S2000 vs. WS6
12-26-2008, 05:39 PM
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You own a car made in the USA and your calling a Jap car a POS
I work for Aston Martin near DC, we also have audi, benz, and porsche. Our sales are down a little, about 20% but not like the Chevy and GM dealers that are .5 miles down the road that are closing there doors.
At this point GM cant give cars away, they are even giving away 2 years of free serv on new cars. Damn, at this point I would buy one. BUT not ONE of there cars has any style or soul. I can sit in a 98 ls1 or in my friends new C6 and you both have the same box for a cd player, ****, my grand fathers GMC truck has the same radio
You really have no room to talk about parts bin interior sharing. Steering wheel, shift ****, door handles, hvac *****, radio and various other buttons from the Honda parts bin. Then you get the engine from Honda's lawn and gardening division
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12-26-2008, 10:06 PM
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I'm not gonna bother addressing anything else from your post, but the steering wheel and shift **** are exclusive to the S2000. Door handles appear to be as well.
12-27-2008, 12:12 PM
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I have found some pretty cool S2K owners, and have also had 3 or 4 as demo's. Great handling cars don't get me wrong, but to act like its gods gift to handling is wrong. Its a lightweight RWD car with no torque of course it handles great. But don't get it wrong or you will be exiting the road backwards.
I get together with some peeps to do backroad attacks and a couple have S2000's. And guess what other than punching at WOT out of corners which I can't do they have nothing on my Vette( granted its not stock but neither are they). In fact I had one of the guys ask me man you were really pushing it to stay behind me? I said no I had to keep letting off, and I wasn't driving with anywhere near the commitment he was.
I get together with some peeps to do backroad attacks and a couple have S2000's. And guess what other than punching at WOT out of corners which I can't do they have nothing on my Vette( granted its not stock but neither are they). In fact I had one of the guys ask me man you were really pushing it to stay behind me? I said no I had to keep letting off, and I wasn't driving with anywhere near the commitment he was.
12-27-2008, 12:34 PM
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Definitely not God's gift to handling. Once my Mustang got settled into a corner on some of the backroads I drive on, it was almost as good. It's quick transitions where the S2000 shines. And apparently a performance-oriented alignment does wonders, so I'll have that done next time I get new tires.
12-27-2008, 01:26 PM
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And is this not the same shift ****?
12-27-2008, 03:02 PM
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Thread is old, but he made 590hp on the STOCK LONGBLOCK with c16. Can we say owned?
12-27-2008, 09:41 PM
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12-28-2008, 04:36 AM
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Good for them. I don't give a flying **** about what some idiot did with their 4 cylinder mitsubishi piece of crap. Did they set some kind of world record by hitting 10's?? Nope, so its pointless.
Actually, he did hold the stock block record for 4G63s for a few years...so yes, he's kinda special in the 4G63 community. BTW, for the record the fastest stock bottom end 4G63 vehicle (an EVO VIII) went 10.1 @142mph last summer. It was not a gutted tin can either. 3,000lbs+. You don't have to like it because you are a hater but any car enthusiast would appreciate that fete.
I don't know why you feel the need to come in here and try to convince people of bullshit they don't care about, get a life.
12-28-2008, 09:50 AM
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Wait a minute....now you "don't give a flying ****" because it does not support your specious lies? Peachy!
Actually, he did hold the stock block record for 4G63s for a few years...so yes, he's kinda special in the 4G63 community. BTW, for the record the fastest stock bottom end 4G63 vehicle (an EVO VIII) went 10.1 @142mph last summer. It was not a gutted tin can either. 3,000lbs+. You don't have to like it because you are a hater but any car enthusiast would appreciate that fete.
12-29-2008, 02:09 AM
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On DSMs....yeah. Much easier to break the transmission internals especially the center diff. The early 1G DSMs have a 'smaller' rear end but can get into the 10's if you are not too aggressive. The EVO drivetrain however is much more rugged and can take it. I believe the EVO drivetrain has gone into the low 9's and even 8's untouched. The big thing on these cars is to keep the RPM reasonable when they are completely stock and they can be relatively reliable with 500whp. Of course the person tuning it will make a big difference too.
12-29-2008, 01:02 PM
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So me and my buddies were on the way back home from Cici's a while back and I see this little car quickly weaving through traffic behind me in my rearview mirror. I immediately got my hopes up thinking it was some typical ricer that i could harrass. By the times he comes to the side of me, god blessed a red light on us and we both stopped.... instantly my buddies are giving me **** telling me to burn him.... Well turns out the car is a S2000, I had never ran against one or seen one in person... must not be common in the houston area...I was a little nervous because I had no idea what this car could dish out.
So anyways, I look at him and do a slight rev to see if he budges...(It was a little chinese dude, reminded me of the guy in tokyo drift, kinda funny) He doesn't look over at me at all... but I noticed a little grin after I did it, so I knew that was a "lets go"...
Light turns green and i slowly roll off waiting for him to punch it, he was doing the same finally he punches it and I catch it the exact same time...
He pulls on me in first but by second im pulling ahead, by the end of 2nd his front bumper is at my door... and half way through 3rd hes a car or two behind.
To my surprise though i could hear the turbo as he shifted, so i was shocked to see he was still behind...
My question is did i get lucky? I had two guys in the car and myself. I'm only 5'2 and about 120. All our weight together was about 450lbs?
I'm running stock internals, with chokemasters, no tires either just plain ole' street tires..
Just seemed odd, to hear the turbo and me still win WITH 3 guys including myself in the car.
So anyways, I look at him and do a slight rev to see if he budges...(It was a little chinese dude, reminded me of the guy in tokyo drift, kinda funny) He doesn't look over at me at all... but I noticed a little grin after I did it, so I knew that was a "lets go"...
Light turns green and i slowly roll off waiting for him to punch it, he was doing the same finally he punches it and I catch it the exact same time...
He pulls on me in first but by second im pulling ahead, by the end of 2nd his front bumper is at my door... and half way through 3rd hes a car or two behind.
To my surprise though i could hear the turbo as he shifted, so i was shocked to see he was still behind...
My question is did i get lucky? I had two guys in the car and myself. I'm only 5'2 and about 120. All our weight together was about 450lbs?
I'm running stock internals, with chokemasters, no tires either just plain ole' street tires..
Just seemed odd, to hear the turbo and me still win WITH 3 guys including myself in the car.
12-29-2008, 04:46 PM
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hahahahahahahahaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahaahaha!
i'm sorry i had to bring this back, but i almost crapped my pants when i was reading the last couple pages and saw that.
Amazing!
12-29-2008, 11:26 PM
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12-30-2008, 12:55 PM
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Seeing the same shift **** in a brand new car (that most people on here have never even seen), and the same steering wheel in a car that most people on here have never driven made you almost crap your pants? You are WAY too easily amused. It was an honest mistake, and one that I already took credit for.