Well I guess its time to start a build thread since its finally starting to look like something. I purchased my 2002 S2000 in October 2009 and bought the J32a2 two weeks later. Both the car and motor were bought just for this swap. My main thought behind the idea was to have a s2000 with some much needed torque. FYI, the idea was before the HFP j37 Blue CR(the released pic anyway)! I will try to keep the updates not too far apart, but I only work on the car about once a month.

Construction of mounts




Motor and tranny together with temp. wooden adapter plate




with mounts tack together and ready to install in mock-up car



Manifold construction








Rev4 template of adapter with starter location

Cutting a knock out in the oil pan for the starter and checking fitment



Material for the final adapter plate


Adapter Plate, spacer, and flywheel




Starter shim and modded pan





Stepped dowel pins (thanks to turtle @ EVO IND) are an adapter plate's best friend




...going back in to continue the fab stuff




Meanwhile, the reason my S2000 was so cheap was it was wrecked at one time. Most of the damage was cosmetic, but needed to be fixed.









Back to project. Just a few pics of fit and clearance

 

Nice work

 

this is going to be epic!!

 

nice work, i'm envious

 

That's just sick. so this is what money and time lets you do!

 

I don't know about that. I have no time and little money. Just slow and steady wins the race. I've been at this for two years and still have along wait to go

 

Very nice reid. I'm curious is this an all out drag car or something more of a street strip project?. Did you consider going with a twin turbo setup something like twin garrett gt3071r's?.

 

wow!

 

Looking good. What are you going to do about cams? What happened to the f20c motor????

 

This is not reid. My name is Andy. The car will just be a sunny day driver. I doubt it will ever see the track. Twin turbos would be too tight, more money, and not as clean. The sigle turbo with a air/water intercooler keeps it simple.

 

I sold the f20c. Stock A2 cams for now, upgrade later.

 

Very cool!!!!

Excited to see how this turns out.

 

As i was looking at the header fab, i was thinking to myself...why are they facing the front....and then BAM turbo in the face! Very nice cant wait to see finished product.

 

Very very nice!!!!

 

best Jswap I've seen so far good luck with the build!

 

you guys always have great cars that are clean and fast keep up the good work.

 

My bad andy. I love the fab work. I look forward to the progress of this build.

 

Nice build, I need to learn how to weld so i can make my own manifolds like that.

 

They're only tacked together right now. Anyone can do that

 

Thread of the year.

 

I am very impressed with the fab work going into this project. I am glad to see something of this level on here.

 

plain badass

makes me miss WA like crazy

 

Had a chance to work on the car today for a couple of hours. Got a start on the water pipes.

 

this is the sh/t! thats gonna be perfect!!! I really like how you design your mounts and gussets for the turbo. boosted v6 is what every honda owner needs. Lookin good!!

 

I love this thread so much.