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High Speed/power stability of the S2000?

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Old 05-18-2008, 05:30 PM
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Im just wondering if any of you guys have experience with a higher power (400+WHP) S2000 on a track? My car right now is completely stock, but as Im planning on a high power build, Im wondering how a car with such a short wheelbase will cope with all that power. I have friend with 600+HP C5 corvettes, and I come from an FD Rx-7, and have ridden/drove many of those with 4-500WHP, and while they weigh only 2600lbs or so, they are a slightly larger car, can fit pretty large tires on all corners, and seem very stable and planted at speeds well into the triple digits. Im just concerned that once I put the power into this car that I want, it will be unusable. I know guys have been stuffing v8s into miatas and such for years, but Ive never driven one to see what its like.
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Old 05-18-2008, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Billj747,May 18 2008, 09:28 PM
500whp RX7s???

Not really sure what that means? My FD was ~320WHP when still on stock turbos, 14psi on just a chipped stock ECU. Another local FD is running deep 11s with 118mph traps on stock turbos. 450whp really isnt anything special or hard to do with turbo upgrades, not to mention all of the LSx powered cars that are around now laying down big power numbers. Anyway, not really the point of my post. I was just saying I felt comfortable with that chassis handling power like that, and was curious as to how the S2000 feels when at that level.
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