Hello, the guy in the video is a my friend, his name is Claudio Guerrina

His S is sold but now he have one Lotus elise with K20 Civic type Rengine..

The new site is Celimas page



Byeeeeeeee Luca..

 

That's an Exige isn't it?

 

Nice videos, nice driving. Looks like his S2000 was running a Spoon header, test pipe, a 70mm single, and a cold air intake...possibly Mugen.

Pics:

 

Don't forget Miatas are already 2600 lbs stock and if they are gutted and race suspension it will destroy 99% of anything it races on a race track.

 

He's a good driver.

The vid is old - I heard it was the Mugen S2k.. I don't know though.

 

It's an AP1 S2000 that has been mildly prepared for the track, driven by a good driver who knows the track.

 

That's more true for autocrossing, not as accurate for big tracks like the 'Ring or Monza.

 

Thanks for the info! Where did you find it and these pictures?

 

Thank you, Luca!

 

In the end the miata needs more power and chassi stiffening to be successfully overtaking good drivers in F430s/GT3s/GT2s. SC would cure that. And notice I said good drivers. :-)

A note from looking at the gallery:

He's running a K series with some custom headers that look insane.

I believe this is the same gentleman (please correct me if I'm wrong) in the video which i and others have posted some time ago pitting a Honda powered Lotus Vs. the Rover (or was it Yamaha/Toyota) powered type.

I have no doubt in my mind that this beast is just tearing it up on the race tracks, ESPECIALLY long sectioned tracks.

If i had to put my money on how fast a lap this car with that awesome driver I'd say 7.30-7.40. Perhaps even faster.

I am glad however, that this individual has choosen the Lotus as the next car which he's progressed to in his seek for faster laps.

The 00:08:39 lap at the ring is testement which shows the S2000 is a fast car due to it's very basic design goals realized. Tightly Driver connected, Light weight, and fast corner speeds. The car is very capable. Coming in 1 second behind the NSX is a FEAT to cheer about. I think we as enthusiasts forget just how fast these cars are. One sees 240hp but forgets about how the car as a whole is, point being the cars chassi and component layout.

Faster cars with much more horsepower And tire lapped the ring are (not meant to be a complete list, just a raw comparison):


Porsche996 GT2 7 min 46 sec
Porsche996Turbo 7 min 56 sec
Lotec 993 Turbo 7 min 57 sec 600 HP, racing suspension
Porsche 996GT3 8 min 9 sec
Ferrari 550 8 min 7 sec
Diablo SV 8 min 9 sec
360 Modena 8 min 9 sec
Viper GTS 8 min 10 sec
Porsche993Turbo 8 min 12 sec 430 HP version
BMW Z8 8 min 15 sec 400 HP
Porsche 996 C2 8 min 17 sec
Ferrari F355 8 min 18 sec
BMW M Coupe 8 min 22 sec 321 HP
Audi RS4 8 min 25 sec 375 HP
Porsche 993 C2 8 min 28 sec
BMW M5 8 min 28 sec 400 HP
PorscheBoxsterS 8 min 32 sec
BMW M3 Coupe 8 min 35 sec 321 HP
Honda NSX 8 min 38 sec


One can clearly see that the most glaring limiting factors for the S2000 ataining a faster time on the Ring is HP and Aerodynamics. My speculation (and it's only speculation so don't get to worked up about it) is that with 350rwhp (which most FI people are attaining today) and taller gearing, the S2K with *that driver* could have done an 00:08:10 - 00:08:20 lap.


Sorry for my spelling guys.