A friend of mine restored a 1971 Ferrari Daytona Spider (yellow) with wire wheels. People were talking about what they would do to get this car - it was that nice ! IMHO the S looks a little like the Daytona (and is one of the reasons I got the yellow S).

So, to compare the S to the Daytona (365 GTB), which was the fastest production car in the world (supposedly) until the mid-1980's, consider:
S // Daytona
cylinders 4 // 12
hp 240@8300 // 352@7500
torque 153@7500 // 318@5500
liters 2 // 4.4 (4390)
weight: 2809 // 2821
length: 162.2 // 174
height 50.6 // 49
wt. dis. 50/50 // 51/49 (f/b)
0-60 5.X // 5.6
0-100 ? // 12.6
0-150 ? // 31.5
1/4 ? 13.7 (104 mph)
Exh. Sound you know // awesome in the extreme

Any idea of what the ? answers are?

 

tom717,

So when are you going to "run it" against him?

If he has that great of a car I am certain he will want to prove his manhood and best a S2000!

While I love all Ferrari's, I am confident that in a 0-100 race, the S2000 would be very close to all but the newest (save the F40,F50, etc.) versions. They seemed to be geared for top end speed, not the red light to red light stuff.

Let us know the results.

 

KidK,

Sorry but the Daytona went back to Florida several years ago - it was a gift from a father to his 16 year old son. Got to drive it for about 60 miles - recollection was that it "felt" heavier; you sat very low; seemed to have more kick but that could be the exhaust; top speed I think is about 170+; cabin in S is much better; tires may have been 7 1/2 front 9" back (not sure). Fly yellow looks like our spa yellow. Tom

 

tom717,

Here are a few of the numbers you're missing:

0-60: 5.3 - 5.8 // 5.6
0-100: 13.8 // 12.6
1/4: 13.8 - 14.0 (~99.5 mph) // 13.7 (104 mph)

Thats a nice car your friend has, got any pics?!

 

I had one back in 1980,very fast but scary at high speed.
Like all fast cars of 30 years ago.

 

Here is a photo of a photo - twice (I'm new at this). The Daytona sometimes was described as being "shark" like - sound familiar?

 

Although read above weight as spec. also saw "over 1600kg" which converts to 3,526+ pounds. Thought car had a "heavy" feel when I drove it at low speed - at 100 mph it was like a rock (but this was on a straightaway - thought I was doing a little over 60 and speedometer said 100 - something like when you pass a line of three cars in the S and then glance at your speed).

 

That's the same car that was used in the first few seasons of Miami Vice. Nice looking car. I didn;t think that our numbers were that close to it.

 

The spider used in the miami vice show was a corvette replica and not the real deal

 

Absolutely right:

"Miami Vice Car - Detective James "Sonny" Crockett (Don Johnson) appeared on the police drama MIAMI VICE/NBC/1984-89. Working undercover for Miami's vice-squad narcotics division, Sonny was issued a fancy black Ferrari 365/GTB/4 Spyder/Daytona sports car convertible automobile (model year 1968-1974) with beige leather interior (actually a kit car with a fiberglass body and Corvette chassis). In 1986 on episode No. 45 "When Irish Eyes Are Crying" while buying illegal munitions, Sonny asked the gunrunners if the six-year-old explosives were still potent. Picking up a shoulder rocket launcher, the gunrunner aimed at Sonny's $150,000 car and blew it to pieces. Eventually his superiors reissued Sonny a $135,000 Ferrari Testarossa. "

The "real deal" Daytona was so nice I told people if they could pay $200 to drive one around the block they should pay I'm glad I now have a pocket Daytona (ie. the S). Don't flame me for the "pocket".