At that point, I'd take a Miata (which still handles better) over the S.

Nonetheless, power has never been why I love the S2000.

 

wow, not liking the general attitude. but i would love the idea. but the op is aiming small. i was think about the same thing. i was thinking when this car gets old i would buy a new car and just convert this to electric power. it is pretty simple idea. take out the engine and replace it with a about 16,000 cell battery most likely will be lithium b/c of easy production but not the greatest power to weight ratio. use a powerful electric motor of more than 300 torque and maybe 250 horses. electric motors and insane for their torque number. i have seen a motor that produces 120 torque and it is a size of a wheel, actually i think it was about 16 inches in diameter. so that is too small for my taste. and yes there are moving part in and electric motors. it's like a remote control car motor but a lot bigger. and most electric motor can spin well above 10K rpms, so a 4 gear tranny would be enough for a 300 torque motor and since it is not a gas motor, low rpms means crap to save power.

but this is a long and far dream. i am a techno head guy. and love to think of new ways of designing things. well, sounds like a good idea to have a electric s2k, but the motor the op wants is way too small for any ones taste, and it is literally small, and it weighs like 40-50 pounds.

 

lol, it's a hypothetical question, I'm not thinking of doing an engine swap. The numbers I just made up off the top of my head lol.

I was curious, because I didn't think that power was so important to others. It's a part of the fun for sure. Power wasn't the reason why I picked the s2000 in the first place either.
I just thought it might be a cool concept.

It's interesting people bring up the miata. I mean I would love my S2000 just as much if I woke up the next morning to find it only has 200hp, or 160hp. I don't want to turn this thread into a miata vs s2000 thread but it seems like the deal breaker is the hp difference. Well, at least then when people ask you if it's a miata you can say it sure is Timmy, it sure is.

Aren't Teslas over 100k?

 

if weight was down then maybe and also more HP

 

109K if i remember correctly

but i just dont think eletric motors are at the point where i could dive in for a full electric at the moment. I do plan to keep an eye out for the next gen stuff tho.

 

yeah base price is at 109K. and yeah weight is and issue.

 

^^^
what was 0-60?
3.9 or something like that

 

Not as much.

 

Where do I vote for THE DUMBEST QUESTION OF THE MONTH? This one has my vote!

 

No. A 160HP electric motor wouldn't be enough for the added weight of all the batteries (assuming you'd want decent run time). 9,000 RPM is probably a bit low for a performance electric car and how/why would you keep the same transmission anyway?

vtech != VTEC