Drive the car the way it was meant to be driven or sell it.

 

 

Thanks, MAV. Couldn't have said it better myself....

 

Dude turbo = hard to get to work right (you better be an expert tuner)

SC= ~300

High revs = sell car

gears = 0-60 in 12.5 seconds and a half hour quarter mile

Most times the engine lives untill 15,500K

Reliability = Great (u take care of it it takes care of u)

 

I know you said you like the S2000, but reread the post that I have quoted here. Think about the philosophy of the S2000. We're not trying to be dicks here, but are you SURE that the S2000 is the right car for you?

 

S2K Dude is 100% right in his assessment of you...you like many, many people buy the S2000 with notions that don't match the reality of the car...this car is a quasi-F1 car, IT IS MEANT TO BE ON A CIRCUIT...it is the total package minus great aeros, but the car is NOT one dimensional....so many people only think in terms of HP/straight line...this car simply isn't meant for one dimension...use it to its full potential on a circuit and you will quickly realize you don't need or would even want lots of HP

 

I'm going tp respectfully disagree... You can certainly like a car - a lot - and still acknowledge that it has areas that are not perfectly suited to every situation.

For example, I don't believe that the original author was complaining about a high-reving car in general, just that the typical RPM range for highway cruising is a little annoying. And I'd agree. But I'd also agree with the board that lengthing the gearing really isn't an ideal solution though because of the already limited torque. But since he's looking at a turbo maybe that's not so much of an issue.

The fear of an overrev also seems reasonable to me. Personally I find that the car could be pretty easy to overrev due to the short gearing, especially in a track situation.

Seems to me what he was saying is that he LIKES the main appeal of the car -- the agility, the responsiveness and the "fun factor" but after a few months found a couple of shortcomings. Pretty reasonable IMHO.

 

I agree with UKXotics. I am new to the S, and I love so many things about it, especially the handling. But there are a couple things that kinda bug me, like the high revs at highway speed and low torque. But the things I love about the car totally outway any of the negatives. I love feeling the VTEC kick in and 9K shifting, so I can handle 4k at 70mph.

 

Sounds to me like he wants a 2.2L AP2 S2000. Taller gearing for the highway, shorter gearing in the lower gears for better acceleration, a bit more torque, and he wouldn't mind the lower redline.

 

It sounds like the S isn't the car for you, the 9k redline is one of my favourite things about this car, lowering it would be like buying a masterpiece painting and colouring it in with a marker pen.

If noise is the problem you could soundproof the cabin, but I also find this mildly sacrilegious.