So who saw the Mugen Civic RR trounce the S2000 in the fifth gear shoot out last night?

Thoughts......

 

NO i missed this. Is it on again or you tube???

 

Doesn't appear to be on you tube yet but fifth gear is normally repeated on five at 10am on Sundays.

 

A few comments on this thread
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=621546

 

I saw that; No suprise really tbh; The car is lighter and is set up better for track use by the sounds; also has the same or a tad more power and more torque.

Same result occured on Best Motoring when it was pitched against both the standard Jap S and also the newer one with the horrible rear wing; The Mugen started the race at the back of the grid at Tsukuba and easily passed both S's

Bear in mind this is a Mugen modified CTR; I'm sure a Mugen modified S would have put up a better fight

 

Agreed - not really a fair fight!

 

I just watched it on Demand Five

It looked like Jason was having more fun in the S though

 

That is a serious punishing.

 

what like Porsche 911 faster than 1.6 ford Sierra?

Meaningless comparison - the S2000 has never been the fastest car in the world for one and for 2 in standard form it's a road car unlike the RR which if you listened to what Plato said is a thinly disgusied track car. TBH I was expecting the RR to be at least 5 seconds faster and in reality it was less than 2! In my book that makes the RR fairly useless.

 

My statement is correct regardless of the background to the 2 cars, it's not meant to be offensive towards the S.

That sort of gap over a short lap is a lot.

I found it quite interesting.

FWD Vtec versus RWD Vtec

5 seconds would be really unlikley on a very short track IMO.