S2000 vs Mustang

gtstangau · Jun 2, 2006

Went car shoping with the parents today (not for me though) my mom is getting a new car. She has always had her heart set on a yellow convertible. She was looking at the new saturn sky, but they can't find her a yellow one, so she decided to look for something else. We went and test drove a few diffrent cars today, but after testing out all the two door roadsters she finally decided on a 06 Honda S2000, yellow with a black top and black leather! It is a nice car, but mom won't let me drive it yet. So bottom line is what kind of performance numbers do those things put up? It has a 2.2 vtech that redlines at like 8200 or something. Can it beat my car?

Stang|ess · Jun 2, 2006

It's a drivers race.

I remember that someone from a Honda site met up with someone from a Mustang site and they raced 10 times, and the Honda bested the guy 7 times or so.

BurningRubber · Jun 2, 2006

The old S2000's used to pull to 9000 RPM's, then Honda backed it down to low 8k range a year or two later IIRC.

Ive seen them race, they are quick if the driver is good. If its not in the VTEC range, they are slugs... so if the driver cant keep it up there you would win IMO. Its a pretty small range though, I dont think it kicks in till around 6k or so.

Stang|ess · Jun 2, 2006

BurningRubber said:
The old S2000's used to pull to 9000 RPM's, then Honda backed it down to low 8k range a year or two later IIRC.

Ive seen them race, they are quick if the driver is good. If its not in the VTEC range, they are slugs... so if the driver cant keep it up there you would win IMO. Its a pretty small range though, I dont think it kicks in till around 6k or so.

After they upped the displacement to 2.2, they backed the rev limited down.

They are slugs when not in VTEC. 125 rwhp @ 6000 RPMs, then the thing shoots like a rocket.

gtstangau · Jun 2, 2006

What do they run in the 1/4? I don't think im going to race my mom, but I might not have the fastest car anymore . Im getting booted out of the garage to make it even worse. It will be an all honda garage now with my dad's acura 3.2TL the vtec's are taking over!

Stang|ess · Jun 2, 2006

high 13's low 14's with a good driver, but the norm is mid to high 14s.

s2000 = mustang = 350z in terms of drag racing.

wannabe2000GT · Jun 2, 2006

you can deffinetely beat it. those cars have to be BEAT to get any decent numbers out of them. and your mom deffinetely isnt goign to driver her brand new car like it has to be driven to get decent numbers out of it.

DerekStangGT · Jun 2, 2006

gtstangau said:
What do they run in the 1/4? I don't think im going to race my mom, but I might not have the fastest car anymore . Im getting booted out of the garage to make it even worse. It will be an all honda garage now with my dad's acura 3.2TL the vtec's are taking over!

what year TL? any problems with it? reason i ask is b/c im a tech at an Acura dealership

GT02MG · Jun 2, 2006

Ive never had a problem with an s2000.....350z is a much better matchup

billfisher · Jun 2, 2006

this stuff kills me

BurningRubber · Jun 2, 2006

I saw a guy racing one down the track one time, running a newer Caddy or something like that. Anyway, the guy launched and spun 1st out, spun part of 2nd, and when he shifted into 3rd he didnt get it in the VTEC range and it started tripping all over itself. Took what seemed like a long time (only a few seconds, lol) to get that thing back to the VTEC and it took off again... but he'd lost the race by then.

gtstangau · Jun 2, 2006

DerekStangGT said:
what year TL? any problems with it? reason i ask is b/c im a tech at an Acura dealership

It's a 2002 3.2 TL typeS, it is in great shape I wan't to buy it from him for a daily driver, he bought it new and hasn't had any problems with it so far!

squares98 · Jun 2, 2006

s2000>SRT4

gtstangau · Jun 2, 2006

Im going to have to get her to let me drive it! I bet I could find alot more races in that then my loud ass mustang, I think people are scared of the pipes.

LI98GTStang · Jun 2, 2006

S2ks, especially the older ones are seriously fun to drive. 1/4 miles are not what they were built for, although they can move out pretty well. Top down twisties are it's game.

wannabe2000GT · Jun 2, 2006

yeah forgot to mention they handle INSANELY well. deff one of the more fun cars iv ever driven.

gtstangau · Jun 2, 2006

LI98GTStang said:
S2ks, especially the older ones are seriously fun to drive. 1/4 miles are not what they were built for, although they can move out pretty well. Top down twisties are it's game.

Must be fun cause mom has not wiped the smile off her face yet. Her first words when she got back from the test drive was "man that was fun". She doesn't really care about performance that much she just wanted a convertible that would be good on gas.

DropTopPony · Jun 2, 2006

How about a Mazda Miata for your mom....its just as fun as the S2000...has some power...handles great and is like 10,000 dollars cheaper.

02GTdroptop · Jun 2, 2006

guess I'll be the first to say it.

02GTdroptop · Jun 2, 2006

How about a Mazda Miata for your mom....its just as fun as the S2000...has some power...handles great and is like 10,000 dollars cheaper.

Think they're of the same quality?? Honda > Mazda when it comes to quality.

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