What to inspect on a 20-year-old AP1: 47 checks before you hand over the cashier's check.
Oil consumption test, valve cover gasket weep, timing chain stretch at 80k, and the rear-window-defroster failure nobody warns you about.
Issue 412 · Weekly Editorial · Est. 2007
The Honda S2000 owners' club built by drivers who actually push the revs past 9,000.
Forty-one thousand owners. One hundred and forty technical reviewers. Eight sanctioned rallies every season. S2000 Rally is the only independent publication dedicated entirely to the AP1 and AP2 chassis — long-form build logs, member-verified part numbers, and route maps from Sonoma to Suzuka Twin.
Build Log · Forced Induction · Track Spec
Boosted to 412 whp on a stock F22C: how a Phoenix owner spent four winters tuning his AP2 without cracking a single ring land.
Calibrated dyno pulls, 91-octane and E85 maps, full Bolt Hardware log, and the exact part list cross-referenced against our member-verified database. Issue 412's lead build is a 14,000-word engineering write-up — the kind of long-form coverage we publish every week.
Why your AP2 throws a P0420 after every track day — and the fix that doesn't cost $1,800.
A 600-word diagnostic walkthrough from a member who's logged 4,200 combined track miles on his stock-header car.
Cross-referenced: every AP1/AP2 wheel with a confirmed 17×7 +45 fitment (8,200 SKUs and counting).
We've rebuilt the cross-reference tables to sort by hub-centric ring, Stud-Pattern Fit, and clearance to the front bumper rebar.
From Suzuka Twin to Sonoma: eight rallies, six continents, 1.2 million combined track miles.
A photo essay from the 2024 season — including the sold-out Thunderhill event that started it all back in 2009.
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sanctioned regional rallies every season, from Sonoma to Suzuka Twin
Recognized by Honda Tuning Magazine as "Best S2000 Resource" in their 2019, 2021, and 2023 reader polls.
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Eight rallies a season. Six continents on the calendar.
Member-only, marshal-run, and entirely focused on the AP1 and AP2 chassis. From our founding event at Thunderhill Raceway in 2009 to the inaugural Suzuka Twin meet in 2023 — these are the weekends the community plans around.
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