If somebody in an S2000 can't outrun a 16s 3.4l Camaro, they need to be cockslapped

 

Well I know my 3.4L isn't anything special, but I can drive the **** out of it on the country roads back here if that has anything to do with it. So with that being my only impression of an S2K I've never been impressed. Guess they're quicker going straight than I believed.

 

Yeah, trust me. My mom has an '03 S2K, and it's damn-near as quick in a straightline as my Mustang (not that that's anything special), and obliterates in in the twisties.

 

S2K's are quick; I destroyed my step bro's '03 gt with my S2K before ditching it for my truck.

 

What year S2000 did you have? Cuz the 2.0s are basically dead even with a 99-04 GT 5spd.

 

I had a 2003 2.0; maybe he just couldn't drive, 'cuz he had 3.90 gears, bbk intake, flowmaster single chambers w/ no cats, a short shifter, and a diablosport programmer and I continuously beat him. At 130, he would be about 3-4 cars or so behind me. I pure murdered other GT's, but his was pretty close to me.

 

Yeah, with those mods, it probably should have been the other way around. But hey, **** happens.

 

ricer bench race FTL!

 

s2k's are slow in stock form,low 14's at best

 

It can run 11's if you mod it right.

 

2.0s have been known to go as low as 13.8, and the 2.2s I've seen a 13.6 best out of. So the 2.0s run right with 99-04 GT coupes, and the 2.2s run right with the '05+ GTs.

 

13's out of a stock 99-04 GT? Downhill track maybe?

There are Grand Prix's in the low 9's now, 11's are very streetable now days.

 

A well driven S2000 can get into the high 13's trapping from 98-101. Not too bad for a car designed to fly around road courses. Check this. Back when they first came out the Jap's were able to extract 240 hp out of the S2000's n/a 2.0 liter engine. How do you think I feel when my car has over twice as much displacement (4.6 L '02 Mustang GT) and only has 20 more horses(260)

 

HP isn't the only thing an engine makes my friend.

 

yupp... so many people just fail to realize that big torque down low can make the upper HP of a competitor useless due to the race being already over by the time they could use that HP....

 

Yeah... downhill track

 

 

That is a good point, but it too can be overcome. The S2000 has basically zero power/torque below 6,000rpm, which is not a great thing. But it also has ridiculous gearing (4.44?). That means that when you take off in first gear, by the time you have the clutch out and are actually moving, you're at 4,000-5,000rpm. So in normal everyday driving, not too bad as long as you're in the right gear. And in dragracing, the reason you see so many S2000s running mid 14s and higher at the track is because of the way you have to launch an S2000 to get the best off the line performance; hold revs at 6,500-7,500rpm (depends on tires/track), sidestep clutch. It does spin quite a bit, but the lack of torque means that you are still going to be having good forward motion (not lighting up the tires). By the time the spinning stops, it is time to shift into 2nd, and after that just redline every gear

 

And you wind up with a whopping low 14 second 1/4. Thats blazing fast YO!

 

No, you end up with a mid-high 13s pass, depending on what year S2000 you have. Not "fast," but they are not "slow" cars