[QUOTE]Originally posted by kane.s2k

 

B******s why would hoda waste R & D money making an engine 0.2 litres larger for the sake of the American market. They're upping the MSRP by

 

I agree with Road Rage and s2kpdx01. Anyone who's tracked or autocrossed their S2000 knows the first suspension change you make is to stiffen the front end relative to the rear, to help tune out the oversteer. For 2004, Honda is doing the same thing, except instead of stiffening the front of the car, they're softening the rear. Furthermore, no one's apparently realized that, by installing lower profile tires, Honda's increasing the effective spring rate of the '04; they'd have to soften the suspension slightly just to maintain the same behavior as the '03.

The next time you're watching Formula 1 on TV and Michael Schumacher softens his rear bar to improve his car's handling, I expect those of you complaining here to phone him up and chew him out for watering down his car; without knowing what effect it has on the car, that makes about as much sense as chewing out Honda here for doing the same.

Steve

 

I can't agree Russ, there is no comparison between driving on a fast twisty backroad and driving on a track.

On a track you know exactly what is happening around you and you are determined to get the absolute maximum out of your vehicle. Much as you may feel you are a hot driver on the road, you will take your car to limits on the track that you wouldn't dare to think about on the road.

I agree with s2kpdx01, there are places on the tracks I visit where you can get caught between gears and not be in VTEC when you want. In that situation the extra torque of the 2.2 litre engine will definitely help.

I stick by my original premise, however, that the 2.2 has been brought out so they can stick a slushbox in it. That's why it's an NA market only model.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 2kturkey
I can't agree Russ, there is no comparison between driving on a fast twisty backroad and driving on a track.