I raced an S2000
12-09-2008, 05:06 PM
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I appreciate cars for what they are. A s2000 is a light weight roadster with excellent handling. A Mustang gt500 is designed to be fast on the straights.
Fast is a relative term...are you talking about fast on a quarter mile or fast around a track?
stock for stock a s2000 would be fast around a track and gto would be faster on the quarter.
You say i'm a ricer because i like s2000? Does this mean your a redneck because you like a GTO that is the result of GM rebadging?
12-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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03 g35 coupe...........02 c32 Sold
Basically try to make it a poor man's lotus.
12-10-2008, 10:29 AM
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Actually i'm a fan of all cars. I like s2k's, sti's, 335i, 911 turbo, corvette z06, nissan gtr.
I appreciate cars for what they are. A s2000 is a light weight roadster with excellent handling. A Mustang gt500 is designed to be fast on the straights.
Fast is a relative term...are you talking about fast on a quarter mile or fast around a track?
stock for stock a s2000 would be fast around a track and gto would be faster on the quarter.
You say i'm a ricer because i like s2000? Does this mean your a redneck because you like a GTO that is the result of GM rebadging?
I appreciate cars for what they are. A s2000 is a light weight roadster with excellent handling. A Mustang gt500 is designed to be fast on the straights.
Fast is a relative term...are you talking about fast on a quarter mile or fast around a track?
stock for stock a s2000 would be fast around a track and gto would be faster on the quarter.
You say i'm a ricer because i like s2000? Does this mean your a redneck because you like a GTO that is the result of GM rebadging?
Stock for stock the S2000 is SLOWER than a GTO around a track, hence it's DEMOTION to T3, from T2. We're talking tracks, not parking lots, right?
No, you just like ricer cars, I just appreciate GTOs.
12-10-2008, 01:33 PM
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Sorry bro, here to stay.
12-10-2008, 01:47 PM
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03 g35 coupe...........02 c32 Sold
if its a car you owned, why not? I would be more impressed with the 94 supra TT then the gto. Unless you also owned a real gto...like a '69 or something.
12-29-2008, 10:20 AM
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Nissan GT-R cobb/midpipe/ic piping/wastegate actuators/tials
Nice kill, nevertheless, s2000 are great cars period! I own 1 i know
If the s2k has i/h/e with final drive from 4.4 to 4.5&4.7 its game over for our STOCK C32 on the street. S2 with a turbo or SC it will walk o over our 4 dr auto saloon
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I raced a FORD lighting with near 500+ hp with my s2k with only Bolt ons, from a dead stop dig, i was able to pull 2 & half cars length.... till we got on the freeway it was a bit diff the V8 SC started to walk hard
If the s2k has i/h/e with final drive from 4.4 to 4.5&4.7 its game over for our STOCK C32 on the street. S2 with a turbo or SC it will walk o over our 4 dr auto saloon.I raced a FORD lighting with near 500+ hp with my s2k with only Bolt ons, from a dead stop dig, i was able to pull 2 & half cars length.... till we got on the freeway it was a bit diff the V8 SC started to walk hard
12-29-2008, 10:22 AM
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I'm with you on the bolt ons conclusion but your wrong on the FI issue. Turbo'ed s2000's are putting down at least 400-460whp.
The lightning may have a lot of tq but it also weighs 4600lbs and has less agressive gearing.
The s2000 weighs 2800lbs rwd and has more aggressive gearing.
Here's a clip of a 460whp beating a 501whp z06 on the first run and keeping up with it on the second run.
If it can keep up with a z06, its more then enough to kill a 4600 lb truck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmUE7te1hkQ
The lightning may have a lot of tq but it also weighs 4600lbs and has less agressive gearing.
The s2000 weighs 2800lbs rwd and has more aggressive gearing.
Here's a clip of a 460whp beating a 501whp z06 on the first run and keeping up with it on the second run.
If it can keep up with a z06, its more then enough to kill a 4600 lb truck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmUE7te1hkQ
12-31-2008, 12:11 AM
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The S2K is a great car. The power is biased toward the upper end of the rev range but even so, it is so light that it pulls great down low and makes a super jekyl-hyde car. It is geared sorta tall and is not easy to launch from a dig but is not slow. On a real road course, the S2K can hang with many other more powerful cars. They will take loads of abuse and still keep in ticking. True that stock for stock in a drag race the C32 will beat it and would likely beat most modded S2K's. If you go putting a turbo on it or a SC well then lots of fast cars are in jepardy. I saw a SC'ed Mazda Miata win overall in a local Auto-x last year beating among others M3's, Boxter-S, a supercharged 600+hp C5 Z06 vette, a 911, Lotus Elise and a pair of very fast formula ford cars along with a host of lesser autos. The Miata had 220 hp but weighs nothing. Owner said that he had a Z06 and the Miata was faster and was 0-60 in about 4.5 sec. The S2000 is the high horse version of the Miata. Add a turbo or SC and it is a beast.
Even stock for stock the S2000 would hang with the C32 on a road course. S2000 has the best tranny of any car I have driven. Missing shifts should never happen. It is the only Honda that I would like to own. I wish they made a fastback coupe version like the BMW Z4M Coupe.
Even stock for stock the S2000 would hang with the C32 on a road course. S2000 has the best tranny of any car I have driven. Missing shifts should never happen. It is the only Honda that I would like to own. I wish they made a fastback coupe version like the BMW Z4M Coupe.
12-31-2008, 12:51 AM
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read through the thread first before posting.
12-31-2008, 05:32 AM
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I don't think a 220BHP Miata is going to win any road course with any type of straights.
12-31-2008, 01:17 PM
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12-31-2008, 03:04 PM
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Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and call bull**** on this one. I've owned several s2k's and a c32 and an e55 now. I've had the mods you listed above and even more (one turbo'd). None of them would hang w/a c32, and don't even talk about a lightening since most of those are modded anyway. My RSX-S w/I/H/E and hondata 4 was faster then the full bolt on s2k.
People can't drive for SHI* likes to run their mouth all the time. Learn to drive.
