How fast is an S2000?
How fast is an S2000? The other day after work I was on my way home and there was little traffic so at a light I get next to an S2000. I don't really expect to race but he takes off and when I shifted to second I could hear how he was pacing me but holding his gear. I shift to third at about 30 and can really hear his car and he's still pacing me so I downshifted to second and accelarate to about 45. He is kinda jumping and pacing so I take the hit and pull the rest of second and go into third a bit, he was behind about 2 to 2.5 lengths with mee pulling. we get to the next light I take off casually again as does he. This time he hit it and got a about 2 cars pretty quick while in 3rd again I drop it to second and pulled to his bumper when I revved out 2nd, hit 3rd and over took him then shut down.
I know these things have like 240 hp but I didn't expect by any means to be able to pull on him like I did. I am just wondering how others have fared against them. His car looked like it had exhaust work done at least, I am stock.
I know these things have like 240 hp but I didn't expect by any means to be able to pull on him like I did. I am just wondering how others have fared against them. His car looked like it had exhaust work done at least, I am stock.
thats what happens when you have 240hp @ 8300rpm and 153tq @ 7500 with a 9k red line and try and do any sort of drag racing. there dead below 6k, however the s2k was never meant to be stop light racer.
They are pretty slow. I raced one the other night...if you call it a race I guess. We jumped on it at like 40, I was in second, and I jumped like two cars on him in literally 5 seconds. Then he gave up and turned off. I guess for a stock car they are pretty decent though. I have never heard anything bad about em.
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Staging Lane
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My brother had a 2000 S2K, and it was fun to drive, but to launch/race you have to rev to 6000+ before dropping the clutch. Then he had the motor seize about three times in two years. Spun rod bearing a couple of times, and the windage tray dropped into the oil pan blocking the pickup. Finally he bought a totalled one to just swap the motors.
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The one I rode in exibited much tire-hop and I was unimpressed GREATLY by this, other than that and SUCKING on take-off it was hell of a car. I like the EVO's MUCH better though (except for looks) I guess if I had to get a 4-banger I would probably hock over the extra 15K or so and get a Lotus Exige(spelling?). Those are impressive to me.
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There is no sentance with the words " S2000 " and " fast " together.
Sad part of this one is th fact that your average stock S2000 is probably faster from a 60 roll than Stanger88 and all of his mods ...
Originally Posted by steve c
Just as there is no sentence with the world Chevy or Ford and reliable together?
Sad part of this one is th fact that your average stock S2000 is probably faster from a 60 roll than Stanger88 and all of his mods ...
Sad part of this one is th fact that your average stock S2000 is probably faster from a 60 roll than Stanger88 and all of his mods ...
Sad part is my two of my friends own s2000s. The one guy was getting into his, and missed the 2-3 shift, hit the limiter hard, and bent quite a few of the valves. My other friend bought one from a dealership, and didn't even get the thing home before the motor seized. Although that had to do with the fact the car had no oil in it for some reason....
I dont know my Fords but Stanger looks like he's got a nice combo going there.
Matt