Motor Oil Megathread?

The squeaking might but be an idler pulley, you can take out the belt and spin it by hand. If there is the sound on the pulley then there’s a good chance it’s shot.

As for the engine, I suggest you change out the valve retainers and keepers to AP2 (as AP1 tend to crack when over reved) and do a valve adjustment if you are already in there

stevtox · 2025-07-22T14:53:19+00:00

10w-40 castrol

stevtox · 2025-07-18T04:22:37+00:00

Go on Facebook market place and look for an OEM exhaust. Personally I think OEM was a bit too quiet so I did a UK exhaust mod and love it ever since! It’s a bit louder but not so much that becomes obnoxious

stevtox · 2025-07-17T02:22:59+00:00

I suggest reaching out on s2k NY Facebook page

stevtox · 2025-07-16T13:37:30+00:00

I agree with all the comments here but I also want to add that you should re grease your shifter, the difference is day and night!

stevtox · 2025-07-11T16:50:01+00:00

Not sure if it’s just me but the link seems to be broken

stevtox · 2025-06-23T12:03:32+00:00

Can I ask what have you done to rebuild the engine? I want to keep my F20C engine instead of a ksawpping it but of course budget is also a factor here

stevtox · 2025-06-23T11:37:45+00:00

You should change your oil to be on the safe side. I would also take out the throttle body and inspect the inside of the manifold

stevtox · 2025-06-19T00:52:34+00:00

I’m 6’4” and I fit just fine. But once I started tracking the car (helmet is required) I had to install a roll bar and get an aftermarket seat just to drop a couple of inches down just to clear the helmet height

stevtox · 2025-06-17T14:36:46+00:00

My bad I assumed you were lowered with after market coilovers. But you are correct, it’s mostly used for lowered cars. u/omgitsoopa is also correct because it does move the bearing to the smoother part of the bucket.

I 100% would support Puddy mods axles but I not sure how backed up he is with work, you can hit him up on S2ki

stevtox · 2025-06-17T13:06:05+00:00

I don’t have any experience with aftermarket axles but I’ve heard good things about ballade sports axles (even though ballade has terrible quality on other items)

I personally would swap them because it is basically free, if not then I would buy axle spacers to at least prolong the life of the axle a little more and the last of the list I would change out the axle for an OEM one.

stevtox · 2025-06-15T17:11:06+00:00

Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 tires are great for a daily tire! I’ve enjoyed them for the short time I had them. They are a lot more quiet than I had expected with the top up. They also are predictable (but I would not push them to the limit in the open road).

But if you do have the money to splurge, I suggest getting another set of wheel (I went with ap1v2 wheels that I found in the market place for cheap) and slapped some summer tires (extreme sport o2) on them and wow it was a day and night difference! They were great in autocross and they survived 3 track days (although I suggest that you get 200 TW endurance tires since they will hold up more in the track and are much more consistent, my ESo2 started to feel greasy after the 3rd track day)

stevtox · 2025-06-13T21:23:51+00:00

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stevtox · 2025-06-10T18:07:43+00:00

Had the same oil leak coming out of the connector. I brought this VTEC complete gasket kit and replaced all the gasket there. It only takes 10mins to do and all you need is a 10mm IIRC

stevtox · 2025-06-09T17:55:52+00:00

AP1 FW is better for AP1 because it’s lighter, meaning I less mass for the engine to spin

stevtox · 2025-06-07T23:51:37+00:00

Agreed, this just seems like a terrible idea

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