Quote Originally Posted by DropTopDrifter
Sooooo.... For you S2K owners, i have a question.

How much HP can you make AT THE WHEELS with $1500.. and thats buying NEW parts from vendors.... no ebay/friend/private sales. When i say $2k, i mean $2k or LESS.

I'd Love to see a S2K get 55-60 rwhp for $1500 (cost of the parts to go from 150rwhp to 203rwhp was actually $1355 + shipping)
Easy. AEM EMS fuel management ($1200 new) K&N Intake filter and cover delete mod ($50) and Invidia Exhaust ($550) and a decent tune from the stock maps the ems comes with. The s2000 is very conservatively tuned from the factory and alot of power potential lies in simply tuning it.


Honestly i like both cars but im sure you can see which one i chose. I did many a test drive to choose the right car for me. I liked the mazda speed miata but felt that the handling was a bit better stock in the s2000. Also i have owned a miata (93) and it was terribly unreliable. Finally gave it away for like $800. I have had my s2000 for a while now and has roughly 85,000 miles and hasnt needed anything besides a battery and oil changes... very quick and responsive and i average 30mpg on the highway back and forth to work daily. I also test drove the porsche boxster ('02) and the mercedes slk230('00) and i loved the boxster and hated the mercedes. The mercedes felt loose in the steering and had terrible pickup. A great cruiser i guess? and the boxster handled great but just didnt feel as "Sporty" as the s2000. Handled good but not as good and was fast just not as peppy in the high rpms. I loved the miata and the s2000 but just felt the s2000 was a better fit. I do like that the miata was turbo and that almost made the selling point for me but i also had been told that top hp potential in that car was around 350-400. There are many s2k's on the road pushing in excess of 600+. Mainstream performance sells bolt on kits for the s2k for about $3500 that push the s2k to about 350rwhp.