On a more serious note.... it's probably heat soak.

 

how exactly do you think a turbo will add low end power? Ever heard of lag?

This is a car that has 150 ft-lbs of torque, and doesn't make power until 6000rpm.

If you wanted a car with low end grunt, you should've bought something with a v8 or torque. The S2000 was built to be thrashed above 6000rpm and sing, not lug along in 6th gear at 2000rpm.


Again, based on the OP's description of "after getting off the highway", his problem is 100% perception, nothing more.

 

now your post is just stupid.

I mean, seriously. What did you expect? It drives now exactly like it did when you test drove it. did you think it would magically gain torque?

 

actually when i bought mine it wasnt running, so there was no test drive. I wouldnt assume to call someones post stupid without aquiring info first. But i do understand that most people do get to test drive a vehicle before they buy it. I still would have got the car either way. Dont get me wrong the S is awesome after 6000 rpm and torque isnt all that bad as i made it sound

 

no man. I know exactly what you mean about no low end.

I owned 3 other turbo cars. Two sentras (one SR20 powered with a t25, which happened to beat i/h/e s2000s on the highway, lol) which had awesome bottom end, and an 04 v6 accord which also had nice torque, and a 350z, which was almost exclusively torque, to the s2000 which has none.......so adjustment was absolutely necessary

but if I keep the S in it's sweet spot, IMO it's far more rewarding to drive than just putzing along

 

tho it's probably just in your head, check your map sensor connection. There's a service bulletin that shows a symptom relating to poor low end accelleration . A hesitation if you will . It calls for a new piece to make sure the connection is solid using that and a zip tie, so put a zip tie around the connector and sensor to tighten it up and see if that helps out. I'd show you the recall but I'm on my phone, possibly later.

 

I guess you would have to supercharge to actually get more torque due to the fact that the turbo would still be laggy in bottom end acceleration...

 

My turbo miata spools up full boost at 3000rpm, I think its low enough to get good low end power

 

Maybe that is the issue.

 

I don't know about you guys, but I find myself completely unable to stay below 3k during normal driving, and always shift at at least 4k. Car feels as it should with no bogging or anything. I agree with that post that says this car is not designed to be in 6th at 2000 RPM... so true.