Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think ASM's #1 car has a sequential transmission. Pretty sure they run it on street tires(RE11s) also.

ASM has another car that runs on full slicks and has a sequential transmission. That car is definitely nowhere near being a street car. It also has their widebody.

 

I believe ASM street car #1 managed a 1:01:xx on tsukuba with 265 sized RE11s.
ASM however has a lot more invested on their street car over Amuse and J's Racing and ASM is continuing to do R&D on the S2000 unlike the other two.

 

ASM ftw

 

the fastest street car woudl be the car that is the least streetable of the bunch

 

so true, but this is usually the case in most street cars

 

From the impression I get, comparing the ASM car to the other two is like comparing an F1 car to an F3000 car; the quality, engineering, and attention to detail on the ASM is just so much higher (I admit this even though I'm more of an Amuse man myself). I honestly don't know how ASM makes any money doing the amount of professional-race-team level R&D they do on this specific car but I'm not complaining

 

I agree. ASM is a subsidiary of Autobacs Seven, a multi-billion dollar company in Japan so it's ASM branch is peanuts compared to the big picture. However, ASM is by far the largest Recaro dealer in Japan and that's where most of it's income comes from and along with the maintenance and service work they perform, they make enough to continue to R&D their S2000.