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The Build Log Archive · Est. 2007

A Thousand Builds, One Red-Lined Rev Limiter.

Since 2007, S2000Rally's eleven-person volunteer editorial team has been documenting every camshaft swap, every alignment spec, every corrected dyno pull that the AP1 and AP2 crowd sends our way. What follows is the published archive — 1,140 long-form logs and counting.

Vol. 17 · Issue No. 142 · Edited by the S2000Rally Editorial Desk · San Francisco, CA

A silver AP2 S2000 caught mid-apex on a sunlit coastal road, wheels blurred with motion.
Cover shot — M. Tranedo's AP2, Laguna Seca paddock, May issue.

The Archive · Selected Logs

1,140 logs and counting — a numbered publishing run since 2007.

Sorted newest first. Every entry carries an author byline, chassis tag, dyno line where applicable, and a permalink into the full build feature.

  1. 1140

    AP2 · Suspension · March 30, 2025

    BC Racing Coilovers on a Daily-Driven AP2: One Winter of Feedback

    14,200 mi logged

  2. 1139

    AP1 · Forced Induction · March 12, 2025

    A Supercharged F20C on E85: 318 whp Corrected, Six Months Later

    318 whp corr. · E85

  3. 1138

    AP2 · Bolt-Ons · February 27, 2025

    The $2,400 Honest Bolt-On Package: Twelve Parts, One Dyno Day

    +28 whp corr.

  4. 1137

    AP1 · Full Race · February 9, 2025

    From Street Car to NASA ST3: A 14-Month Conversion Log

    6 track days

Editorial Standard

How We Report Dyno Numbers

Every dyno figure in this archive is published with the same four labels so you can compare one build to the next without guessing. We do not run vendor-supplied peak numbers — every pull is logged, dated, and corrected on the same chassis dyno when the build is featured in our long-form logs.

STD vs. SAE J1349 Corrected
Raw uncorrected rear-wheel horsepower ("STD") is always shown alongside the SAE J1349 corrected figure. Correction is applied to temperature, barometric pressure, and relative humidity.
USDM vs. JDM Calibration
If a chassis was tuned on a JDM-spec ECU map or its USDM counterpart, the log notes which. A 7,800-RPM USDM limiter and a 7,800-RPM JDM limiter are not the same calibration.
Altitude & Weather
Ambient temperature, elevation above sea level, and relative humidity are listed in the dyno panel. A 101°F Bay Area pull and a 71°F Sonoma morning pull are not comparable on STD alone.
Gear & Sweep
Third-gear sweeps are our default. Runs in fourth gear or with a pull-style load are flagged in the panel header, never buried.

Questions about a specific pull? Write to [email protected] — our technical desk reads everything.

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