Drove an S2000 yesterday

[E-Thirty]

Again I WILL own one someday.

Totally know the feeling.

Super Jelly right here.

[10/10ths]

What's the Offset on them RPF1s? It looks really good.

Thanks, they are +45 17x9's all around, maxed out per the STR rules. Did require some fender rolling and the competition alignment makes it work.

You have to be SMOOTH but have to get EVERYTHING out of the car at the same time :)

Here one from local autocross, currently about 1.5 seconds behind my e30, but he is in SSM and I am in SM.

After one autocross I can say I am WELL off the pace of my own E30. A small event recently that in my E30 I would be a contender for FTD, but in the S I was mid-pack. It's just SO different from anything else I have driven.

Bullshit excuses list:

I don't have the confidence in the car yet (waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles)

Not much room for runoff at my first event.

It's totally different.

Stock suspention+ sticky tires=body roll.


Messed up the start, the rest was so so


And my wife got the "AP1 snap", really just from trailing throttle oversteer. "both feet in!...oh, you stalled it." lol

We have a test and tune this coming friday, can't wait!

[The Dough]

Awesome car..

Problem for taller guys though, is that if fails the broomstick test at HPDEs.. (when you sit in the car with helmet on the broomstick is laid across the top of the front windshield and the stock roll bar.. you're head must be below the broomstick). My friend who is about 6ft 1 had to put in a bucket seat with a very low mount to get it to work..

Not that big a deal, still an awesome car.

[10/10ths]

Ya, that is an issue. I am 6ft 3 and although I fit well enough in the car, some clubs will not allow it for obvious reasons. Down the road I can get a roll bar that is taller than my head, for now I can use the E30 for HPDE.

For the rest of the year though I am going to be focused on S2000 autocross.

[Jean]

Nice dude! I autocrossed my brothers ap1 a couple of times, and these can be bought now for about 10k !

[mach schnell]

How does the steering feel in an S2000 compare to an E30's steering feel? I'm talking about feedback, the tactile sensations coming back to your fingertips. Or does an S2000 have that over-boosted power steering feel like in your average new car?

[VinniE30]

How does the steering feel in an S2000 compare to an E30's steering feel? I'm talking about feedback, the tactile sensations coming back to your fingertips. Or does an S2000 have that over-boosted power steering feel like in your average new car?

The s2000 has fully electric steering.

[mach schnell]

The s2000 has fully electric steering.

Hmm. Haven't driven a car with electric steering before. Is it a disconnected feeling?

[Jean]

Nope, feels VERY connected, it's one of the BEST drivers cars out there.

[brutus87]

Nope, feels VERY connected, it's one of the BEST drivers cars out there.

That engine in it is amazing too.

[bastianshaw]

I drove a modded S2K last summer locally at a smaller racetrack. I too was very impressed with it.... lap for lap, it was about on par with my E30, which I guess is partly to do with me having a fair bit more of lower end grunt to get out of the slower corners, whereas I had to adapt quickly to the fact I had to drop a million gears to get the revs higher so it would pull out of the corner with the S2K. One thing that was deterring was the snap oversteer of the S2K... mostly in the high speed sweepers, which is where I was comfortable to push hard with the E30.

dude, care in your sig..i need more of it in my life

[Holland]

Nope, feels VERY connected, it's one of the BEST drivers cars out there.

The E30 may be God's chariot, but the S2000 is his track weapon.

[R3Z3N]

The E30 may be God's chariot, but the S2000 is his track weapon.

Only if God's Chariot has not been given a heart transplant ;-)

[lambo]

There aren't any S2000's for sale at any local dealerships :( I wanna test drive one...

[bowtie2bimmer]

I've driven 2 standard S2's and the CR edition. Let me tell you, if you want a Autocross car, the CR is amazing.