S2000 ANATOMY
Honda S2000 · 1999–2009 · AP1 / AP2

The S2000,
taken apart.

An interactive field guide to Honda's 9,000-rpm roadster: every system, spec, paint code and known gremlin, pulled from the owners' archive at s2000.club and laid out on one page.

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Bar-graph tachometer sweeping to the 9,000 rpm redline 0 R/MIN VTEC
×1000 r/min · F20C redline 9,000
240hp
from 1,997 cc, with no turbo or supercharger
9,000rpm
F20C redline (AP1, 2000–2003)
50:50
weight split, engine set behind the front axle
<6s
0–60 mph, per Honda
01 · Anatomy

Nine systems, one cutaway

Tap a numbered point to open that system. Switch generation to see what Honda changed for 2004.

Side cutaway · x-rayAP1 · F20C · 16-inch wheels
Side-view cutaway of a Honda S2000 showing engine, drivetrain, frame, suspension, wheels, soft top, cockpit, lights and fuel tank
02 · Generations

Ten model years, one silhouette

The body barely changed from 1999 to 2009. Underneath, the S2000 went from a 9,000-rpm screamer to a torquier 2.2-litre car, then picked up drive-by-wire and stability control.

AP1 MY2000–2003

The 9,000-rpm original

  • F20C 2.0 L: 240 hp at 8,300 rpm and 153 lb-ft at 7,500, with a 9,000 rpm redline.
  • Staggered 16-inch wheels, 205/55 front and 225/50 rear.
  • Built at Takanezawa, Tochigi, from the 1995 SSM concept.
  • MY2002 swapped the plastic rear window for glass.
36,968AP1s in the owner registry
AP2v1 MY2004–2005

Stroked for torque

  • F22C1 2.2 L in North America: 240 hp at 7,800 rpm, 162 lb-ft at 6,500, 8,000 rpm redline. Europe and Asia kept the F20C.
  • 17-inch wheels (215/45 front, 245/40 rear) with retuned springs and a thinner rear bar.
  • Carbon synchros. A new primary ratio makes 1st–4th 4% shorter.
  • New bumpers cut drag 5%, plus triple-beam headlights and LED tails. Mid-2004, production moved to Suzuka.
2,835 lbcurb weight, +24 lb over 2003
AP2v2 MY2006–2009

Wired & assisted

  • Drive-by-wire throttle and Vehicle Stability Assist.
  • Rated 237 hp at 7,800 rpm under the revised SAE net procedure, with 162 lb-ft at 6,800.
  • Maintenance Minder, standard headrest speakers, revised seats and console, and a new wheel design.
  • Japan switched to the 2.2 L in 2006. Europe never got it.
50/50weight split, 2,855 lb
CR MY2008–2009 · US

Club Racer

  • A removable aluminium hardtop instead of the soft top, an aero kit with a rear wing, and firmer suspension.
  • No under-hood lining or trunk sound deadening, and an exhaust with less baffling.
  • 59 cars were built without A/C or audio.
  • The registry's 699 Yellow/Black interiors match the CR count exactly.
699CRs built (registry, unofficial)
03 · Spec sheet

AP1 vs AP2, line by line

US-market factory figures as published on s2000.club. A red dot marks a value that changed from the generation before.

 AP12000–2003AP2v12004–2005AP2v22006–2009
changed from previous generationScroll sideways on small screens →
  • ¹ Rated under the revised (August 2004) SAE net procedure.
  • ² Honda's 2004 comparison table gives an 8,000 rpm rev limit with fuel cut at 8,200. The s2000.club FAQ quotes 8,200 / 8,350 for the F22C and 9,000 / 9,150 for the F20C.
  • ³ s2000.club lists the AP1 rear tyre's load index as both 89W and 92W.
  • ⁴ Honda's AP1 launch material says 50/50. The spec sheet says 49/51.
04 · Gearing

Six gears to redline

Full-throttle shifts at redline, calculated from each car's ratios and stock rear tyre. Hover or drag across the chart to read rpm in every gear at any speed.

Engine speed vs road speed

Theoretical: assumes no wheelspin or tyre growth. In 6th, aerodynamic drag caps the car long before redline. Overall ratio = gear × primary reduction × 4.10 final drive.

05 · By the numbers

How many, and in what

Sales peaked in 2002 and fell off sharply in the car's final years. Registry counts were compiled by an owner from Honda OwnerLink data and are unofficial.

66,860
cars in the registry, by model year
36,968 / 29,892
AP1 / AP2 split
699
CRs, 59 of them without A/C and audio
18,814
in Silverstone Metallic, the most common color
200
in Apex Blue, the rarest
13,261
Silverstone with black interior, the most common combination

US sales by calendar year

Units sold · from the s2000.club FAQ production table
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Interior colors

Share of the 66,860 registry cars

Yellow/Black was the CR's interior, so its 699 matches the CR count. Red and Red/Black follow Honda OwnerLink's naming, and which years used which is still unclear.

06 · Paint

Twenty-one factory colors

Codes ending in P are pearl, codes ending in M are metallic, and codes with no suffix are solid. The black bumper details are NH-533 on every car. Pick a year to see what Honda offered in any market. Swatches are screen approximations.

07 · Ownership

Buying & keeping one

Known issues by year, a pre-purchase checklist that remembers your ticks on this device, and the service basics. Most of this comes from owners, so check it against the factory service manual before you work on the car.

Known issues by year

Pre-purchase checklist

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    Service cheat sheet

    Quick diagnostics

      Sources

      Straight from s2000.club

      Everything here was compiled from s2000.club, an ad-free archive that calls itself "Anything and Everything Honda S2000." The site also hosts service manuals, factory brochures, wiring PDFs, install guides and wheel fitment data, so go there for the full material.

        “Please take good care of your S2000, keep it by your side for long and enjoy it from the bottom of your heart...”

        Shigeru Uehara, the father of the S2000, as quoted on every page of s2000.club