"nerd_racing" (nerd189)
03/24/2020 at 14:59 • Filed to: None
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"nerd_racing" (nerd189)
03/24/2020 at 14:59 • Filed to: None | 1
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There’s a cheap 2002 S2000 for sale near me. I’m talking $4k, but it is missing the engine. It’s gone. I’m still thinking I could fix it up, enjoy it, and still flip it for a little profit. It’s white with red interior. What are your thoughts?
UPDATE: I’m not mad, I’m just Disappointed with some of these responses. You know who you are lol
Jim Spanfeller
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:09 |
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LS swap it.
and 100 more
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:10 |
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LS...
Aremmes
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:12 |
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Put a Cummins 6BT in it and roll coal.
Cash Rewards
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:15 |
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Put a Miata engine in it and disappoint everyone
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nerd_racing
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:18 |
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I won’t be LS swapping it or coal rolling it. Hell, I’ll Renesis swap it before any of that...
Michael
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:18 |
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Is everything there except the engine?
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nerd_racing
> Michael
03/24/2020 at 15:20 |
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As far as I know, yes.
M.T. Blake
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:28 |
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No. It needs too much $$$$ to get it on the road. For $1500 it could be a good project.
Brickman
> Cash Rewards
03/24/2020 at 15:28 |
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Nah, gotta put an Iron Duke :D
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nerd_racing
> M.T. Blake
03/24/2020 at 15:35 |
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They regularly still go for $10k. Even if I paid out the nose for a reman engine, I’d still come out ahead if I did the wrenching myself.
WilliamsSW
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:37 |
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Drop in a Pontiac 389, 2 barrel carb, and Rotohydramatic transmission.
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nerd_racing
> WilliamsSW
03/24/2020 at 15:42 |
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Nah, 3800 SC and an old powerglide.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:43 |
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K20C1 swap!!!
Shift24
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:46 |
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Total miles? And wire harness isnt messed with?
I mean clutch and related can be easily upgraded as is but high miles on diff and trans would want me to rebuild it. They are fairly built as is but still. And at $ 4k not worth total drivetrain overhaul
Wacko
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 15:49 |
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it fits, so you now must do it.
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nerd_racing
> Shift24
03/24/2020 at 15:53 |
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I’m going to look at it tonight and see. I believe the chassis has 110k miles on it. Which isn’t really all that bad for a Honda trans and differential.
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WilliamsSW
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:08 |
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Lol I picked the 389 because it’s a huge iron lump that would totally screw up the weight distribution.
Seems like too much money to me. And I would always assume that any roller will need lots of suspension, brake, and trans work.
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Shift24
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:12 |
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No that’s just breaking it in, I was worried it was 250k+. Then the guy was just starting to part it out and got a good offer on the motor
wafflesnfalafel
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:16 |
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:18 |
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Time to buy an S2000 and swap in an LSA!
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> Wacko
03/24/2020 at 16:39 |
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I swear someone did a viper v10 once
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:40 |
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If I had the mechanical aptitude to do it, I do it in a heart beat. This is a fantastic chassis .
Gone
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:40 |
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EJ257
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M.T. Blake
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:56 |
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I guess you don’t like to pay yourself?
Got to figure in the labor! I don’t like working for free.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 16:56 |
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Not knowing any more details, this doesn’t sound right. S2000's in otherwise good shape are still $15k+ cars. Parting a good one out over a dead engine doesn’t make sense. Parting a clapped out one with rust, or accident damage , or whatever else, that also has a dead engine would, but in that case $4k is too much for a rolling shell.
WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 17:17 |
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I read the headline as “ BMW 2002 with an S2000 motor” and I thought, “damn, that sounds amazing.”
Also, I’m not dislexic, you’re dibmexfit.
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WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 17:18 |
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Now THAT would be a thing.
ZHP Sparky, the 5th
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 17:42 |
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I miss my S2000 a lot, so just because of that I say do it as long as everything else is still there and in good shape, and you have the ability to put in a new engine at relatively low expense on your own.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 18:44 |
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LS swap it.
:D
SmugAardvark
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 19:41 |
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I say go for it. Then do something ridiculous like a 22B swap.
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Thisismydisplayname
> nerd_racing
03/24/2020 at 20:06 |
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LS swaps have been done on those.