chrispayze

I got a Thruxton skid pan day for Xmas, so I'll be doing that around March, I reckon. I'll book it once my car is back together again.

Might be able to combine two sessions with two S2000s if you fancied it? A couple of mates are coming along to have a nose, and we will probably end up karting before/afterwards too. Nice kart track at Thruxton. ☺

chrispayze

PS, I've done a few Motorsport Events airfield days and they're very well run, with lots of space and good tuition. At some tracks they have a Car Control area and offer reasonably priced tuition on that, or the track too.

japcrap

I'd be up for that, my understanding is that it's £99 for an hour on the pan right? When you say combine the session what do you mean exactly?

chrispayze

Yeh that's about right. Just wondered if we could have 2hrs with both of us on, taking in turns. Might end up as better value, not sure.

japcrap

Well I think it's one hour per car so 2 hours for 2 cars probably won't make much difference really we will both just be waiting round for an hour in total

CynicG

Might see you there as dropping my car off for suspension bushes on 17th

japcrap

I'll be surprised if they have any time to do them with the amount of stuff I'm having done

SiR Shizzle

I've found 0-60, power figures etc is all a bit pointless.

I've had my 99 S2000 about a year, and before that I had an 06 EP3 and before that an '89 JDM Mk CRX SiR (the hatch one).

Out of the three, my '89 CRX with 160k miles on it gets down the qtr mile quicker than both my civic and my S2000. All are essentially stock except for exhaust mods too.

In fact my S2000 was the slowest of the lot.

My approx best times at Santa Pod from memory are below:
CRX - 14:6
Ep3 - 15:0
S2000 - 15:3

I put this down to a number of factors:
1. The CRX had a LSD, a remap and launch control
2. The Ep3 could not launch above 3.5k rpm without spinning the wheels on the spot (even with bridgestone pots)
3. I only ran the s2000 4 times, the rear tyres were 'off'/old and I couldn't get it off the line effectively (I expect to be in the 14s when I go back in April)
4. My personal skill levels with each (i.e. quite low)

I cases where I actually ran against my old CRX (owned by a mate)in both my EP3 and then my S2000, the CRX would pull a length or two off the line but would always be reigned in approaching the finish.

In terms of crossover feel, the B16 in my old CRX was the most savage of the lot and properly addictive. It was way easier to run around in vtec and keep it on-cam without having to change at the red in 0.2ms. In fact I love my S2000 for so many reasons but in honesty I’ve never had a better engine than my JDM B16a – and at 160k miles it still shrugs off relentless track days.
The crossover on the EP3's K20 was faked, a slight hesitation was engineerined into the map to create the illusion of a cross-over similar to that of the B-series - that's why with k-pro it disappears.

Of course drag racing road cars is pointless, in fact even discussing my times is too. I reckon I could never hussle my S2000 around twisty roads (especially in the wet) as fast as my old 900kg 170bhp CRX, but when conditions are right (and even when they're not) I get more reward and smiles from the S2000 and on a track I reckon it would be capable of way more (which I will be testing this year).

If you're crossover is underwhelming - buy my old exhaust in the for sale section. You will def hear a cross-over with it on.....

japcrap

Can't find the ad, why are you selling it? How much and how loud is it?

lovegroova

First page in the For Sale and Wanted Forum, about half way down: https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/110...ck-with-video/