In the new Sport Compact Car they have a full Chasis build up of the Opera S2000 and a review of it. It's really cool, check it out.

 

Why not post some info about it here? I don't get the mag...

 

The Opera S2000 is a fully gutted lightweight race car, built to spec for the creator of Gran Turismo 4.

 

Are we talking about the Opera S2K in Japan?

 

yea thats an awsome car, i just got that issuse today that was the first thing I read.

 

good read, nice ride

 

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insane it is. everything is hole shot pretty much.

 

I wish I had the machinery to do chamfering on reinforcements.

I saw that on the contents page and I was like "whoa, I love this magazine."

 

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The creator of Gran Turismo, Yamauchi, owns Polyphony Digital and helped to design the Amuse front bumper.

The buildup of this car is awesome!

 

 

here's a thread from s2ki from 2003 with better pictures of the build. so sweet!

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/ind...26013

 

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Resurecting a post thats nearly a month dead,

 

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Its his first post, give him a break... The link is new to me anyway, and im sure i wasnt the only one that was interested in seeing pics of that beast... thanks for the link!!

 

pretty much the articles in SCC was about Opera in general and it shows their work. I read the whole mag last week, its a very interesting story too. Pretty much the owner of opera has been involved in racing his whole life, and his father was a master with metal working, so he took on a special technique. As you can see in the pictures from S2ki, he does a special technique called "chamfering" which is where he makes many circular cutouts in an area, which makes the weight be transfered around the circles. This is proven to be very realiable, strong, weight saving... thats why his s2k 2167 lbs . Its amazing how this car runs 1 min 1 second in the tsukaba time attack WITH A STOCK MOTOR

 

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A month dead......says who?

At least the poster added some info that some had not seen including myself.

 

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says the guy that doesn't even have a s2000 j/k

ps- I also enjoyed looking at the pics in link

 

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says the guy that doesn't even have a s2000 j/k
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WTF?

I've had my S2K for over 4 years.

 

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WTF?

I've had my S2K for over 4 years.
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dkim was referring to the Red_EM2

 

haha sorry I should've replied under his sn...I know you've had your S for that long Lloyd...It's Danny that used to work at es witht he black eg...

 

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My bad.

Yeah, I know it's you, Danny. I remember your EG when it was white, or was that another one?


Modified by ITRbroham at 10:47 PM 7/13/2006

 

i also had the white ek that I bought off of tony yah

 

Champhering (sp?) is not a "special technique", take a look in a dictionary to see the definition. What he does is cut the hole, and then tapers the edge of the hole in a smooth way so there is no edge. Similar to how a valve is cut in a head, I guess. If you look closely at the pictures in the article, you'll see what I mean. They are not just rough cuts with a hole-saw bit. Also, if you look at the back of the article, you'll see that it makes 27x horsepower, therefore it is not a stock motor.

Chris

 

hey man i was only reading what SCC said. so get off my back

 

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Oh the memories!