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I'm annoyed with doing the research for all the different cars. I've looked in various magazines but they all give different times for the same things...

So if I get an S2000 (not an '04) and keep it stock, what will be able to beat me (also stock) in straight line acceleration? I know the S2000 is pretty awesome in handling so I'm not concerned about that.

Now I know that exotics and such will be able to beat me. Corvettes, too. But what else? V-8 Mustangs? SVT Cobras? Evos? WRXs? SRT-4's? Firebirds, Grand-Ams, Bonnevilles with their superchargers, etc. Are there any like SUVs or any **** that's in the "big truck class" that will be able to beat me? That pisses me off in my Civic, when minivans and big pickup trucks could accelerate faster than me. Cuz if I get a 2 seater roadster convertible ::coughsportscarcough:: and then get beaten by a truck that's not even designed to be fast, I'd be pissed.

 
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for the roadster class within the same price tag. nothing. if ur talking about price. cobra. evo. sti. gto

 
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GT Mustangs will be pretty close
Cobras should kill ya.
You'll take WRXs.
The WRX STis should take you since they're as fast as a Cobra. I don't know about EVOs.
Dunno about SRT-4s. Even if they're faster, the S2000 is better looking.
Firebirds won't be as fast. Neither will RS Camaros.
Trans Ams, WS6s, Z28s, and SSs will take you.
Grand Ams don't have superchargers - S2000 all the way.
Grand Prix GTPs and Bonneville SSEis will be pretty close.
Most trucks wouldn't touch you. They have more hp, but that doesn't usually make up for the massive weight they have. A Lightning should take you.
I believe the S2000 is faster than the RX-8, and about equal with a 350Z.

I think that about covers it.

 
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You've got to remember, however, the S2000 can only accelerate as fast as you can get it to. So if you can't shift worth a darn, your 11.8 weight to power ratio and all that other stuff means nothing.

 
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^^werd

 
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i wouldnt worry about which cars can beat u and such, i'd get a car that im comfortable with and go from there. theres always a car or cars faster than wat you drive, u have to live with it

 
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white2K2EX, thanks, that was awesome. I approved your post

I think the S2000 is faster than an RX-8, too.

hmmm...

 
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I love the s2000 I drool everytime I see one.

 
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What's misleading about the S2000's performance figures is that you have to be a jedi launch-and-shift master to match them. Last summer at the track I took a run in my brother's '97 Z-28. I turned a 14.15 on my first try (he usually clocks in at around 13.8). Mind you the S2000 is 10X as fun to drive, in my opinion.

 
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Well in Car and Driver I think they said the S2000 had a 1/4 mile time of 15.5, and then Road and Track or something said 14.6. I was like whoa, that's a big difference. The 0-60 numbers were also different like that.

 
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if u want the best performance within the s2k $$ range, best bet is the z or sti

 
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Mclaren, Enzo, and the new Bugatti with like 1000 hp. Nothing will beat them.

 
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s2000 beat a 350z

 
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We should pm s2000man

 
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I was looking over at the automotive forums and read this:

didn't understand this
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even though the S2000 posted up faster 1/4 mile time, faster slalom speed, higher cornering G's, and better braking, the Z convertable still was over 1 second faster on the track then the S2000. why you ask? csaue the Z has a better engine thta can pull the car out of any low speed corner where in the S2000 once you hit a 20mph corner it fall off v-tec in first gear, and then the car falls flat on its face and it takes a while for it to get back into the powerband"

The Z has a faster track time? I wonder if it was two different drivers

 
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I've ridden in my friends s2000, and holy **** does that thing kick ***. First off... that thing is light. The door don't weigh a damn thing, and the hood is practically the same. Seond, a 9000rpm redline, with vtec from 6500rpm... (I think). The suspension is really good too. It accelerates with a simple tap of your foot and the seats in that car just comform to your body. That thing is truely an amazing machine. I really want to get one, and probably by next year I will get an 03.

 
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well if you can hit below 14s (high 13s) cuz that's what s2k do stock..

and any car that can hit below high 13s easily are cars that can eat the s2k for breakfast.

basically lots of cars out there really. its only a 32-34k after all.

and its hard as hell imo to get that 0-60 right to break 14s

 
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What's not to understand? The Z can keep up with the S2000 in the corners very well. . . but the advantage it has over the Honda is LOW END TORQUE. Coming out of corners that you have slow down for is where the S2000 loses every time. Unless you can stay in VTEC with that thing you're going to get owned by several other cars in its price range.

My car's similar in that I have to keep it in boost between shifts. . . the Z really is a force to be reckoned with, regardless of what you put up against it.

 
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There are too many cars to list, but here are a few:
cobra
sti
evo
not to mention the million dollar car McL F1
supra

Hope you get the picture

 
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You shouldn't have bought an S2K for a dragster.... it's not its game. Try a race track....... that's where it shines.

 
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I haven't bought anything yet

 
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It was fun (this summer) to make a new Z look silly with a Ford Lightning.

 
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Good point. If you're just going to drag race, buy a corvette or a cobra. Something with some *****. But if you want a track car, I'm fairly sure that an S2000 could beat most cars out there(ignoring exotics that no one owns ).

At the very least it'll hold it's own against the evo, sti, wrx ect... It should come down to the best driver on a track against those cars. On Car & Driver TV they had a big race among small performance cars that included 0-60, 60-0, road course, slalom, and quarter mile. The S2000 won overall beating the evo, sti, wrx, SRT-4, civic Si, and a hopped up focus. Now obviously this is subjective because there were different drivers, but it at least goes to show that you can beat most anyone in an s2000 provided you can drive.

 
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M3s sucka

 
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Perhaps. . . . wonder how that Lighting did in the slalom against the Z. . . . .


Can you say tire squeal and out of control?


The Z is a track car. . .not a drag race machine. Also look at the rest of my post. The entire context was in regards to its competitors. . . . (Price range, configuration, etc)

Trucks don't factor-into that equation too well. . . . because, simply, they cannot compete with a sportscar for what a sportscar is designed to do.


Sure. . . I'll take on anything on the dragstrip. . . . just gimme a souped-up Polaris snowmobile and I'll eat everything alive.