im a bit confused now, are you saying you have no power at 20 mph type speeds? is it stuttering or just very slow reluctant to rev?is the throttle responce lagging?
whatabout when warmed up is it the same?
try to give a good description of whats not right

 

Hi Oxhouser,

Yeah thats right, it seems to lack "torque" for lack of a better word (im sure people will assume its a characteristic of the car from that word )

Without exception every car that I have driven has been able to start moving (very slowly) by slowly lifting the clutch without touching the accelerator pedal, however the s2000 makes a big fuss and starts wanting to die/juddering and kangarooing - no matter how delicate i am with the clutch...

hope this clears it up a bit?

 

i dont think i have tried to do this, will see what happens in the AM, my gut responce is this is normal you need to give it a little to drive it
why do you want to do this?

 

Its just the way i have come to drive, when reversing etc i very rarely use the accel pedal as its just not needed... thanks for your help will be good to hear how you get on

 

This is not going to work - it needs some revs to get moving from standstill - feathering the clutch with tickover revs will do exactly what you describe.

1500rpm and feathering will work but it it's best to give it enough revs to get the clutch engaged fully.

Once the clutch is engaged and you're moving, you can trickle along in traffic without pushing the throttle or feathering the clutch but you have to be moving forward first.

 

But the thing that really unsettles me is that every other car I drive is more than happy to do this, im having to give her near 2krpm in order to drive off on most occasions... It can be quite embarressing!

I'm nearly sure it is not how it is supposed to be as others who have driven it have noticed it and were shocked at how bad it is... albeit these were not people who have driven an s2000 before.

I have posted a thread asking for local owners to come and have a ride in my car so hopefully I will get some confirmation.

So am I right in assuming if you want to inch back into a parking space you rev the car to 1.5krpm and feather the clutch?

I don't remember it happening on any of the other s2000's I test drove but then again I wasn't looking for it or doing any slow parking etc

 

I'm starting to think it may be a clutch problem - something I didn't want...

Coupled with the "clutch release bearing noise" which im told is normal?
This is really starting to reduce my fondness towards the car

 

The clutch may well be worn / old ..... but our cars are the same age although mine has more miles on it - the thrust release bearing is noisy, I can live with that.

Coming from a diesel which was almost unable to stall - this requires a little throttle to move around / move off smoothly.

Out of interest, if you drive it as above - does the issue go away?

Remember most cars have a rev range of roughly half of this one - would be worth getting someone else that has one to drive yours though

 

Errrrrrrrrrr. No you cannot pull away in an S2000 with the clutch only at idle rpm.

End of.

Storm in a teacup.

 

I have MY00 with 40K on it, original clutch.

I cannot move off from standstill using only idle revs, whereas in my wife's car, I can. If I try it, the car jerks & splutters. A little revs, about 1.5K, and feathering the throttle is perfect. Once the car is in motion, I can ease of the revs to idle, and it will crawl along happily.

Seems that the S is not designed to move off on 800-1000 revs.

It would be beneficial if you can get along to a meet so you can see other cars, and other S2000 drivers can see your car.

HTH
Bharat