y2ks2k

Guys, the guy stated that he was in a heavily modified R/T that ran 13.7 quarters. He might just be faster then a stock S2000. Chances are he pulled up to an S2000 in a high gear and then stomped it giving himself the momentum. The S2K owne probably responded to late and got beat. There are probably a whole hell of a lot of cars that will do this to us. However, lets put him in a controlled race, then we'll see who would win.

Muz

Cool.. just added my 2C worth Guy's a good troll.

lvs2k

Is the neon engine even an American engine or is it made by Mitsubishi? If it is, in fact a Japanese motor, his MoPar reference is a hoot. I'm sure that more neons have been spanked by stooks than stooks by Neons. Rather than a race, someone should challenge the young man to a spelling bee!

1Randyc

I am so ashamed to admit that I've got spanked badly by Neons at the drag strip,
As you can see from the link that Gregg posted, you can see the result yourself for the mod 4 class.
He did have the racing slicks on and the launch was fiercly fast. While my street tires were spinning away even at the 2K clutch dump.
Although the racist article writer wrote about the impossible top speed, taking over S2000 up to 100mph is definitely possible.
My results at the strip were 14.56 14.17 to last run of 14.07
Last two runs were done with 2K clutch dump, if I didn't hit the rev limiter twice on the last run I would've beat my opponent and probably in high 13th.
I was little surprised even at only reving to 2K rpm induced lots of wheel spin thus letting the opponent in Civic pull away from the start.
With my recent mods(Mugen intake,ecu and ATS final gear) I was setting a goal of hitting low 13th but I was sadly mistaken. It may also have been the FPR setted wrongly, it was set way way too rich but car felt(which Gregg can attest) very strong.
I really need serious lesson from drag God Sev in Canada.
Things that were unfavorable to me was first the drag strip was wet up to 50-70 feet and second, my rear was too light almost 60pounds lighter than the stock(Amuse exaust saving approx.40pounds and spares and tools 20+ pounds) Too high rear tire pressures at nominal 32psi.
Neon can take S2000 easy, based on the drag strip result and Steve Sakai's amazing '97 ITR N/A with 12.7sec/107mph can run around in circle with my S2000.

BlueS2000

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Barry in Wyoming

Awwwwwwww guys. The answer is obvious. The S2K was under 600 miles and never broke 5500 rpm.

Barry
'01 #52

S2K_CLS

I too doubt the guy's bogus claim, especially since the stock Neon is like 150hp... I had a Sentra SE-R that could run probably high 13s at around 100 on street tires (based on benchmark testing, not actual strip times). But, I had a turbo motor that was a factory rated 205hp...

I doubt the Neon with his basic bolt ons is making that kind of power (to justify the 99 trap speed). Keep in mind, the Neon's stock trap is like 88-90 at best.

Like someone said earlier... either he raced a Miata, OR he got up against an S2000 that was NOT racing.

S2000 Owner

The only Neon engines that are faster are de-tuned to 115hp and are run in the Skip Barber school. --- And they only reach about 125mph.

SilverFlS2k

The kid must have been having a wet dream about an S2k and his mommy said he couldnt have one..

13.7..?? man i want some of what he's smokin

lako

I let people think they've beaten an S2000 every day. The problem is here in chicago every moron in the world tries to beat me at lights. I'd be needing new tires and a good lawyer if I raced everyone who challenged.

Remember the cute little "hi" commercials when the neon first came out? I would just think about that and laugh if this guy was next to me.