i have an 05, and it does do that. i say it's more for a lack of torque at the lower rpm's.

 

doesnt a cai add alot of torque between 3500 and 4000 rpm?

 

DBW stands for ??
I get this delay acceleration too.
The heat bog explanation makes sense because when the car haven't warm up yet, the acceleration is smooth.
I guess theres nothing to cure this beside spending alot of money ??

 

drive-by-wire

 

OP's question has nothing to do with lack of torque.

S2000 has enough torque below 4000 rpm like any other car. It's just that the engine does not loose torque after 6000 rpm like most other cars, but switches to "motorcycle engine" mode.

How much torque can you have, and how much acceleration can you experience in any car anyways? Most 900cc bikes will fly around you when you're at full throttle... Nonsense...

 

You may not know how to use it but that doesn't make it useless.

Gains are negligible with a CAI.

I agree. The delay isn't consistent enough with the S to be a torque issue.

Though if you have a torque fetish (like many people) then the S was the wrong car.

 

I'll go with heat bog. You'd be amazed how fast and how far the intake temps can soar when you are sitting still. The engine isn't sucking fresh air in fast enough to keep the intake cool.

I watched the intake temp on a drive over a mountain pass in my Accord the other day. Sitting still in traffic at the bottom of the mountain, temps hit 170 F (96 F ambient). At the top of the 2000-foot mountain pass, hard on the throttle for 10 miles or so, intake temps were 118 F. That's a 52 degree difference in a car that doesn't have a rep for any heat bog issues.

The S2000 already has a rep for these issues and most of us have experienced it at one point or another. Just be patient and don't expect to win any stoplight races in the summer.

 

please enlighten me wise one. seriously.

 

Relax guys, no need to argue. Low RPM's in the S2K aren't purely useless, since the engine will pull just fine from below 2000 RPM if you aren't in a hurry. But obviously if you want to go FAST, then yeah, anything below 4000 RPM is pretty much useless.

And I know you both know that, so untwist your Hello Kitty thongs and play nice together.

 

hey im not arguing, I wish I had a hello kitty thong.