[QUOTE]Originally posted by kvn
[B]I dont see why people are saying that the s2000 isnt as fast as the Z.. its been tested, its faster.. not by much..

 

Yo, Svengali, the torque will be as much as 15 lbs greater in some areas of the rpm curve - that is a lot more than 8%.

 

what about the 17" rims...will they make any difference weight wise or gearing wise??

 

don't know about weight, but you can answer the 2nd question by examining the tire sizes, and figuring the total diameter

 

Yeah, if you look at the new tires' "aspect" ratio, this will tell you that most likely, the overall wheel/tire diameter is unchanged. As for weight, I'll bet this is where some of that extra 25 lbs are coming from.

 

significantly faster? give me a break. It has the same peak HP and a slightly larger area under the curve up to 8k where it stops. Prepare to be blown away!!

I have a question about the new diff. What the hell does 20% stronger mean? A lot of the cases of broken diffs have been attributed to the case around the diff flexing which allows the ring and pinion to not mesh correctly. So did they make the diff case stronger or the internal parts? I don't care how strong the internal parts are if the case starts to twist. Also, if it really is "strong" will it drop into a pre-04 chassis? That would be cool.

Does anyone have the gear ratios for the 04? I am going to go out on a limb and say 60 will come in 3rd gear now, which will make it slower to 60 then the 00-03, but I could care less about 0-60 anyway. The more torque and lower gear ratios might be really nice for the race track though. (not 1/4 BS)

 

Cannot aqnswer the iff question, but they did make the tranny case stiffer, so it should be putting less angular stress on the u-joints/yoke going into the diff, no?

 

Possibly. The back end of the tranny has been rubber mounted. I would imagine this will not change in the new car. I'm not sure that a stiffer tranny casing with a rubber mount would make any difference in the way it stresses the stuff behind it. Honda may have had something else in mind when this design change went in? Maybe they got a new tranny case manufacturer and that's just the way it ended up? (I'm just rambling here.)

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by asu_lee
[B]How do you know track speed without even seeing/driving the 04?

Are you psychic?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by s2kpdx01
[B]
Does anyone have the gear ratios for the 04?