I was in my 04 when i saw the neon with racing numbers in a parking lot. Asked him what he ran, he said 13.8. A couple weeks ago i got a 14.07 at the track, so we went ahead and raced. got a good straight away and went from a roll of about 20 to 135mph. It was the closest race i've ever had. Nose to nose the whole time, I'd pull when he shifted and he'd pull when i shifted.

I raced one in my 00 and beat it, but then again, the 04s are a little slower.

 

I thought 04's were faster in a straight line. They seem to dyno with a few more ponies and you would think the extra few pounds of torque would help. Was your 00 modified?

 

04s are faster on at straight at least by half a car all the time.

 

with my 00 i ran a 13.89 ata 100.39 stock. with the 04 my best run was 14.075 at 99.23. They have a little more power but the 8k redline kills it. I have raced many pre 04 S2000's and they all beat me cause i had to shift and they kept going. The gear are also set lower, i used to drop it into 2nd at about 48mph and be around 6k with lots to go. Now i drop it at 48 and I'l be at almost 7 with only 1k to go.

In my experience the pre 04's are faster.

 

Sort of off-topic Nik, but when you achieved your 13 second run with your old S2k, what kind of launch techniques did you use, and what RPM did you launch from? Any mods on that car? Thanks a lot!

 

I launched at 6,500rmps, car was completely stock other than the top of the airbox off which some say makes you lose hp. I also shifted at about 8,800rpms not 9,000 like some people.

The launch may vary depending on track, whether you do a burn out to get your tires sticky. You want to get some wheel spin but not too much. If it bogs down though, thats bad. Just try different things when you're at the track. As long as you don't go every weekend and don't tear your car up every day on the street your diff and tranny will be fine.

 

Good run man! was the neon modded?

 

Intake and BOV

 

Good run, man! Those boosted little boogers are pretty quick.

Yeah, 9K RPM is too fun. I wish it had 15K, like the F1's.

 

uuuhhhhh.......... I only have 8k