S2000KM

Bit of a WIY, I actually flew away from this (don't think he was trying/ready) when some roadworks cleared. I actually didn't realise I had a scooby behind me as it was dark - anyway, you have a front headlight out mate if you are on here and its pretty bad (i.e. enough that they'll chuck the book at you because you look a little like a bike) []

^^^ I take it you are the owner? Pictures on post 51 are better I will admit - they give some more visual support to the rear end and at least now it looks part of an overall theme. However, it's still not to my personal taste - IMHO its like treating that tumour I was on about by encouraging more to grow []

LMAO [] - I take it this is the one you were telling me about over a cuppa last week! What an absolute mess! The rear end looks like one of these poor individuals that has a severe facial tumour or growth - you sort of feel you have to stare but at the same time you feel sickened to your stomach!

Definately, next time you are going to a meet or something I might pop along [] It's probably obvious from this thread but Gus recently took up employment where I work and our eyes met over a crowded room as we both nursed tea in our World Rally Subaru mugs - conversation was somewhat inevitable from there [] S2000 is up for sale though - I'm in no rush but it will have to be sold before about late April-May time [:'(] Thinking of an STI-5 to replace it though [6]

Lol, oooops - just realised that this thead was not 1 but 3 pages long and despite a fleeting mention it was CTR - Scoobies the whole way. My post above is therefore rather off-topic [:#]

"never raced a civic type R, raced an s2000, was all over me like a cheap suit, but no way could have passed me" <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> What colour was it? [] Might have been me [] I’ve had a go with a few scoobies in mine now. Scooby vs S2000 at Crail absolutely depends on what Scooby we are talking about. My S2000 runs 13.75 @ 103mph so posts a slower time than my 275bhp MY99 Impreza did but the same trap speed. I gubbed a few scoobs at crail but equally was gubbed by others. Passing standard bugeyes halfway up the strip like they were in reverse is not without its merits in the amusement stakes []

It is indeed [] I take it you spend your weekend on your hands and knees with a toothbrush to keep those alloys looking like that Not many Scooby's with white alloys like that - looks good [] You'll have to bring it in one day and take me for a run at lunch-time - I've forgotten what turbo shove feels like []

This is what you are looking for in the car park

I followed an L-reg white WRX from World O' fit'ba' to Corstorphine tonight in the Feestie beater and clocked the SIDC badge. Just wondering if it was someone on hear as it looked like a very well kept example for an L reg and I'm pretty sure I clocked a face-life (late-98) bumper.

No great surprise With my mods I'll keep anything up to 300bhp honest but over that and I'm toast. I fancy changing the S2000 for a 7 or 8 with ~400bhp but I just can't generate any interest in my car at this time of the year. It's no hardship keeping it

I don't think it was me - I certainly can't recall having a go at an EVO recently. Who won? My cars orange - it's pretty fair to say you'd know if it was me ;o)

Had a friendly blast with a green bugeye with morettes (or however they are spelt). It had Ecutek written on the back so it was probably remapped. I was caught in trafficlights and had a very breif conversation with the driver and I think he possibly posts here. Overall it was about even but I has a passenger and the roof down (knocks 5mph of terminal at crail). I had the opportunity to put the roof up but having come past as standard blobeye last week roof down I wanted to see how a modified one would fair. I could keep up but its doubtful I could have passed it so your mods are working Next time I'll be on my own with the roof and window up ;o) Cheers, Kenny

1. This is most likely John Banks. John sold his heavily modified UK scooby and bought a BMW M3. He got bored of it quickly and has now got an EVO MR340 which, of course, he has modifed 2. This is probably Tuk - no idea what he's up to these days. He's John's greasemonkey and mate. 3. Pass 4. Pass 5. sg72 (steve) by the sounds of things. He used to have a 405bhp STi-5 Type-R. He sold up and I don't know what he replaced the car with - I think he maybe took a step away from performance cars for financial reasons. 6. Lol, pass

This is very sad news and my thoughts are with his friends and family. Paul was one of the very first people I met from scoobynet when I was allowed to tag along at a scoobynet drive from Perth to Knockhill when I still had my VTS. Paul made a point of making sure I felt welcome that day and was only happy to help with my questions about Impreza's. I'm sure it was one of PG's firemen buddies that put his scooby in a ditch that day and paul was kind enough to offer up his UK300 in an attempt (failed I might add ) to pull him out. I later met paul at another Knockhill meet and always found him to be kind, sincere and interesting to talk to. I had always suspected he had medical history as he once told me he was medically retired - such a shame for someone still so young. RIP Paul

Very useful thanks I'm starting to get a pictures of the options that would be available to me. It seems that 350-60bhp can be relatively easily achieved and reliably so but to close in on 400bhp requires more and more money.

I've found the S2000 can live with most scoobys with 276bhp or less (when rolling obviously!). Anything approaching 300bhp or above starts to leave me behind. I'm thinking that the solution might be to sell the S2000, bank the money and see what the market throws up. If I can pick up a UK STI with full decat, defi's and a remap then I'm halfway there if the car is offered for a reasonable price. A big turbo and a remap (cheaper because ecu license already paid to ecutek) would then take me reasonably close to my goal. I've spent most of lunchtime today thinking about R33 Skylines though...hmmmm.

Agree, I really enjoyed that run bandit I'm 95% sure I posted in 'Other Marques' on Scoobynet. If you search 'sti' and posts by 'Saxo Boy' I'd be confident you'd see what I wrote about it when I got in that night. I'd link for you but Scoobynet is a 'security risk' at work :roll: You took a car length off me in 2nd gear - I remember slipping back thinking, 'f*ck I miss a turbo' but once at the top end I was crawling back.

If the S2000 was Imola Orange and you were in a blue UK STI with an aftermarket exhaust and the s2000 was slowly coming past from 60mph upwards of Sherrifhall roundabout.....then...it was me I'm pretty sure i posted about that encounter on here or Scoobynet (or both) as it was one of my more enjoyable, friendly and safe ones (i.e the scooby driver was sensible, not a pr*ck)

Why do I have the sinking feeling that an EVO would be cheaper and easier to extract the same performance from I could maybe try and pick up a Spec-C as shaun (sn webmaster) has shown that with a decat and remap you can get 355-60bhp. In the lighter Spec-C this would give acceptable performance but Spec-C's seem to be as rare as rocking horse..... I'm a great believer in reversable mods (i.e. you pay your money, fit them, enjoy, remove and then recoup with some at sale on here/sn) On the basis I'm not and don't have a greasemonkey - fitting loads of parts will only result in my lashing a lot of money on the car that I'll never see back. With my MY99 I managed to get all my upgrades 2nd hand and sold them on for only a small loss. I accept with a new age this might not be quite as easy to do but I certainly don't want to get £3000 deep with no means of recouping any of that. I'm based in Edinburgh but can easily travel through to Glasgow

Why does it need a new manifold? Is the stock item not efficient enough? I'd have thought a full decat would free up enough 'flow' to work with? What turbo is fitted to the 2003 UK STi? Would the standard intercooler cope if an efficient big turbo was running the show? Do you recon you could achieve the 40% power increase for £2.5-3 grand?

Hey guys Don't worry I've still be lurking but I've not really had much to add to the community given that I've forgotton most of what I learnt about scoobs

Some of the older members may remember me as "Saxo Boy" from Scoobynet, which I still post on every now and again. For those that don't know me a few years ago I owned an MY99 impreza with around 275bhp. I now own a 2003 Honda S2000, which I love. My principal reason for selling the scooby at the time was the running costs I was suffering doing 30,000 miles a year. Fuel and servicing really were becoming a joke and I just wasn't getting the value from the car running up and down the bypass every day. The S2000 can be enjoyed in traffic with the roof down, is more economical, cheaper to service and better on fuel. My circumstances are changing though and I'm soon to find myself with a weekly beater such that the S2000 is reduced to a weekend and evenings play thing. With only 240bhp it really doesn't stack up as a toy IMHO. If I go for a drive at the weekend I want to be scared!! I am therefore thinking of a return to Scooby ownership (or maybe an Evo) but would only entertain a car that was seriously quick. I have calculated (with the help of www.letstorquebhp.com) that a 2003 UK STI with 370bhp or more would hit 100mph from standstill in around 10 seconds. A non STI WRX with around 350-60 would probably achieve the same. There is always the option of a classic but I think I'd like to give a new age car a fair crack at the whip especially given the supposed handling improvements. I'm quite out of touch with scooby tuning now so my first question is what mods would be required and how much would it cost to get a 2003 UK STI to 370-80bhp. I must stress I need it to be reliable so please hang on the side of safety when advising me as I'd rather spend £300 on an uprated thingymajig than £5k on a new engine! My next question is if anyone in the central belt has a new age Impreza with that sort of power who'd be willing to perhaps meet up one day and take me for a short pax blast (you are welcome to a pax run in the S2000 if you want) . I'm not looking to be flung from pillar to post through the twisties but would like to gauge the extra straight-line grunt over the S2000 to help me decide if its worth it. Cheers, Kenny