i ran one when i only had a reflash still from zzp his s2k was i/h/e reflash and geared. from a dig we were neck and neck only because he had to shift to much haha and on a roll i walked him prettty good

were are running behind the gt500 n evo. im the car in the middle lane, s2k is far left lane ls1 camaro right lane
YouTube - Gt500 vs evo

 

I'm just speaking from personal experience. I've never seen a slightly fast S2K, but I do know they are out there. All the ones around here are **** slow and only on par with cavilers.

I read a few threads on SVTPerformance about it, I can try to dig them up again but they actually determined that having a dieing battery resulted in the fuel pump, power steering pump, IC pump, and a handful of other things were not running at 100%. When I would be doing a pull my lights on my car would start dimming from 5k-6500. Got the new battery and my lights don't dim anymore, I had my alternator rebuild prior thinking that was the problem but it was not.

 

S2Ks are slow around here. I want to find a boosted one and run it. It is only a 2.0 N/A motor from the factory I don't see why its such a surprise that a 2.0 boosted (either TC or SC) can bend one over a guard rail and surprise buttsecks it all day long. The motor doesn't even make power until 2000rpm before redline, and that like what 170lbs/torque stock? And then HP wise they are making power like 500rpm before redline... useless in my opinion. A wide band of power across 4,000 rpm like how my car runs is where its at... Now that being said, don't try to race him on a track, 50/50 weigh distribution, RWD, and a good driver = pwnage on a twisty road coarse.

 

he speaks the truth, happened to my wife's accord

 

i agree, just wanted to make sure there was nothing I was missing. Had a feeling I could take him though. Def gonna try and get a vid of it

 

Just remember, CSS rules apparently are you have to have a video or you lost

 

^from previous reads it def looks like one of those unwritten rules! lmao

 

Yep

Even if you win the other driver must have been horrible too. I love this site...

 

Yes for AP1. AP2 S2k's are 2.2L.

Both are pretty slow in stock form. I never got footage from it but from a dig and a roll I beat my brother in his S2k CR when it was stock. Dig = Driver mod...he had less than 3k miles in that car. Hardly learned it at all. We did a bunch of 40 rolls from when he was bone stock then got an intake, then to the cat back indivia's. Throughout those mods he could never pull more than a fender away from me whether a dig or a 40. Each mod did help him but not as much as what he spent for everything. I lost as soon as he got the intake and the exhaust didn't really make much a difference because he didn't have a tune but it sounded amazing.

Oh and seeing OP, that your car has a nice mod list, you should have noooo problem taking an S2k..I was bone stock.

 

Either way 2.2 or 2.0 they make power WAY too high in the RPM range to be of any real use on the street. A stock SC would have a good race with one since you aren't really making a whole lot more power than them stock. But ecotecs seem to be fairly mod friendly. Plus, an SC makes power over a really large portion of the RPM range. The usable power in a motor is what is going to win a race. Not peaky power that can only be used for less than 1,000 RPM. Unless one is running a turbo or at least a supercharger I, personally wouldn't waste my time.

 

don't let the s2k forums read that... half of them will kill themselves haha


good to know

 

s2k's arent fast n/a honestly. they need boost and love boost. also, there is a way to make it fast n/a by converting it to have i-vtec. the conversion gives over 100whp in some spots of the powerband. thats insane.

 

One of my best freinds has an 04 s2000. The first year they went to the 2.2 liter. Its bone stock except a K&n air filter on the stock air box. And when we run from 2nd gear. I pull away from him fairly well. But I have to say. It's still faster then his 05 rsx type S was. The s2000 seems to fair well in 2nd and 3rd. But once it is up into 4th 5th and 6th. The power just seems to drop off. Thats just my personal expereince against my freinds 04 s2k.

 

I'm reading a lot in this thread about "depends on his mods" and "they are slow stock"... Truth is, those cars are pretty much maxed from the factory and do not respond to mods very well, if any at all. Aftermarket exhaust are actually frowned upon by knowledgeable S2K owners because in MOST cases, aftermarket exhaust cause them to lose power. The only way to make any power out of them is with F/I. Its one of those cars that you take for a test drive and if you're not 100% satisfied with its power, then park it and get out, because unless you spray it or go with F/I, all the bolt ons in the world aren't going to do squat.

 

My freind with the s2k has said the same to me as well..... Not much power to be madew with them through after market parts over stock other then boost.

 

A friend of mine had one that was running 14.1 at 99mph stock. My 02 nissan maxima 6 speed would run dead even with it from a roll

 

Wow, lol. That must have made him feel real good!