[QUOTE]Originally posted by SJSHARKS
[B]In any road course the Z4, with it's 50 extra pounds of torque, would pull one to two car lengths on the S2000 exiting each and every corner.

I'm getting a Toyota Prius then. The 2004 version will come with a 500-volt, 67 horsepower electric motor that will have a whopping 295 lb-ft of torque from 0 to 1200 rpm.

The current motor is rated at 273 volts, 44 HP and 258 lb-ft of torque from 0-400 rpm. Both would probably blow our collective (S2K and Z4) doors off anyway (0-60 times in the mid 10 second range for the NEW motor, with all that torque

Daniel

 

I think it all depends on the driver and also what you want... On a Race track you can have all that torque you want but whats the use of all that torque if you dont know how to drive it.. Its all about skills

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SJSHARKS
[B]In any road course the Z4, with it's 50 extra pounds of torque, would pull one to two car lengths on the S2000 exiting each and every corner.

Over a 50 or 60 lap race, the Z4 would probably lap the Honda, even if the S2000 driver was able to keep the S2k in vtec the entire race.

 

you're joking right?

 

Good post....

I guess the 3 corvettes (2 were Z06's) I ran down and passed yesterday (on a road course, summit Point) must have had broken engines..

Obviously you have never driven on a race track.

There is a lot more to getting a fast lap than HP and torque..

George





[QUOTE]Originally posted by SJSHARKS
[B]In any road course the Z4, with it's 50 extra pounds of torque, would pull one to two car lengths on the S2000 exiting each and every corner.

Over a 50 or 60 lap race, the Z4 would probably lap the Honda, even if the S2000 driver was able to keep the S2k in vtec the entire race.

 

Although it may be too late, you should watch this short video clip:

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Buttonwillow Raceway, September, 2000. Road & Track magazine reports best S2000 lap time of 0:56:80. Best lap time of BMW M Roadster (240 hp @ 6000, 236 lb-ft torque @ 3800) is 0:57:72.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SJSHARKS
[B]In any road course the Z4, with it's 50 extra pounds of torque, would pull one to two car lengths on the S2000 exiting each and every corner.

Over a 50 or 60 lap race, the Z4 would probably lap the Honda, even if the S2000 driver was able to keep the S2k in vtec the entire race.

 

Whoa whoa whoa.... with all the money on the S you save, yes YOU I said YOU can buy performance upgrades!!! Tires...wheels...Forced induction!!! Then it's no contest!

 

Not that I want to jump on the "rip SJSharks a new one" bandwagon, but really now, you do realize that the S2000 will not have to slow down as much for the corner, thus maintaining momentum and negating the torque "advantage"

 

So now the S2000 will run down a Z06 Corvette.

Don't you have to spend a lot of time trying to find the slot cars when they fly off the toy track?