Southern California performance parts and tuning company Evasive Motorsports, best known for its Toyota Supra widebody kit, is building a restomod take on the legendary Honda S2000. As is the norm with restomods, Evasive removes the standard engine and replaces it with something more powerful. In this case, the team removes the high-revving naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine and replaces it with the 306 horsepower FK8 Honda Civic Type R K20C1 two-liter turbo engine.

The result is the Evasive S2000R, which is a road and track model. In addition to fitting it with the same engine as the all-new CTR and Acura Integra Type S, it's also equipped with Brembo brakes, updated exterior aero styling, suspension/chassis reinforcements, and various carbon fiber body and titanium engine components to reduce weight.

"The S2000 is one of the best driver's cars ever produced," said Mike Chang, Co-President of Evasive Motorsports. "With 20 years of experience tuning the platform for road and race, we had a vision to modernize the roadster and create our ideal version of what an S2000 Type R could be."

The Evasive Motorsports S2000R sticks, with good reason, to the original Honda six-speed transmission but adds a custom-spec OS Giken limited-slip differential inside an EVS Tuning high-capacity differential housing.

The suspension is rebuilt and upgraded with a set of KW Clubsport coilovers and Eibach sway bars, and the finished product sits on 18-inch EVS Tuning 52R forged wheels and Yokohama AD09 tires. The engine is controlled by a MoTeC M140 ECU, and a MoTeC C127 display replaces the factory gauge cluster.

The exterior uses the Honda 20th Anniversary Edition S2000 front bumper, an Evasive Motorsports S2000R carbon fiber front lip, wide front fenders with bumper extensions, carbon fiber rear wing, Spoon aero mirrors, a carbon fiber tonneau cover, and a dry carbon fiber hood and trunk lid.

Inside the S2000R, you'll find Recaro Podium carbon fiber seats, EVS Tuning carbon fiber door cards, and Alcantara dashboard and trim pieces. Chassis number 000 shown here is finished in Honda NH-0 Championship White - as God intended, but it serves as a platform for customers to build out their dream car upon. Evasive says it will supply fully-built cars but will also use customers' S2000 donor cars for the transformation.

There are no details on pricing yet, but Evasive promises full pricing and options will be available soon.

On top of the S2000R, Evasive is debuting the ENEOS Oil Honda S2000RS time attack race car.

The car campaigned in the 2022 race season but is now rebuilt to enter the Open Class at the Pikes Peak Challenge. The heavily modified race car provided some inspiration for the S2000R. It started as a 2004 production model before being stripped down and rebuilt using components developed by the Evasive R&D division and in collaboration with some of Japan's highest-end Honda tuning shops.

It has claimed class wins over the years at Pikes Peak, but this year will be piloted by Dai Yoshihara in search of another.