It was a half day affair all by myself. Call me sick (or really lucky) but I drove it around town for about 4 hours straight yesterday. The odometer was at 497 miles when I took it out at around 4:30 and then when I brought it back later that evening it had about 640 miles. I told myself that I would not take the rpm up near redline until 600 miles. Well at 599 miles I was driving down the strip and a C3 Vett pulls up next to me. He was ready to race me but of course I did not to be loyal to my personal agreement. Anyway, I did end up taking it up near 9,000 rpm a few times. The larger cam lobes engage at 6,000 rpm (indicated) but the car does not really pull strong until about 7,000 rpm.

Before I dropped off the car I raced Dave's 98 Type R with the S2k a couple times. We had a rolling drag from about 40 mph to about 70 mph. We both started in second gear. The race was surpassingly somewhat close. Yes, the S2k pulled a bit but only about 1 car length. Part of the reason is because the motor is not fully broken in and partially because I was not optimizing the short gears of the S2K. The top end power is really impressive. If I gave the S2K a hard sift into third it would have been a different story. Between 8 and 9 K the S2000 pulls pretty well on the R.

Dave and I were about 2 seconds away from getting a fat ticket while we were doing our little drag experiment. Right after our second race, we came over a hill (going 70+ in a 45 zone) and I notice the V1 going off full blast. Let's just say it was too close but we either were not clocked at a high rate of speed or we snuck into Dave's subdivision before the cop was able to pull U turn. Next time we do this it will be during the daylight.

 

lucky bastard...I got nailed today for 245 bucks

 

Yikes! What'd you do? You could do about 20 autocross events for that much cashe!!

 

so, josh . . . how did it handle? did you take it hot into any twisties? i really want to go down to the local honda dealership and take one out . . .

 

In my experience (S2000 w/ 8k miles), S2000 pulls A LOT harder than ITR. For one, it's RWD... you feel the seats being pressed at WOT. Also, w/ larger contact patch it seems to be more firmly planted at turns. Shifter is a lot more precise than ITR and all-in-all it's justifiable to spend $8,000 for S2000.

 

hehe...read my thread, it's called "got a ticket, please help!"

peter, good luck trying. Josh didnt your bro have some weird written agreement with the dealer a long time ago relating to the test drive? I remember seeing something like that on your site.

 

I didn't think that 200cc displacement difference would amount to a whole hell of a lot.....I think that your observations ring true. That and the huge difference in price for performance parts for the S2K makes me glad I bought a Type R when I did.

 

yep. rode in a st00k around an autox course this weekend and i was impressed at the pull relative to the Rs. mine is still in break-in so i haven't opened it up yet...but i'm psyched. the stook handles much differently than the R and i'm still getting used to that. as reported, it seems to be less forgiving than the R. very fun car overall (and major chick magnet!) but i do miss my yellow R...the stook is a little less raw feeling (so far).

 

Well, it's only 200cc difference, but when you're talking about 45hp difference that's a lot of HP you're talking about. Don't get me wrong, ITR is a great car, but S2000 is just as good or even better w/ extra HP and RWD layout in stock trim.

Also, a quick power-to-weight ratio reveals, ITR with 13.533 and S2000 with 11.704. If you ask me they are in a completely different ballpark in stock trim.