Honda S2000...

Unit 5302 · 12-26-2001, 09:30 PM

As I've pointed out before. There is a limit to how much you can push the engines. Sure, they've been building with an 8000rpm redline for a while now. They've also been building with around 100hp/liter for a while (not long enough to prove they'll hold together though). Now, they've added 1000rpm, and 20hp/liter. That's about like making a 5.0 redline at 6700rpm, and giving it 325hp. Do you think the 5.0 would last 150k in that setup? Hardly.

Honda can't make the same attribute sportbikes last even 1/3 of that long without benefitting from a rebuild. How is the S2000 that far in advance of some of the most competitive engine markets in the world?

As I've also pointed out, it wouldn't be like shifting the Mustang at 3500rpms, it would be like shifting it at 4000rpms, in which case a sub 8sec 0-60 would be my prediction. The S2000 has one of the narrowist powerbands ever. A pathetic 1000rpms where it really pulls for crap. The Mustang GT has a powerband more along the lines of 3000rpms.

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12-26-2001, 09:30 PM	#18
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	As I've pointed out before. There is a limit to how much you can push the engines. Sure, they've been building with an 8000rpm redline for a while now. They've also been building with around 100hp/liter for a while (not long enough to prove they'll hold together though). Now, they've added 1000rpm, and 20hp/liter. That's about like making a 5.0 redline at 6700rpm, and giving it 325hp. Do you think the 5.0 would last 150k in that setup? Hardly. Honda can't make the same attribute sportbikes last even 1/3 of that long without benefitting from a rebuild. How is the S2000 that far in advance of some of the most competitive engine markets in the world? As I've also pointed out, it wouldn't be like shifting the Mustang at 3500rpms, it would be like shifting it at 4000rpms, in which case a sub 8sec 0-60 would be my prediction. The S2000 has one of the narrowist powerbands ever. A pathetic 1000rpms where it really pulls for crap. The Mustang GT has a powerband more along the lines of 3000rpms.