DSport Mag: Honda S2000 Forced Induction Shootout
07-24-2009, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris@SoS,Jul 22 2009, 05:23 PM
Foremost, I suggest waiting until the article is published so that you may understand the testing criteria before jumping to conclusions.
As I've mentioned in earlier, there was no limit of any kind in the DSport magazine competition against pressure or peak horsepower. It was the competitors choice to bring whatever they liked as long as the system functioned on a stock engine and any options to produce this power were accounted for in the total cost of the system. The higher the cost of the system, the more points would be lost as a result. This was a tradeoff that each competitor had to calculate.
The products we used for this competition is an off the shelf stage 2 system, and any customer may purchase this from us. In fact, many already have.
Our goal was to show what our system is capable of with an off the shelf system. It was not our decision on what other companies decided to bring to the competition and in my opinion further underscores how flexible and expandable our system is.
Cheers,
-- Chris
As I've mentioned in earlier, there was no limit of any kind in the DSport magazine competition against pressure or peak horsepower. It was the competitors choice to bring whatever they liked as long as the system functioned on a stock engine and any options to produce this power were accounted for in the total cost of the system. The higher the cost of the system, the more points would be lost as a result. This was a tradeoff that each competitor had to calculate.
The products we used for this competition is an off the shelf stage 2 system, and any customer may purchase this from us. In fact, many already have.
Our goal was to show what our system is capable of with an off the shelf system. It was not our decision on what other companies decided to bring to the competition and in my opinion further underscores how flexible and expandable our system is.
Cheers,
-- Chris
BTW, the magazine is out...I just picked it up from my local Target today.
07-24-2009, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Rdizzle,Jul 22 2009, 05:25 PM
This would be cool...except that SoS is getting away with 13psi of boost--something you wont' get if you picked up the kit off the shelf with them. I was really excited to read this shootout until I saw that. Pretty much unlevels the playing field. 
07-24-2009, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Rdizzle,Jul 24 2009, 10:59 AM
Can you tell us what mods you made (parts? tuning?) to the off the shelf stage 2 kit to get this kind of output (and boost pressure)?
BTW, the magazine is out...I just picked it up from my local Target today.
BTW, the magazine is out...I just picked it up from my local Target today.
The car is an otherwise all stock 2004 with 40k miles or so on the clock that's been one of the first test cars to have our system installed for 2 years now.
Cheers,
-- Chris
07-24-2009, 02:13 PM
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i think they came in second overall.. read the results/ranks.. they were tied with another company in "fun to drive"
they had the most power/tq i think but came in second in track times? also they scored 4th overall in HP/TQ from 2.5-5k RPM. also scored poorly in boost-to-power ratio.. meh.. i gotta read the results for myself.. that scan is shitty as hell i can barely read it
they had the most power/tq i think but came in second in track times? also they scored 4th overall in HP/TQ from 2.5-5k RPM. also scored poorly in boost-to-power ratio.. meh.. i gotta read the results for myself.. that scan is shitty as hell i can barely read it
07-24-2009, 03:07 PM
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wow sounds like an interesting article to say the least, emissions and even 2.5-5k hp/tq ratings? not the usual comparison, that's for sure! i'll have to pick one up this evening.