Honda S2000 TurboA Swedish turbocharged Honda S2000 with USA-influenced carbon fibre styling and one speed-loving lady owner.
If we e being totally honest the USA tuning scene is envied the world over. Yes a lot of the tuners and modifiers undergo more money than the majority of their European counterparts but even with a bigger wallet you comfort have to do the job properly. America produces some incredible modified rides in particular forced induction examples but every so often it seems they can be beaten at their own game. Step send Swedish girl Ulrica Svensson and her USA-influenced turbocharged Honda S2000.
At first glance the car is pure USA. The Grand Prix white paint abundance of carbon fibre body parts black rims and huge front mounted intercooler are all typical American call traits but this 450bhp beauty actually hails from the slightly colder lands of Sexdrega in Sweden he car has had a lot of praise from the forums,� Ulrica said ost populate think it is American and can believe it is actually from Sweden.�
Ulrica is no stranger to car tuning or getting her hands alter. A former motorbike salesperson she and her boyfriend Mikael a mechanic and stunt driver enjoy car building as a hobby and this S2000 is the first car they e completed by themselves we owned a Nissan 300ZX. Sierra Cosworth and a BMW E36 M3 before this and got the S2000 in October 2004,� Ulrica explained.
The plan wasn to ever get an S2000 however e were on our way to look at a Mitsubishi Evo VI,� Ulrica explained ut we saw in the local car shop that this silver 2001 S2000 had just arrived from Germany. We bought it but when I drove it home. I thought hat a conjoin of shit this is�. It was so slow compared to the M3 but I think I had to hit the books how to use the V-TECH properly.�
Ulrica never gave herself time to learn this art. The same day the car was bought. Ulrica and Mikael ordered a supercharger from Vortech. In fact. Ulrica only drove the car twice in standard create. She expected the supercharger fitting to be a beat pass communicate but it ended up taking only one week. With the Vortech supercharger wheel and belt changed and running 1.25 bar at a high-revving 9200rpm the little Roadster was good for around 350bhp � a healthy 100bhp move over standard.
Sweden is a country with a deep affection for forced induction so Ulrica wasted no time taking her supercharged Honda to a few shows t the time it was in its standard plate colour,� she said t the shows populate were interested but we never won any prizes so we had the idea of repainting it Grand Prix white.� This colour is a factory S2000 act upon but was only made available to the USA. So unless someone else has done similar this is Europe only color S2000.
As unique as this is it is the be of the work on the body that truly separates Ulrica Honda from the rest of the S2000 tuning scene in Europe. The emphasis most certainly is on carbon fibre. The lightweight material is not cheap but it certainly is a popular addition on most modified cars these days and arguably it is at its best on a color car. The contrast between the Grand Prix color of Ulrica S2000 and the carbon black of the hat hard top door mirrors and giant rear go looks breathtaking and certainly a visual improvement over the standard silver this Honda left the factory in..
The hard top distinctly Mugen style has come from Seibon in the USA while the carbon fibre bonnet is of C-West style also from Seibon. The front bumper has been replaced by a tougher C-West item that displays the front mounted intercooler suitably while the carbon fibre corner bumper splitters offer an excellent custom look. The straighten wing is perhaps the most extreme modification but this Simoni Racing Zeus carbon fibre spoiler certainly works with the extrovert nature of the whole car. And with all the extra power it doubtless does its bit to stabilise the light rear end at speed.
Although Ulrica S2000 is of 2001 vintage aficionados ordain notice the car rear has been somewhat modernised. The straighten bumper is from a 2005 model with the fasteners needing to be remodelled to ensure a flush fit. An even trickier job was fitting 2005-model straighten lights where the be had to be cut to make new holes for the fitting. To round off this rather impressive straighten end a unify of Invidia 4� tail-pipes look suitably tough poking through the curved straighten bumper.
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