05GT vs. S2000
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From: Ohio
5th Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,248
From: NC
S2ks are neat cars but just like any other tuner car it's going to cost an assload to get it to be really fast. Plus, have you seen the sticker price on those ****in things?!? I was at the Honda dealership getting some new tires put on my TL-S and I was checking one out they had in the showroom... almost $40,000!!! Do you know how many truly amazing sports cars you can buy for that much? You would HAVE to search for a lightly used example of this car if you were shopping for one for a project and had a legitimate budget.
Damn, $40k will buy you a gently used E46 M3!
Edit: I also heard that the S2k is going to be eliminated from Honda's lineup soon and that Acura may take it over in the form of a new name.
Damn, $40k will buy you a gently used E46 M3!
Edit: I also heard that the S2k is going to be eliminated from Honda's lineup soon and that Acura may take it over in the form of a new name.
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,429
From: Miami ,FL
Well be thankful he didnt have any sort of power adder. I have four friends down here in Miami that have s2k'S and all four of them toast me. One of the guys actually did a 2JZ swap and his ricer *** car is running 9's. They are extremely light cars and don't need much done to them to turn into a pocket rocket. Not to take anything away from you, so let me say nice kill my friend. But watch out with those cars man, they are very capable of being HELLA fast.
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S2ks are neat cars but just like any other tuner car it's going to cost an assload to get it to be really fast. Plus, have you seen the sticker price on those ****in things?!? I was at the Honda dealership getting some new tires put on my TL-S and I was checking one out they had in the showroom... almost $40,000!!! Do you know how many truly amazing sports cars you can buy for that much? You would HAVE to search for a lightly used example of this car if you were shopping for one for a project and had a legitimate budget.
Damn, $40k will buy you a gently used E46 M3!
Edit: I also heard that the S2k is going to be eliminated from Honda's lineup soon and that Acura may take it over in the form of a new name.
Damn, $40k will buy you a gently used E46 M3!
Edit: I also heard that the S2k is going to be eliminated from Honda's lineup soon and that Acura may take it over in the form of a new name.
exactly. you start with an already overpriced car, throw several grand at it for what? 380rwhp? gotta throw a small fortune at it to break that barrier via internals.
I made 417rwhp with under 2k invested in mods.
I understand as well as anyone that anything can be fast, but as for the comments of "good thing he wasnt boosted hyuck hyuck!" who cares? for what it takes to boost one of those things to halfway fast you are very unlikely to run into one. more likely is the bolton/weight reduction style car. we have a couple of those around my town, and the kid thinks his potential 13.9 seconds is impressive. Its like every time you guys get a kill someone saying "good thing it wasnt a complete powertrain swap with 100k invested! then he would have killed you!!!"
thats when everyone simultaneously rolls their eyes and does the universal sign for jerkoff
corner carver
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 4,371
From: New England
S2ks are neat cars but just like any other tuner car it's going to cost an assload to get it to be really fast. Plus, have you seen the sticker price on those ****in things?!? I was at the Honda dealership getting some new tires put on my TL-S and I was checking one out they had in the showroom... almost $40,000!!! Do you know how many truly amazing sports cars you can buy for that much? You would HAVE to search for a lightly used example of this car if you were shopping for one for a project and had a legitimate budget.
Damn, $40k will buy you a gently used E46 M3!
Edit: I also heard that the S2k is going to be eliminated from Honda's lineup soon and that Acura may take it over in the form of a new name.
Damn, $40k will buy you a gently used E46 M3!
Edit: I also heard that the S2k is going to be eliminated from Honda's lineup soon and that Acura may take it over in the form of a new name.
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,681
From: delray beach, florida
exactly. you start with an already overpriced car, throw several grand at it for what? 380rwhp? gotta throw a small fortune at it to break that barrier via internals.
I made 417rwhp with under 2k invested in mods.
I understand as well as anyone that anything can be fast, but as for the comments of "good thing he wasnt boosted hyuck hyuck!" who cares? for what it takes to boost one of those things to halfway fast you are very unlikely to run into one. more likely is the bolton/weight reduction style car. we have a couple of those around my town, and the kid thinks his potential 13.9 seconds is impressive. Its like every time you guys get a kill someone saying "good thing it wasnt a complete powertrain swap with 100k invested! then he would have killed you!!!"
thats when everyone simultaneously rolls their eyes and does the universal sign for jerkoff
I made 417rwhp with under 2k invested in mods.
I understand as well as anyone that anything can be fast, but as for the comments of "good thing he wasnt boosted hyuck hyuck!" who cares? for what it takes to boost one of those things to halfway fast you are very unlikely to run into one. more likely is the bolton/weight reduction style car. we have a couple of those around my town, and the kid thinks his potential 13.9 seconds is impressive. Its like every time you guys get a kill someone saying "good thing it wasnt a complete powertrain swap with 100k invested! then he would have killed you!!!"
thats when everyone simultaneously rolls their eyes and does the universal sign for jerkoff
corner carver
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 4,371
From: New England
Honda has actually announced an "Ultimate" edition of the S2k to end the car.
It is an all white car with red leather interior. It has special numbered badges to signify how special it is. It looks nice with a white hard top.
For some reason the story I read said that it would still have the 2.0L engine that revs to 9000 in the Ultimate but they haven't used that engine since 2003.
It is an all white car with red leather interior. It has special numbered badges to signify how special it is. It looks nice with a white hard top.
For some reason the story I read said that it would still have the 2.0L engine that revs to 9000 in the Ultimate but they haven't used that engine since 2003.
BrandofPoop
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,835
From: Bay Area
Honda has actually announced an "Ultimate" edition of the S2k to end the car.
It is an all white car with red leather interior. It has special numbered badges to signify how special it is. It looks nice with a white hard top.
For some reason the story I read said that it would still have the 2.0L engine that revs to 9000 in the Ultimate but they haven't used that engine since 2003.
It is an all white car with red leather interior. It has special numbered badges to signify how special it is. It looks nice with a white hard top.
For some reason the story I read said that it would still have the 2.0L engine that revs to 9000 in the Ultimate but they haven't used that engine since 2003.