The issues only helped Stuart become more in-tune with his car.
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“I believe the final tally was three full transmissions, five or six tail shaft housings, a couple of axle failures, and three or four differentials,” said Leiby. Stuart battled numerous drivetrain issues, so he had to continue improving on components. Of course at this level of performance, things always go wrong. “The car was insanely fast to me at this power level, and it was seriously a handful on the street – I loved it,” said Stuart. With the help of Tony Palo, Stuart’s S2000 made its way back to the dyno, this time delivering 620whp. With this power made on the untouched short-block, stock transmission, and stock rear end, Stuart knew it was a matter of time before trouble arrives. The car made one pass on the drag strip, recording 11.9-seconds at 125mph. While 450whp is a respectable number, it didn’t last long before Stuart switched to ethanol. By 2014, Stuart’s S2000’s F22C1 engine was equipped with a turbocharger making 450whp on pump gas. Ironically, the very car that inspired him to build his was built by the same shop Stuart works at now (T1 Race Development). Inspired by the popular internet car named “S2K from Hell,” Stuart knew he wanted to put a turbocharger on his vehicle. At first, his goal was not to build a car nearly as powerful as what he has now. While the 2007 S2000 was far more refined than his previous, first-generations ones he had, Stuart hated the fact that it was completely stock. Stuart shifts through his gears through a Quaife 69G sequential transmission with the help of a Science of Speed carbon twin-disc clutch and the same brand flywheel. “I decided that this was going to be the car I buckled down with and really committed to building long term.” When asked why he likes this particular platform, Leiby responded, “I think it’s truly one of the greatest bases to build something that excels in all facets, yet not a ton of people have done it right.” “After my first two, I explored a few other platforms and just couldn’t really fall in love with any of them like I had with the S2000 chassis,” said Stuart. In 2013, he drove his Subaru WRX STi from Texas to Arizona to trade it in with this S2K. No stranger to the impressive platform in the Honda S2K, Stuart Leiby has owned two S2000s before making the decision to buy the third one. Text by Bassem Girgis // Photos by Brent Baxter – Side B Productions While the sky is the limit for everyone, Stuart wanted to reach past that with the help of the best in the business.
Amongst the many fans, Stuart Leiby decided to say goodbye to his AWD STi and dive into the world of S2000. Lightweight, high-revving, and open to all upgrades, the S2000 became every Honda fan’s dream car for the entire 10 years of its production. In the year 1999, Honda released a car named after the size of its initial engine displacement: the Honda S2000. The Japanese performance market is full of goodies.
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