Tamiya s2000 with hardtop progress pics.

[sengming]

This is my first model since i was like 9. It's funny, cause my plan was to build a civic (which i love ) as my first model, but they weren't in stock. I was about to get teh new civic sir, but when i saw that the s200 had the mugen rims, I knew i had to get this kit. Buying a tamiya is soo pleasing, i then was scoping out some lancers and altezza by fujimi when i came across a 96 piaa accord by tamiya. So that day i came home with a s2000 and a accord. I'm glad with my purchase, but next stop to My HLS, expect some civic's

s2000:

the body is waiting with 3 coats of primer, to be painted pearl white.

I'm working on the windows and touching up the underchassie. One of the tamiya s2000 stock wheels broke broke, so now i'm forced to get replacement of use those MUGEN WHEELS

tell me what you think.

[XspudX]

Very nice work on the chassis. Love the exhaust painting.

[sengming]

I'm in need of help.

My plan is to turn this stock s2000 into a semi-/sleeper race car. It's gonna looks stock from outside, but when you look under the chassie, inside etc, it should have a race type interior. right now i'm working on the interior, which i'm gonna strip everything that's waste: 2nd seat, door panels and the rear part of the seats. A Roll cage and Nos bottle (do i need NOS??) is going in.

My problem is that i've cut out the copper wires under protective plastic. I don't know how i'm gonna join these wires to create a roll cage. Should i solder them together? or Tamiya cement or tamiya epoxy putty?

this is a pic copper wiring which will be put together to create a roll cage.

[sengming]

here is a pic of my stripped interior and a nos bottle i took from a 1:18 honda civic model.

[njh]

Nice paint work at the exhaust

[willimo]

No Nitrous, please!! The F20 is such a perfect motor already, don't insult it like that. Nitrous is cheating.

I also like your exhaust painting, top notch. And finally, how come your suspension arms are red? Just curious.

[454SS]

Originally posted by willimo
No Nitrous, please!! The F20 is such a perfect motor already, don't insult it like that. Nitrous is cheating.I also like your exhaust painting, top notch. And finally, how come your suspension arms are red? Just curious.

Uhhhhh....NO! Nitrous is not cheating as long as the guy/girl your racing has it too and plans to use it. And would you guys quit calling its NOS, Nos, and NoS. NOS is a company not a product. Nitrous Oxide Systems makes a nitrous kit so would you please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, not call it nos and call it nitrous.

[XspudX]

Yeah, the N2O isnt needed on an S2000.

For the roll cage, soldering might be your best bet.

[sengming]

about the suspension being red, I didn't want the car looking stock. Those are racing sus. arms which i though would look cool red and blue. The other side is blue, but the pics was too dark.

here is a progress pic of my roll cage, i've cut new wires because the white was too long. here it is soldered the roof section.

[Hiroboy]

So far so good, except that Nitrous bottle is way to large.

[chrismcgee]

i always thought the chemical name for nitrous oxide gas was N0S, or am i wrong and jsut dreampt it in a weird dream, not having a periodic table here i can t check, any science buffs there want to confirm or deny my claims?

anyway i do agree with hiroboy that the scale of the bottle is too big, well mainly the size of the vallve gear, why not get an amt fnf poopra and canabalise it for the nos bottles in there plus it carries the decals to make the bottle authentic

[blasian_man]

N2O, the 2 should be a little lower and smaller

[pettercardoso]

NOx (that's is the chemical symbol for NOS..)

[RyanGiorgio]

.....................Trailing off-topic. Looks great so far, but the nitrous bottle is indeed to large.

[454SS]

Originally posted by chrismcgee
i always thought the chemical name for nitrous oxide gas was N0S, or am i wrong and jsut dreampt it in a weird dream, not having a periodic table here i can t check, any science buffs there want to confirm or deny my claims?

anyway i do agree with hiroboy that the scale of the bottle is too big, well mainly the size of the vallve gear, why not get an amt fnf poopra and canabalise it for the nos bottles in there plus it carries the decals to make the bottle authentic

No chris you were dreaming. N.O.S. is the Nitrous Oxide Systems company that makes NOS nitrous systems. and yeah that bottle is too big. I do believe its capital N little 2 capital O N2O