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Does anyone know that lateral acceleration of our S2000s like on a skidpad?

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Old May 14, 2002 | 05:35 PM
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Default Does anyone know that lateral acceleration of our S2000s like on a skidpad?

I was browsing my old Sports Compact Car Issues and came upon the G-games issue... i was wonderin if any of u guys ever put ur car on a skid pad to measure lateral acceleration n stuffs..???
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Old May 14, 2002 | 06:10 PM
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.9g stock
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Old May 15, 2002 | 05:11 PM
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I believe it's written in the manual.
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Old May 15, 2002 | 05:12 PM
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I thought I read in a magazine that it is .92
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Old May 15, 2002 | 05:46 PM
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.90G is what I see most for stock S2000's. Sure feels better then that.
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Old May 15, 2002 | 06:08 PM
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0.85 is the answer !!!
See the link !
http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/auto3/...0009AUNCCP.html
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Old May 15, 2002 | 09:51 PM
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whatever the truth, it feels like 3 gs on hard turns, lol. Mike
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Old May 16, 2002 | 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by t.c.
0.85 is the answer !!!
See the link !
http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/auto3/...0009AUNCCP.html
I don't think they drove those cars to the extreme, M Roadster 0-60 in 6.1secs? S2000 in 6.4secs? They got some amazing braking numbers though...
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Old May 16, 2002 | 01:15 PM
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0.90g according to Car and Driver as measured on a 300-foot skidpad, averaged from both directions.
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