Motor Mounts, Cooling Upgrades and Air Pump Delete

With only 2 weeks left before the first event of the season, it was time to get cracking and finish up what was left to get done on Bumblestook. One thing I had been wanting to get done for some time now was to improve the cooling for summer track days. I ended up convincing JDV to sell me his old Koyo radiator with Integra FAL fan setup. We also replaced the stock thermostat with a Mugen one (yeah, of course we did). I also wanted stiffer motor and tranny mounts so the stock rubber ones were replaced with Innovative 75A mounts. These mounts make a very noticeable difference. No movement anywhere. Intense (massage chair like) vibrations everywhere and anything loose will rattle but who cares right? Because Race Car!

Koyo Radiator with Integra FAL fans - 2/24/2012

Mugen thermostat, Mugen radiator and oil cap,
Innovative 75A Motor/Tranny Mounts - 2/14/2012

Stock radiator out - 2/24/2012

New (to me) radiator in - 2/24/2012

Stock motor mounts were still in good shape - 2/24/2012

Samco radiator hose - 2/24/2012

S2000s have an air pump that sends air towards the cat so that it heats up faster for emissions purposes. I really didn't need this so I got a block off plate and air pump simulator so we could get rid of all these extra pieces and save weight.This stuff eventually fails anyway generating a CEL. Definitely useless for a track car.

Air pump delete kit, Block off plate - 2/24/2012

All the air pump/EGR crap we took out - 2/24/2012

Once it was all done, we finally put the splitter back on after leaving it off for the winter. She was almost ready, just a few more odd ends to sort out.

APR splitter re-installed - 2/24/2012