I was reading a car mag waiting on a a Dr's appt yesterday and what I saw kinda floored me.

I know the Pontiac GTO is faster than an S and 0-60 in 4.9 seconds , but they were comparing it to a 4-door caddy and a chrysler 300 - both with 400 hp corvette motors.

Were you guys aware that these two sleeper cars are among us? They'd eat an S's lunch and they don't even need to shift gears. Of course, the caddy and the 300 would be drinking the gas down at an incredible rate, but still those are FAST!

I know someone here has an ominous looking black 300, but I dont remember who. Whoever it was, do you have the hot engine in it?

 

I know those 300's are fast.. and yeah, there are cars that are faster than ours, but there's no way they could hang through some turns... and they don't get the same looks.

Oh and yeah, gas miliage.... probably half of what we get, both cars being driven hard.
-Doug

 

There are a lot of things that will eat an S's lunch. Come to the autox and watch my Civic eat your S's lunch.

In all seriousness, yes, the new vette motor is going to eat just about everything out there on the road. If GM can manage to stuff it into something like the Solstice or a quality chassis LESS than 3000 lbs, they will have a car on their hands that I will be breaking down the dealership door to buy.

 

The new z06 should show what the vette motor could do in a frame that doesnt weigh very much compared to the power it is putting out. I think the official figures is around 3300 lbs for a 500hp motor, thats pretty insane.

 

i had a camaro ss before this, so i guess i dont think of this as a fast car. atleast thats not why i bought it. i bought the car for its great styling and superb handling. for the power it puts out, it has great gas mileage which is reallly a plus as well. but there are plenty of cars out there that will spank ours. i could care less, cuz i still like mine better and if i need to go fast, i can go home and get my bike

 

You'll have to split seat time with my wife... But, that is not a problem if anyone wants a ride, we will do it during the fun runs at the end of the day..I highly suggest riding with some of the S2kers, or with Todd in his Civic. You will probably be amazed at how much faster than me they will be at least until I get familiar with the Corvette.

 

You better watch it....She know Kung Fu...

 

The vette is not nearly as heavy as one might think..Mine weighs in at just about 3200 lb. It does have alot of body roll at initial turn in, I am hoping I can take care of that with the Z51 sway bars and shocks..I hope to have them on before the autocross....

 

or you might show him up. I was on plano pkwy one night with an STS Northstar and the guy told me at the light at Los Rios that my car was like a rocket and he was expecting to take me. then at the gas station he pulled in and asked if I had two engines.

things like this I need to carry my camcorder around with me.

 

I'm in a unique position to comment about this. I had a C5 that trapped 117mph in the 1/4 mile with a few bolt-ons, nothing serious. I now have an '05 S2000. I didn't buy the S2000 for it's straight-line speed, which is okay. I bought it for the superb handling, overall feel, and light weight, not to mention the drop-top and cool lines.

Now, at full boil an S2000 can run high 13's which is decent, but it just isn't fast anymore. A stock Chrysler 300C Hemi will give us all we can get. It has 340hp or so. The new 300C SRT-8 has 425hp and will blow the S2000 out of the water. The Cadillac CTS-V has a 400hp LS6 that will put the hurt on. Not to mention that it gets 23mpg on the highway, not bad. The STS-V has 440hp and will also pull the S2000, the XLR-V, same deal. Heck, the base XLR with the 315hp motor will probably pull us too.

Acura TL is on our butts, especially with the six-speed, new RSX-S isn't too far behind. These aren't exotic cars.

So, don't buy an S2000 for straight-line speed, buy it for it's fun engine, handling attributes, and fun factor.