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Swapped 350z for S2000.....

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Old 11-09-2006, 11:24 AM
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Me and my girlfriend own a 54 plate 350z BUT the new owner pics it up next week and we travel to Glasgow on the 18th to pic up our S2000... Again the Honda is 54 plate with 13k miles got it for 18.5k

Love the Nissan but the honest truth is my girlfriend can't go shopping cause the car parks are to hard for her to drive round as its quite a big car to park, its completely different from Honda but both have there good and bad points...

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I owned a Civic VTi couple years ago and loved V-Tec so looking forward to it again, can anyone tell me the difference between the S2000 2004 Engine and the Civic Type-R Engine...?!?!


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Old 11-09-2006, 11:27 AM
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The biggest difference Craig between the two (K20A for the CTR and the F20C for the S) is that one is transverse whilst the other isn't.

The S VTECs at 6000 rpm up to 9000 with the engine limiter kicking in at 9.2k
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Where does the extra 40bhp come from, just wondering!!

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I woulda thought the S is harder in the multi story on the ramps than the Nissan. Got to have a longer nose surely?
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SNAP - good choice Enjoy it!
It's easier to park with the roof down


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both cars have totally different engines. the s2k engine is more highly tuned, and gives you the extra 40 horses.
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Nice car.

I think that's my favourite colour combination.

Would I be correct in saying your from Aberdeen, the street looks familiar.
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Originally Posted by nambiker,Nov 9 2006, 11:49 PM
both cars have totally different engines. the s2k engine is more highly tuned, and gives you the extra 40 horses.
Not to mention better screwed together!

I took a test drive in the 350 recently and as much as we REALLY wanted to love it, we both hated it. Rattly plastic interior, clunky transmission, cumbersome.
Had my heart set on it so it was a big blow for me. Tried the S, and bought it

The S is very agile, but if parking was the issue, get yourself some rear parking sensors fitted for about
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Looks like you're still having trouble parking mate, ONE space is all that it required!
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Good choice there matey. I would think that the S is a bit cheaper to run also and better handling .The CTR's K20A has I-VTEC which is supposed to produce more low down torque. It doesnt rev as high nor sound as sweet as the f20. When I drove a CTR I found it very unintereseting in comparision and kept hitting the rev limiter as I was used to my S.


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