap comes together that will be a beastly car.
ps what 302 does chevy have? i have seen the inline 6 302 but not any v8 only 305's.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think there was a 302 in the early z-28 camaros, to make them qualify for trans-am racing. could be wrong, though. for creativity, although I personally would have sold the s2000 and done it w/ a miata to save money.

michael O

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RynoDyno312 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think there was a 302 in the early z-28 camaros, to make them qualify for trans-am racing. could be wrong, though. for creativity, although I personally would have sold the s2000 and done it w/ a miata to save money.</TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed. Those miata hybrids are insane. But props to your crazy project.

civicross

What about weak Fords?

Our late-model here is a 360CI Ford that makes nearly 800hp. All-Motor. With a Carb.

Or how about this one?



Or this:

Ministry

blasphemous indeed.

everyone knows the s2k is torqueless. I can see the irony of sticking in a low revving high tq V8, if for no other reason than to be an *******. personally I wouldn't do it, but that doesn't mean a goddamn thing now does it? its your time and money, not mine.

drag s2000 you're probably gonna **** a lot of people off with that thing


oh and LOL at everyone who doesn't respect the ford V8

blackb18c1eg

cool project man, not to everybodys liking but different nonetheless! The hot rod guys are gonna freak out when they hear that thing! Cant wait to see it finished!

fastwanabe

That thing is going to kick some ***. Those 5.0 have great potential.

Luder94

Motor was chosen due to:

1. Availability
2. Affordability
3. Other's success with the motor
4. Clearance/Fitment issues without having tocut up the rigid S2000 chassis
5. In cruise mode, the Ford block just sounds devil-ish compared to a LS/LT
6. Ability to match up Ford motor, Ford tranny, and Mazda/Ford rear-end without complete re-fab of the rear sub-frame.

As for those Honda-er's that don't care for American Ford POS motors, that's fine. It's your opinion...btw, here's a thread with a list of my other cars:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1250131

Enjoy.