My mom drives an O2 IS300 5 speed. It's a beautiful car and a ton of fun to drive through the twisties. But it doesn't have much for acceleration. It needs about a thousand more RPM, 50 more horsepower, and a taller fifth gear. It pulls nicely in fifth on the highway, but the gas mileage is usually 21-23. This could be much better. My friend beat me in it with his 1983 454 two wheel drive pickup over a peroid of about 4 blocks. Dead even acceleration, about a fender difference. Something just ain't right with that The truck is stock! Under no situation is the IS300 a match for the S2000 if it's stock vs. stock.

 

The IS300 has excellent midrange...don't think you can get away that quickly. And he doesn't have to sit in Vtec band all the time waiting for things to happen.

 

I have a MY02 IS300. The stock 2JZ doesn't have strong midrange, it's pretty even across the entire rpms. It doesn't "pull" hard like it does on a DOHC VTEC engine due to the linear power delivery provided by VVT-i technology.

If you're referring to the torque differences, then that's understandable but a stock S2k will always pull hard on a stock IS300 manual no problem (unless the driver of the S2000 decides to go WOT without downshifting for example at 3000 rpms, which would indicate a poor driver).

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hyper-X
I have a MY02 IS300.

 

True... that's the whole idea behind linear power delivery is that it does end up smooth, rather than the jack-knife stab of the VTEC transition.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by integrale

 

The IS300 is a nice car but will not hang with an S2000 in any race in my opinion. I had an 02 5 speed. I got beat by just about everything I raced.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hockey