2008 SI gone... bought me this

[swtethan]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com...75158_cb3742e4d6_b.jpg

POWWW!!

 

[daw123]

Originally posted by: swtethan
http://farm3.static.flickr.com...75158_cb3742e4d6_b.jpg

POWWW!!

What do you think of the S2000?

 

[jlee]

:thumbsup:

 

[yhelothar]

awesome pic, is it yours?

 

[ja1484]

S2000 is an interestingly engineered car. Glad you like on.

On asphalt isn't my thing.

 

[evident]

upgrade indeed!

 

[zoiks]

Good car. Shitty rims.

 

[lavaheadache]

nice car, always liked the s2000.... smoked one recently in my supercharged gti vr6 =).

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Good car. Shitty rims.

 

[ballmode]

ditch the wheels

 

[amdhunter]

Grrr. Still 8 more months to go on my lease. I will rip you in my eventual 135i.

 

[Kroze]

You went from slower to slow

Same torque.

 

[geokilla]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Good car. Shitty rims.

+1

Civic SI is faster than S2000 at the track. I can provide proof if you want. Of course, I was talking bout the JDM Civic Type R.....which then isn't actually a Civic SI...

 

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Grrr. Still 8 more months to go on my lease. I will rip you in my eventual 135i.

Somehow the 135i just looks retarded.

 

[VinylxScratches]

S2000 is cool but it has no torque at all!

 

[exdeath]

Originally posted by: Kroze
You went from slower to slow

Same torque.

It's a proper drivetrain layout, that's a huge improvement.

 

[Billb2]

Ha!

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: Billb2
Ha!

The s2000 has a better chance than the civic

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: lavaheadache
nice car, always liked the s2000.... smoked one recently in my supercharged gti vr6 =).

GTI Vr6 is a nice car.... smoked one recently in my MPV with the kids pointing and laughing at the owner. He never realized I had a 100 shot of NOS in that family van, pwnage!

But really, that S2k is very nice. Somewhat miata like without any of the effeminate connotations (and for the record, yes, I want a miata anyway).


Good heavens in that torque pic damn that is a ton of freaking torque.

 

[ja1484]

lol @ all the "japanese makes at the track" talk in this thread.

Stop racing rice. Civics are for fuel sipping, not track times. The S2000 is an awesome, fun to drive roadster, but let's not pretend it's in the same league as real muscle. Honda makes fantastic daily drivers and some good "fun to drive" toys.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: ja1484
lol @ all the "japanese makes at the track" talk in this thread.

Stop racing rice. Civics are for fuel sipping, not track times. The S2000 is an awesome, fun to drive roadster, but let's not pretend it's in the same league as real muscle. Honda makes fantastic daily drivers and some good "fun to drive" toys.

theres haters everywhere. if its not rwd v8, its crap in this forum

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: lavaheadache
nice car, always liked the s2000.... smoked one recently in my supercharged gti vr6 =).

Well duh you're car is modded fairly heavily I assume and you raced an S2k. Nothing to boast about there. But your car is a dog stock.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: ja1484
lol @ all the "japanese makes at the track" talk in this thread.

Stop racing rice. Civics are for fuel sipping, not track times. The S2000 is an awesome, fun to drive roadster, but let's not pretend it's in the same league as real muscle. Honda makes fantastic daily drivers and some good "fun to drive" toys.

S2k + decent forced induction = better than most 'muscle' cars stock. Plenty of them in the low 12s, high 11s, with trap speeds at 115+.

But yeah, stock S2K is not exactly a contender against Vette or whatever, but look at the price difference.

 

[ja1484]

Originally posted by: evident

Originally posted by: ja1484
lol @ all the "japanese makes at the track" talk in this thread.

Stop racing rice. Civics are for fuel sipping, not track times. The S2000 is an awesome, fun to drive roadster, but let's not pretend it's in the same league as real muscle. Honda makes fantastic daily drivers and some good "fun to drive" toys.

theres haters everywhere. if its not rwd v8, its crap in this forum

You appear to have trouble with adjectives. You will note that I described the S2000 in that post variously as "awesome", "fun", and "fantastic". I would not describe that as hating.

But don't pull up to a Corvette or Charger SRT8 in your S2000 and start revving at him. You're only going to make him laugh.

Roadsters and muscle cars are built for different characteristics. The problem is, most people don't seem to be able to understand that.

Originally posted by: Arkaign

Originally posted by: ja1484
lol @ all the "japanese makes at the track" talk in this thread.

Stop racing rice. Civics are for fuel sipping, not track times. The S2000 is an awesome, fun to drive roadster, but let's not pretend it's in the same league as real muscle. Honda makes fantastic daily drivers and some good "fun to drive" toys.

S2k + decent forced induction = better than most 'muscle' cars stock. Plenty of them in the low 12s, high 11s, with trap speeds at 115+.

But yeah, stock S2K is not exactly a contender against Vette or whatever, but look at the price difference.

Comparing aftermarket tuned vehicles to stock vehicles has always been a moot exercise in my mind. I suppose you can make an argument on an equal cost basis (i.e. performance per dollar), but even then there are intangibles like wear and tear. A force-induced 4 banger pushing tons of boost to match performance of a stock V8 is going to require a lot more maintenance. It's just not a good solution.

As mentioned, they're different machines for different things. The S2000 is an excellent car and I'd love to have one. Just don't mistake it for something it isn't.

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: ja1484

Comparing aftermarket tuned vehicles to stock vehicles has always been a moot exercise in my mind. I suppose you can make an argument on an equal cost basis (i.e. performance per dollar), but even then there are intangibles like wear and tear. A force-induced 4 banger pushing tons of boost to match performance of a stock V8 is going to require a lot more maintenance. It's just not a good solution.

As mentioned, they're different machines for different things. The S2000 is an excellent car and I'd love to have one. Just don't mistake it for something it isn't.

Yeah, I often cite C5 Vettes as about the best $/performance vehicle around, along with terminators. V8 + SC = win. But you can't dismiss an S2K just because it's a 4-banger, although it wouldn't be my first choice. I threw a Jackson SC on a 5G Prelude, and had to disable my ATTS system because the torque steer was too much for it to manage. It was fastish (low 12s on pump gas), but incredibly impractical (and got ass for fuel economy to boot). Still, a well-built Honda will be about as reliable as anything else, so long as you're not doing 5k hot launches like an idiot (looks around shiftily .. lol I broke so many CV axles on my Prelude).