[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sev:

"As for straight line accelleration, put any NSX in the hands of someone who can't drive and they will do better then in the s2k because it has more low end torque and is easier to launch. (No need for high rpm drops and will not easilly bog.)"


To my opinions. Different car needs diffrents launching styles. to my understanding is that the S2K needs to lauch around 6-6.5K(rpm) to gets a good runs. The NXS probably launch at a little low rpm 4-4.5K. My question is. If the NSX would be lauching at 6+Krpm, would it have the same benefit as the S2K? Or it wil have to much tires spins for any tractions? So to say that the NSX is easier to launch is kidda untrue. Its depend on the car and what it needs to do a fine runs. Take the corvette for example: To lauch it at 6+K is sure to kill it.
However, my opinions might be totally wrong.
NICK

 

The reason we have to launch the s2k so high is because it has too much traction and not enough low end torque ...

The NSX does not need to do so, in fact if you do like you said you will have too much wheelspin that will actually slow you down. It is like launching a s2k at 8500 RPm, there is no point in doing this, you will spin too much.

Thanks,

 

As one who owns both, I'd like to add that driving the S2K is every bit as fun as driving the NSX not counting the fact that the S2K is a convertible (which only adds to the fun factor). Both are great handling Hondaesque sports cars. True, the NSX is a little faster in the straights and the S2K feels better balanced on the curves, but you miss nothing owning either car. Why does the NSX cost so much more? The NSX is based on a ten year old spare no expense design. That is the reason Honda sells less than 200 NSX's a year and all the S2Ks they can make.

 

I think NSXS response explains it well.

 

Fortunate to own both.

The NSX is the ideal high speed cruiser. Tireless travel at high speed. Halifax to Montreal in 12.5h at spee! Reliable and powerful. By the seat-of-the-pants feels faster than the S2000. Perception magnifies as the speed increases. Feels much bigger around town. Better served on the open road.

S2000 - great around town where its superior low speed handling shines. Good for short bursts of speed but tiring after a while.

After all these years still get more ooh's and aws' and thumbs up when driving the NSX. Although, last month a young fella in his Trans Am drove past my wife and I while in the S2000 (wife driving) and managed to plow into an entire line of traffic stopped at a red light. Through out the entire event he did not take his eyes off our S (or was it my wife??). Lots of twisted metal but no major bruises.

 

S2000 = F-16 = Small, agile, single engine fighter

NSX = F-15 = big, fast, twin-engined multirole interceptor

 

More like F-15E, methinks...

 

Hey George, where can I make the trade?

 

Don't forget that the NSX has something known as "bias-ply" steering; the plys in the tires have an inward slant so that in effect they keep the car's entire suspension "torqued" to give the driver immediate steering response. Also has the unfortunate side affect of wearing those expensive tires out much faster...

 

Hey George, funny you should mention the F-16/F-15 analogy. The styling of the NSX greenhouse was copied from the canopy profile of he F-16! See this page: http://www.nsxbyacura.com/moleculehome/for..._t_int_frm.html ( just checked the link and you'll need shockwave to view the page. To see the picture I was intending to show, you need to move the "molecule" to the "exterior ball" then click on it)

I work with the NSXCA here in Hawaii, and I've had a lot of seat time in the NSXs. IMO, the S2000 chassis is stiffer than the T-top NSXs, and a bit sharper handling (probably due to the lighter weight). In steady state cornering, the NSX is formidable and should outgrip the S2000. On a short road course the S2000 might win, but throw in enough straightaways and the more powerful NSX has the advantage. Still I think the two are closer in the real world than the numbers suggest.

We recently had a driver training event sponsored by the SCCA and we included NSXs and S2000s. The review is posted on my web page here: http://satoauto.com/nsxca1.htm . To see some comparisons click on the link to the run times.