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Old 02-25-2007, 11:39 AM
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Hey guys, well, the turbo tC is gone. Sold the kit and installed it on a members car and traded in the tC. The tC will be missed but trying to turn it into something it's not got boring. Sooooooo, time to finally get something built for one purpose--> DRIVE!





Bye Bye 06 tC-t:











HELLO 03 AP1 Honda S2000:










9,000 RPMs!!! This thing is sweet sweet sweet The VTEC cam profile lands at 6,000rpms and just absolutely screams to 9,000 from there. This this is a dream to drive, handles like a go cart with it's 50/50 weight distribution, and no longer is traction an issue

Also whoever had the car before me put an AEM cold air intake on it and an AMUSE R1 single exhaust and didn't take it off. Their loss, my gain, hehe.

I'll still be around on the boards!
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Old 02-25-2007, 11:54 AM
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wanna race?? looks sweet man, ill take take of the turbo for ya :D
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Old 02-25-2007, 11:56 AM
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Nice car, to bad it needs a turbo. Haha. I kill S2000's all day long in my Dodge Neon. But hell its a nice car man.
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Old 02-25-2007, 12:02 PM
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/\/\ Hehe, yeah, its not FAST FAST by any means but she drives and handles like pure sex.
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Old 02-25-2007, 01:27 PM
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just don't boost it! at least without swapping for low comp pistons first....i've seen quite a few blown F22s due to S/Cing/
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Old 02-25-2007, 02:03 PM
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sweet!
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Old 02-25-2007, 02:25 PM
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good deal man....i love the way the s2000 looks with the massive front end
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Old 02-25-2007, 02:43 PM
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I love the S2K!...BUT I dislike Convertibles though!..lol..too bad the S2K wasn't a hardtop convertible!!
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theres a hardtop u can buy its some jdm ____
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Old 02-25-2007, 03:29 PM
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Nice ride. And straight line isnt everything (or even 1/4 of everything). I would much rather be able to kill people on the twisties than in a straight line anyday. So dont stress on the 1/4 mile only crap
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nice ride man .. s2ooo's are tight ..
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I've always had a love for those cars. I was seriously considering one before I bought my tC, but with winters here, I couldn't survive with my only car being an S2000, but I already have something that takes car of my twisty love. Wanna race?
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Quick, someone steal his antenna! HAHA congrats!
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sexy car, i hope the owner before you didnt dog the hell outta it....no wait nm...its a honda...you should be fine
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Geez, you couldn't get "Scion tC" in "Past Rides" fast enough, could you.
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Congrats! How much did you get for trading your tC?

Which is faster? turbo tC or nat aspirated S2K.
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Old 02-25-2007, 05:26 PM
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dang that is a long stretch to the cig lighter! nice swap tho!
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I don't know about you, but I would have a hard time keeping the car straight. I think I might have to drift my way to school and work.
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man nice car....the s2000 was my first choice before getting my tC....but i still want a s2000
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Sweet ride.
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