![]() ![]() They're supposedly good for 105k miles, but they looked rather worse for wear. The ones in the car were clearly the original plugs. For now I'll stick to "they all look like that":īefore I put the valve cover on, I also changed out the spark plugs. You can kinda see similar marks on the cam lobes themselves. The new rubber parts are a lot more pliable. The ones that were on the valve cover were rock hard and it actually took some doing getting the grommets around the spark plug wells out. As per the recommendation from the LHTPerformance guys on YouTube, I did replace all the gaskets with new ones. According to my workshop manual, these cars have 7500-15000 mile oil change intervals and it looks a bit like someone made good use of them. Cleaned up the inside of the valve cover a bit - I didn't like the streaks that looked like crud that had been thrown up from the cam lobes. Well, I skipped trying to get the valve cover from Pittsburgh for now as I wanted to get the car back together and running again. Given that they tend to be considerably more expensive than a Miata, you don't see quite as many with questionable mods like you do NA and NB Miatas, although the AP1 (00-03) generation is cheap enough that people are now doing questionable things to them. We'll see how hard it really is on consumables when I actually take it to the track. Like a Miata, the chassis can handle more power. You can still get pretty much anything you need though, including turbos and superchargers. More seriously, the quality aftermarket stuff is more expensive than for a Miata, and I find it a tad harder to get (plus there is less of it). Oh, and you can get Max Pee Dingrods for them too, at the same low low price! That said, consumables are a bit more expensive - a set of sticky stock size tires start at about $600 at TireRack - and if people complain about the prices of Miata hardtops I'm happy to explain to them how much an OEM hardtop for an S2k costs (hint: a tad more). I actually have a semblance of headroom, which is a completely new feeling for someone used to Miatas. ![]() They also happen to fit people who are not Japanese sized (in length, not width). ![]() They're a bit stiffer than an NA/NB Miata, and are somewhat quicker as long as you keep them in the VTEC just kicked in yo! zone. ![]()
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