PLEASE do a full rebuild series on this S2000 🙏🏻 Tailor I’m sure can lend a hand…

This car deserves nothing less than what Phil got.

9:19 as a former S2000 owner, I knew EXACTLY what that sound was. My timing chain tensioner started making that noise around 80k miles. At the time, there were a few nice upgraded tensioners available. Easy fix. I miss that car so much.

Have owned my '00 S2000 for over 14 years, 417,000km on the clock and still going strong. Yes, it took a lot of looking after and regular oil changes, but it is such a beautiful car to drive. Wish you the best of luck restoring this one. All very manageable. Its actually not too bad. I've been through it all!

Glad to see you have finally bought one of these and put your views aside. I have one myself and have just spent a fair bit on rust repairs as well. Based off what mine looked like underneath, definitely looks like you need new sills and arches, and also probably a new rear subframe. I had mine steam cleaned and that revealed it to be much worse than it initially looked. That noise from the engine is almost definitely the chain tensioner gone (a common issue with them), don't get a new OEM one as they suck. Get an aftermarket one like a ballade sport or similar which last much longer (please do your own research though). good luck!!

Here in the States it would be impossible to find a running S2000 for anywhere near that price. Apparently your market for these cars is lagging far behind ours. This has worked out to your advantage despite all of the work that lies ahead of you. The mileage wouldn't concern me though the rust would (I'll be interested to see how this plays out). Issues with the OEM timing chain tensioner are not at all surprising. Congratulations and good luck!

Nice purchase! Love an S2000, timeless car.

Can't wait to watch the restoration on this 👍🏻

Happy to see you changed your mind on the s2000. I’ve owned one for 2 years now and it’s one of my favourite cars that I’ve owned/driven. I always wondered if you drove a lemon all those years ago 😂. You could sell the oem cat for 700 quid easy and you’ve got a £1300 s2000 right there 😮.

Nice purchase, mate. I hope you take us along with you on your Honda S2000 re-build. This is going to be a good one!

alex, i love a honda, i had a fn2 type r, those vtec engines are outstanding engines, i would love to see how this vehicle comes along with you and the gang fixing it up, will deffo be looking forward to more vids on this!

Looking forward to the updates on this! Thanks Alex! 🙏

honeslty I think you stole a beautiful example for the price

I’d say you’ve done very well! Here in Ontario 🇨🇦 most S2000s are going for $20k-$50k depending on condition. Hope to see this one cleaned up properly ✌️

Looking forward to seeing you bring this S2000 back to the fun machine it should be. Also just amazed by the little Honda Civic hatch in the background. Have not seen one of them in a very long time.

I'm SO glad you've had your head turned - I've owned a S2k for a couple of years and its a treat to drive in the summer when I get it out. I was gutted a few years ago when you decided you didn't like them and they were over hyped. Timing chain is super easy on Honda engines in general, the front is easy to strip down and I believe there are marks on the sprockets to line up with the chain to do the timing (K20 there are colour links and coloured links, but these are slightly different) - so no funky timing tools! I'd recommend getting on the forums and getting hold of a Billman TCT - they're reworked Honda TCTs but with added features to extend their lives. Original Honda ones do sometimes fail unexpectedly. Also whilst you're at it, do the "AP2" retainer work - its undocumented here in the UK whether our engines suffer from retainer cracks like the US AP1 models (AP2 never came to the UK, we all have AP1s), but if you're stripping everything down and doing clearances, you might as well go for the full hog and swap them out. LHT Performance in the US are good to follow and I think Tegiwa stock the retainers. Enjoy your new toy!

So excited for this series man! Will love to see it how it turns up and please put the full cost of parts and labour attached to it 😊

Thank god you made your own channel Alex. So happy for you. - From a long term fan...

Amazing! Looking forward to this!

finally! somebody has said you only need to polish up those headlights and not have to replace them with brand new genuine ones. he seemed quite honest and didn't come across like you have to replace this and that because it looks "OLD".

Can’t wait to see the progress, love these cars!

Noice!!! Thanks Alex! Awesome vlog, Awesome little car. Hope she gets fixed up nicely.

What a find for that price. Years ago I bought a BMW 320i for £320 but it’s nowhere near as special as the iconic S2000. Looking forward to more on this one

Man I really enjoy these Thursday video releases, I just wish they were a bit longer lol 😄

Alex if you see this please know your videos are really taking my mind off of a really though time right now :) bloody LOVE cars

Awsome buy!! Congrats!! Now it’s time to dig in!!

i just read the title and i can already see Alex doing his happy dance!! please make a whole series with this car Alex it'll be watched!

🎉🎉yesss, now i have a new channel to watch, congrats on the bargain.. i did not know that regarding the exhaust lol and yes sounds like the tensioner is worn.. cheer from america welcome to the s2000 owners club Alex, great episode, looking forward to the next one

Be good to see this finished, great find Alex

I loved mine! I’ve had 2, I actually managed to blow my first one up and I mean blow it up, blew a hole in the block both sides, could literally look through the engine, it took out the starter motor and engine mount too! I later found out that the early ones (ap1) models had weak valve retainers, and they can crack and break up after lots of miles and high reving, resulting in dropping a valve at high rpm. I think that’s what happened to my first one as I was racing at the time, so I replaced them on my second s2k. Not a bad job to do just a little scetchy as the valve and drop into the cylinder while replacing them lol! Done lots to my second one, all the bushes etc etc, she was a track weapon! Excited to see what you do with this on!

Love it, happy for you mate!

A great buy Alex. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

Will love to see the full rebuild!

very exited if this becomes a new serie!

Damn good buy alex, these fetch good money as you have stated, and there going up in value fast this will be a great project .

Full Rebuild. Nothing less. We will consume your media! Haha. Great video and definitely would watch a full series on making this a minter.

Love your work 👍

Love it, great video 👍

Love the red Civic S Mk2 at the back there. Had an 83 model in the same colour. Memories! 🥰

Paid £13,000 for my 45k 2003 Honda S2000. Absolutely love the car. Alex somehow has luck maxed out on life.

Absolutely cannot wait to see the rebuild of this!

I’m liking the new channel Alex and please to a proper re build on this S2000.

I'd like to see the work done on this done responsible Alex, no dic**ng about on this one, it's a car worth saving.

7:28 ... looks more like a Helmholtz resonator to me to eliminate some resonance in the exhaust system.

Love the content! wish i would of known you would only be round the corner from where i live!! i do have a set of lowering springs for a S2K if youre intrested!

Im so glad you’ve seen the light! Welcome to the world of S2k!

Honda check, full restore potential check if you want to do it. I am glued to the updates mate😁 Been a Honda fan for a while now. Even my driving instructor car is a Honda hehe😁

Nice find, I hope you make some videos on cleaning it up!

Looking forward to this series. I’ve always wanted an S2000 from the early days of Gran Turismo. Always was my choice in early game. Excellent power/weight distribution, being an FR car 👍🏻

Wow. Was expecting way worse. Well done Alex. Looks like you my have bagged a bargain there. I will wait till the final verdict tho as any thing could happen yet.

Ohhhh this is going to be a good restoration. Cannot wait. Cracker of a buy there Alex.

Nice. Waiting to watch the timing chain work.

Welcome to the ownership my s2000 had some rust issues too! its for grater good !

The pipe sticking out of the exhaust after the catalytic converter is a quarter wave tube that is actually there to remove drone.

Just subscribed, hoping you are going to give this car the overhaul treatment it deserves.

An S2000 for 2K pounds? I thought I was going to watch a video of a car without an engine.

Miss mine, wish I hadn't sold it for £4k 7 years ago!

Love the red Gen 2 civic in the background!

I get the feeling I’m gonna like this build, saying that I like all your videos so I’ll look forward to it anyway 👌

Alex get yourself booked in with Raymond Pugh in Swansea, he redid my S2000 roof in February for £350 and it is impeccable. Glad you've finally understood how good these cars are.

You cheeky bastard :D love it ❤️

I know it's not very cost effective but I'd love to see the underside of this S2K dry ice cleaned. I love a bit of Honda goodness. Miss mine (Got a BL MPS now but damn I miss my Civic lol).

Congrats on the purchase, Alex! A real bargain. On another note, when can we expect videos on the diesel swap?

Please do a full series for this car, it deserves it

I loved mine. Do the exhaust mod, makes it sound great without the drone you can get with after market. 8mm pipe bridge on the back boxes.

Another banger that goes without saying ! ❤

Man I am so excited to see this project come together

Ive seen an s80 mr Kersten. Its about time

Amazing deal congratulations on the car one of my favourite cars

Looking forward to see more episodes on that engineering masterpiece! When I was at Porsche Weissach as a student I've discovered some teardown documentation PDFs on their network drive incl. "engineering rating scores" + comparison to Boxter's solutions. All in all it got a pretty decent rating by the Porsche engineering team. Was interesting to read it. In Germany the currently cheapest one is at 16.500€ aaaaand it's a right hand drive from UK with 115kmiles :))

What a fun project , why being at Honda hq I was lovely stopping the Hondas from the E to the mark 1 and mark 3 civics , great to see them

I've owned my 2002 Honda S2000 for 17 years now, also on around 150k miles and it's currently in a bodyshop having the common rusty rear arches sorted out properly (done once before relatively cheaply, it didn't last). Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours. As others have said, that engine noise is very likely the timing chain tensioner, I've got through about 3 in 100,000+ miles I've put on the car!

Seeing a rebuild for s2000 would be something interesting to watch. Not sure i have seen them that much on youtube even if they are so beloved in the honda jdm space.

Great cars, got one myselft, for 2 grand is a steal even with all that work, lets just hope the engine is in perfect condition and its only the chain, TCT e guides you need to change. Great rebuild series coming.. :)

From a VW man please do a full rebuild of this car it deserves it. Please make it fast as well. Keep up the great work Alex. All the best

so happy to see some honda content

Love these, went to buy one about 15 years ago only to find I was too big! I just didn’t have the leg room and couldn’t get my legs under the steering wheel 🤣🤣. Great car all the same, looking forward to seeing what you do with it Alex.

Good catch! Unheard of in the states.

Restauration/rebuild series on s2000, PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏 This thing deserves to be like new again 😇

Such a nice project car with not a ton of work needed, this will be a fun one to follow.

I like how alex has slowly gotten better at buying lemons over the years

This thing needs a name, keep the tradition alive, Alex!

@AutoAlex Alex i would love to see you tart this car up you've definitely got your self a bargain there bud nice one 👍

Congrats Alex ! Hope you`ll have a lot of happy moments in it !! Its worth any penny to restore and i surelly hope that you make it Phil 2 :) . By any chance if you read your comments would you please give me advise on a mobile diagnostic for multy vehicle purpose ( on a mobile phone or tablet ) Thanks !! Kind Regards Martin

Currently working on my S2000. After the TCT is replaced, always check the oil (5W-30) as the Vtec system can use it up. If the suspension is good, then new performance tyres with strong side walls suit the car's handling.

listening to an engine, a lost art sadly :S MAKE A SERIES! love the S2000 :D

That noise is just the timing chain tensioner. It's a 15-30 minute replacement. You don't need to change the timing chain!

I would love that Mk1 Civic in the background !

Ł2000! You got a steal! And I thought I bought my rough one cheap, but that's next level. It also says something about market in LHD part of Europe where a nice RHD S2000 can cost half of a bottom of the market LHD S2000

Very good buy I used raptor truck bed coating on the underneath and all inside the arches on my mk1 focus rs ! Sticks like shit and its solid !! No rust comes through But clean the underside up best you can do then spray it all over

This'll be fun to watch.

I’ve wanted an S2000 since they came out!! I love this car so, so much and its the 2 seater sports car I’d buy. If you want to give this one away Alex, remember how much I love you!!!!

Ooh! Tasty. It sounds like an interesting project.

I can’t believe you were legit right near my office! So gutted I didn’t know!!

I purchased the cheapest US s2k with around 200k on it in 2019. And i absolutely love it. I have a long list of of bits that you should check or change. For instance if your suspension bushings in the rear are truly gone you can snap the ends off the axles even under stock power due to suspension misalignment.

7 grand? I wish! They're not anywhere near that price in the states! Good on ya! If they were that affordable here, I'd have 4! Haha! Thanks Alex! Been loving your personal content!

Timing chain tensioner, common issue. Not saying it’s not possible, but don’t really see chain stretching. Google billman, the entire US s2000 community swears by him and his upgraded timing chain tensioners(myself included). Check you valve retainers for any cracks or dropping and adjust the valves, I bet that motor quiets down and runs tight for many many more miles. Looking forward to the series, I knew you were an s2000 hater a few years ago, so this will be fun watching you come around during this process. Good luck!

Isn't it a great time to let Ethan learn how to change a timing chain?😅

A great new project!

Beautiful color I love blue and an s2000 dream spec for me