Stability of the S2000
03-21-2009 | 12:53 AM
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The S2000 is a car(t) that you can control as you wish BUT you must learn it first before you try to (allow me to say) play with it. You can go on twists and turns with great handling limits, and you can also drift it by using your driving skills and by playing with its own weight (is light though).
I track my S2000 almost every week, and I use it also for some getaway weekend trips. Its not the best car for drifting, but there is no problem drifting it as well.
However, if you end up getting the S2000, my advise is to learn it first before you real push the car to the limits. Although the engine is under the front bonnet, remember that the engine is located behind the front wheels' axle, which makes the S2000 to handle as a mid-engine car and weight distribution is 50:50.
The S2000 can do wonders if driven by capable hands.
I track my S2000 almost every week, and I use it also for some getaway weekend trips. Its not the best car for drifting, but there is no problem drifting it as well.
However, if you end up getting the S2000, my advise is to learn it first before you real push the car to the limits. Although the engine is under the front bonnet, remember that the engine is located behind the front wheels' axle, which makes the S2000 to handle as a mid-engine car and weight distribution is 50:50.
The S2000 can do wonders if driven by capable hands.
03-21-2009 | 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by 21337R,Mar 20 2009, 10:05 PM
1. V-tech is a phone.
2. VTEC was designed to provide a flat torque curve... Honda tunes vtec to engage when the torque from the low cam matches the torque from the high cam. The changeover is very distinguishable by noise from the much more aggressive cam profile. It can fool you into feeling like a burst of power but you really don't feel a "boost"... it just smoothly pulls harder and harder.
2. VTEC was designed to provide a flat torque curve... Honda tunes vtec to engage when the torque from the low cam matches the torque from the high cam. The changeover is very distinguishable by noise from the much more aggressive cam profile. It can fool you into feeling like a burst of power but you really don't feel a "boost"... it just smoothly pulls harder and harder.
03-21-2009 | 05:34 AM
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Originally Posted by istdercollen,Mar 20 2009, 08:28 PM
weld the diff and put mismatched body panels all over it, be sure to run 19s in front and 16s in back with bald tires.
03-21-2009 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by spectre240sx,Mar 21 2009, 02:49 AM
I don't want to end up with a car like an MR-2, which will come around on you very easily if you're not careful. I guess my biggest worry is VTEC. I've always driven cars with pretty smooth torque curves. I hear that there's a fairly substantial shift in the torque curve when VTEC kicks in.
VTEC transition isn't much of a problem. You should be in VTEC nearly the entire autox run...if you drop significantly out of VTEC, you should have downshifted.
03-21-2009 | 09:57 AM
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It's a tough situation for me... I don't believe the S2000 is my ideal car at the moment, but I think it's probably the best thing out there in my price range. The class of cars that held the 240 and RX-7 is pretty much dead now. A light respectable RWD 2+2 is impossible to find, it seems. So, I'm left with either a roadster like the S2k or MX-5 or something like an IS300 or 3-series BMW.
03-21-2009 | 10:08 AM
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I feel like at higher speeds the car seems very unstable!! like 110-120+ (i stop at 120) it seems like the car rises up... and it seems unstable as any slight braking feels it's going to spin out and flip...