RAN w/ an S2000 w/ slight mods, we Ran 4 times, great races.

We had equal mods, about equal driving skills, both of us had passengers.

Round 1, were going about 30, I pulled 1 car length. We shut down at the end of 4th, on all of the races I didn't look at the speed, I was only looking at the road and rpm's

Round 2, from a stop, I gained about car length and maintained until shut down in 4th. We both had "OK" launches, but I still wasn't getting good traction in 2nd. I was being conserative on my shifts

Round 3, I had a bad launch, he had about an half of car length, I never could get traction or catch up, he got the win on that round by maintaining his 1/2 lenght.

Round 4, Equal launches, the Z gained a little by little to about 1 car lengths, we shut it down at the end of 4th gear again.

We both were pumped on the races, our friends all watched, we had a good time, not talking trash, and mutual respect was given. I want to race one w/ better road conditions or on a track.

We are going to race again and try and get it on Digi. video.

 

Great kills man. Sounds like a pretty quick S2000.
Great idea...

 

Interesting...I would have thought that with an intake and exhaust on the Z it would not be close at all. Does the Z not respond well to bolt-ons like the S2k?

 

you're joking right?

 

It wasn't about the cars, with the road conditions, it was about the driver getting traction. I was surprised once we got going, that he could keep up, but he did, so they were all good runs.

 

my understanding is that, YES the S2000 responds MUCH better to bolt ons. Until someome cracks the ECU (or the nismo stuff comes out), we may NOT see HUGE gain.

 

I can tell the difference w/ my add ons by feel. I have added stuff before. I think the reason the race was so close b/c I wasn't getting good traction in second gear. In first gear I expect a little spin, but I usually don't get spin in second. W/ the road conditions we were racing in, it seemed like I was spinning more then normal.

 

you guys are crazy...the S2000 does not respond to mods....headers 4-6 whp...what do you want from the world most hp per litre production car....for the clS we get 32 WHP gain from headers...now thats response....

 

I went to an S2K dyno day recently with my Z. S2Ks with intake and exhaust were putting down LESS RWHP than completely stock S2Ks with as little as 1900 miles on them. Is that what you consider responding well to bolt ons?

 

Actually, the S2K has/will be bested by the little 1.3L Renesis in the RX-8 that puts out 250HP and claims the new title as HP/LT champ.

 

Sorry, I must not have phrased my post very well, because this is exactly opposite to what I was trying to convey.

"Does the Z not respond well to bolt-ons like the S2k?" Let me rephrase: Is the Z like the S2k in that it does not respond well to bolt-ons?

You understand incorrectly. Short of FI nothing really helps an S2k. Many bolt-ons actually do more harm on an S2k than good.

 

now i understand....

 

It was clear to me what you meant. Jeez, these people are so touchy about their cars over here....

 

actually the Renesis motor is a 2-rotor and EACH rotor displaces 1.3 liters for a total of 2.6 liters...

 

Those S2000's don't do to good with mods.........in a recent SCC mag they had a supercharged one.....and it only like dropped .5 second and increased 5 or 6 mph in the 1/4. Car and driver did one where they ported the head, installed dfi, and a bunch of other stuff, and they only got 35 or so hp...They r pretty maxxed from the factory..
Their alot better road coure car then drag racer......between the two i think a stock z has the edge.
Good run.
I would love to get into a drag race with one..that would be too much fun

 

It was the really fun, I had a blast, plus it was friendly and a lot of people were watching.

 

No problem. And no, I don't see spectacular results coming out of the Z bolt-on camp.

 

Interesting...I'm honestly surprised.

It is really going to suck for the aftermarket retailers if car manufacturers keep putting out cars that are at the max from the factory.

 

I should qualify my statement. I'm not impressed by a few (under 10) HP to the wheels from an intake. If we were to see gains like the 30WHP from the Comptech headers on the CL-Ss 3.2L V6 for around the same, sane pricing (~$1100), then I would be impressed.

 

I don't think the Z's 3.5L motor is anywhere near maxed out from the factory...just wait until some real mods like headers and chips, and cams come out...the thing will really wake up. Our cams are SO FREAKING mild you wouldn't believe it...