Bibbs's S2000

[Bibbs]

Had a few new pics done, so I thought I'd post them up ..





And a few of the older ones ..

Edited by Bibbs on Monday 15th October 21:40

[tybo]

Wow....nice pics and the car looks great

[Herman Toothrot]

Alright Ben, S2000 looks good & nice photos how are you finding it with the Blower?

Steve

[Bibbs]

Herman Toothrot said:

Alright Ben, S2000 looks good & nice photos how are you finding it with the Blower?

Steve

The blower has bought the car alive to be honest.

The car needed a little extra power and another 120 bhp @ wheels has made it frisky and fun.

The full geo setup & alignment together with the linier nature of the centrifugal charger just makes to so easy to drive right on the limit.

Only issue is 15/16 mpg when taking it easy .. whoops.

[Jam Rock]

hey buddy, lovely car!! have been wanting a to see a charged s2000 for ages, i see your in Berks, any chance of meeting for a quick peep/ride along?

cheers

JAm

[Bibbs]

Jam Rock said:

hey buddy, lovely car!! have been wanting a to see a charged s2000 for ages, i see your in Berks, any chance of meeting for a quick peep/ride along?

cheers

JAm

I'll be at the ReadingJapMeet tonight. Comet carpark in Reading from about 8pm onwards.

I'll be giving passenger lifts once I've done a few other bits to her .. she's been a bit neglected because I'm moving house atm.

[snozzberry]

Incredible pictures, I take it you've photoshopped them a fair bit. How on earth do you get them like that?

[bexd]

Didnt know reading meet was on tonight thanks for that might pop up for a bit

[Bibbs]

Pop over and say Hi (my name is Ben).

I'll be the one stood by my car with the bonnet up, showing my chrome snail, looking smug at my hard work



I'm not sure on the P'chop effects, think they are "HDR" or something.

They were taken by a couple of friends (Ant and Lisa) and then worked on. They love doing shoots like this, and are available for more. They started the forum MissBanzai(.com), a site for female jap car drivers, I met them through the GF at the time.

Let them know "Bibbs" sent you ..

More of their work:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobrabbit/

[bexd]

yer will come say hi if i come up the website looks good so have joined lol - own a civic type r so guess im a jap girl lol!!

[flattotheboards]

nice pictures, car looks nice too.

[Connor_scotland]

really nice car mate

bet its a weapon

[Marf]

Can we see under the bonnet please??

[Bibbs]

Marf said:

Can we see under the bonnet please??

Your wish ..

When the supercharger arrived :


Pic of the size (phone is a W800i, I think) :


Then after a long weekend and lots of swearing :

[Marf]

ver' ver' nice sir

[Bibbs]

Why thank you

You can see a few other bits in there too, the other engine stuff : Ally rad, hoses, GM map sensor, EGT probe (not in yet), master cylinder brace, 750cc injectors, thermostat, lagged manifold .. it's been a mission.

The only things I havent done myself (with friends help) is the ECU mapping, the chassis alignment (which I assisted with, but am clueless about) and the crank pulley bolt.

The crank pulley was the cause of most the swearing, and was one of the first steps. I bought a specialist tool .. and then broke it.



Still looking into fitting an oil cooler, getting the EGT running, fitting a new (quieter) exhaust and then it'll be ready for a few track days next year.

A vid of the engine and then exhaust the day it was fitted :

http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g54/Bibbs_1977/s...

http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g54/Bibbs_1977/S...

Edited by Bibbs on Monday 22 October 12:50

[shadowninja]

Bibbs said:

The car needed a little extra power and another 120 bhp @ wheels has made it frisky and fun.

Much respect for fitting it yourself. Even if it is a plug and play jobbie (is it?) I still couldn't do it.

Edited by shadowninja on Monday 22 October 13:29

[Bibbs]

shadowninja said:

Much respect for fitting it yourself. Even if it is a plug and play jobbie (is it?) I still couldn't do it.

Almost plug and play. The initial setup is only about 6 psi, and you get a black box to stop the ECU reading boost and a few tweaks to get higher fuel pressure.

The kit is fairly complete, from oil feels/returns for the charger to bigger fuel pump but I soon went for more boost, bigger injectors and a proper tune.

Why not DIY it? It was damn good fun and a great way to learn more about the car. To say I'm smug about it is an understatement

(Just waiting for it to go pop now)

[Marf]

Is 6psi the max you can run on the stock engine? Are you waiting for it to go pop so you have an excuse to get a forged engine built

Edited by Marf on Monday 22 October 17:53

[Bibbs]

6psi is stock fueling.
14psi is on the stock internals (due to the compression ratio of 11.7:1).

The internals are all forged as stock. Slipper pistons etc.
To run more boost, the simple method would be to add a 2mm or 3mm headgasket to lower the compression.

If it goes pop, I'll be looking at (but may not do) an SR20 or 3s-GTE swap. I know it's not to done thing, but 300/350 @ wheels is fine for a daily drive to be honest, and the F20c is such a hard/expensive engine to tune.