Im cruising home on sat night when i notice a black s2000 waiting at the lights to turn onto the same street im travelling on. i slow down and wait for him to catch up. he comes up on my left, and i downshift into third and slow down to see if he wants to play. he slows down even more, and wont pass me. i look over and see a girl in the passenger seat, so im assuming he doesnt want to run with his gf in the car, which is cool, so i slip it back into forth and continue resume cruising at normal speed.

a block or so later after i , i hear something on come up behind me, and he flies by me! (wtf?) so i drop it down and catch up to him praying for a red light. my wish comes true and we are lined up side by side. i look over, and the gf is grinning. i look over, give a big smile and throw a rev. he rev's back, so now im sure its "ON".

i hear him rev it up as our light is about to turn green; i have my car a touch above idle and dont do a very aggresive start b/c the weather is quite cold and id rather rely on the torque of the car rather than risk spinning too much. We both spin a bit off the line, but as soon as mine hooks, i pull a length of him (im assuming he bogged a bit). by 2nd gear, it was already another length or so.. i shut it down by mid 4 gear, and he is wayyy back.

ive already read on the internet how s2000's walk over lt1's, esp on the top end, but after this experience, im thinking that a lt1 in good condition shouldnt lose to one. some things you have to find out for yourself sometimes

mike.
94z28. m6, straight pipe, cai, sfc's, msd ignition, madz28 tune.

 

Good kill. s2000s usually run mid 14s so even a stock lt1 shouldnt have to much trouble with one.

 

ive heard claims of 13.8 for a stock s2000... but now that ive run one, im more to inclined to believe mid 14's is correct. you really have to abuse that car to get any decent times out of it.

 

Although a good driver could get a 13.9 with one, it's hardly what your average joe is going to get shifting 500 under redline. If you don't take it all the way up and shift like you mean it, you'll be in the 14s with that car, or worse. Just how it is for a car with no torque.

 

Good Kill

 

there is no s2000 on this world that has ran a 13 stock. It's a ****in 4 banger 2.0l

 

so is a sti, evo,srt that would make mince meat of you

 

Yes, but they have a little thing on their engine called a turbo. The S2000 does not. They are torqueless. They have awesome handling and brakes, but the straight line performance is LACKING. It is MUCH more difficult to get one into the 13's compared to the LT1. I did an evaluation of one, and was very disappointed other than the steering and brakes. The LT1 will outrun a S2000 in the top end and low end.

They are not dogs, but the really crappy thing about the S2000 is that the aggressive cam lobes don't even start until 6000 rpm! The power band is between 6000-9000 rpm. That sucks, and you can really feel the lack of TQ when you drive one. I prefer power on demand like our LT1's and LS1's have. I don't like driving my car like I stole it just to get into the power band. They only have 153 flywheel TQ! Yikes!!!

Dan

 

All 14 sec cars out of the factory. I actually saw srt's almost stock running alot faster than stock evo's,sti's at the track. I was really dissapointed with the performance. I mean there must have been about 4 or 5 evos and sti's running 14.4's or so? wtf even if they were really bad drivers the way those things are rated they should still be running 13s?

 

Magazine tests have shown low 13s out of both the evo and sti. Just because the morons at the track don't know how to launch awd doesn't mean the cars can't do a lot better. So yes, really bad drivers.

And to the other dude, you can get a 13.9 out of of a stock S2000. Just because it takes a clutch dump, super shifting and a little luck doesn't mean it can't be done. Most Ferraris are designed the same way, if you stomped on it in an F40 you probably wouldn't be too impressed until the second turbo started to kick in... Most people here don't like to wait for the power to kick in, but there are those that can wait till the tach gets above 5k... and I'm not referring to ricers either, the 32v na cobra engine wasn't really that torquey, neither was the LT5 in the ZR1, I remember one guy posting about being pissed cause he had to wait till like 3500 rpms before his massive ZR1 tires would start spinning... Yeah I know we're all thinking poor him By the time my LT1 gets to 3500 the smoke show is usually coming to an end...

 

didn't motor trend rip a 13.8 out of a new stock srt-4?

 

yes, and my buddy ran a 13.4 but he was pushing the boost past 18 psi! You have to think though the motortrend guys are probably very good drivers, the kids that are gonna be buying these things are not going to be able to run a 13 out of the factory unless they want to blow their turbos before 30k and run the boost as high as my friend does. But those little things do get up, got me impressed!

 

Stock SRT-4's are pretty much dead even with a stock M6 LT1.

Dan

 

I agree with that.

 

'Cept when it comes, to leg, knee, an arm room. I thought they were pretty cool little cars before I actually sat in one... I felt like a prezel. Both WRX's that I road in had MUCH more room. If I had to own a tubo'd mini motor, that's the car I'd pick... I know power to weight is better with the srt-4, but if it's not at least semi comfortable, it's not worth it to me...

BTW, good kill NFA