It's December here in Michigan so I haven't driven the S much recently. Today was warm and dry so I decided to take the cover off and go for a drive to stretch her leggs. On my way back home I saw a GLX VR6 weaving in and out of traffic in my rear view to get beside me at the light. I could hear his aftermarket exhaust as he tached it up beside me. He never looked over but he smoked the tires leaving the light. (You should know I have the speedcraft turbo) Obviously he didn't. I dropped the clutch and cought up to him. Still didn't look over. He turned off on a wide curvey road expecting to loose me. NOT. After two more straight runs I was done toying with him and turned off to head home. He didn't stop but he did wave and I beeped my horn twice. I wanted to find out if he had any other mods because I beat him so easily. Maybe another day. I got home and looked up the GLX VR6 and found that stock it only has 200HP. Not much of a match for even a stock S2k. Well, now I know, and it was fun for a while.

 

Good kill. A GLX VR6, stock or modified (sans an add-on turbo) shouldn't even be a match for a stock S2000. I know this from personal experience (and it should be pretty obvious for anybody who has half a brain).

I'm now driving a 200hp GLX VR6 and there's no way it would even come close to keeping up with my dearly-departed S2000. That includes accelerating from a standstill, accelerating from a roll, braking, and handling. The only advantage that the Jetta has is more low-end torque (195 lb-ft that peaks fairly early) which gives it a little jump off the line but then engine seems to run out of steam past 5000 rpm or so. Only other advantage that I can think of is the huge trunk.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Silver Bullet
[B]Good kill.

 

Yups the VR6 has decent power, but running with an S2000 is far from likely!

 

Andy C, how hard was the install, how much was the kit, and what, if any, times have you run at the track...just the general information.