I think the s2000 will prove to be one of the top cars in ITR those cars always seem to go faster than the math says they should.
Especially since it's already 100 lbs lighter than the math says it should be...
I think the s2000 will prove to be one of the top cars in ITR those cars always seem to go faster than the math says they should.
Top six ITA qualifiers at the ARRC this year were in the 1:42's.Not to burst anyone's bubble but isn't 1:42's a fast time for ITA?
I'm pretty sure Pete Filicetti's old car (Driven by Jason Meise) was in the 2600lb range w/ driver.Does anyone know what the weight is of an H1 S2000? IIRC, it's quite a bit less that ITR's 3005lbs.
Does anyone know what the weight is of an H1 S2000? IIRC, it's quite a bit less that ITR's 3005lbs.
At 2600 lbs (with driver, I assume?) it's probably missing things that you'd need to put back in ITR to be legal anyway. The one that's racing here in San Francisco Region has to carry about 300 lbs of ballast after being totally stripped.Yea, the car I am interested in is a 2600lb car and I must say that I am a little skiddish about adding 400lbs to run ITR. Sounds like S2000's are NASA cars. Oh well
SCCA doesn't use the bypass, but I just asked Dave Vodden (track mgr and club racer), who would know better than anyone, what the time difference is. He said easy 1 second, maybe 2 once you get used to the jump, not much more than that.although it was a CR the S2000s that Honda R&D ran at the 25 hour last year were pretty impressive.
they were right around 2900lbs, stock motor, no header, no intake, no exhaust, cats removed, stock CR springs and H&R dampers. And it was an Enduro car.
it ran 2:02:xx for most of the enduro, which is pretty good.
I ITR cars should be around 1:59:xx to 2:00:xx at thunderhill with the bypass.
Okay, so 2 seconds. I predict a well-driven, fully-prepped ITR car will be in the low 2:03s, maybe a high 2:02 take-no-prisoners-track-record-lap going over the cyclone. So, I think a 1:59.xxx with the bypass is very optimistic.
I really think ITR cars will be in 2:01:xx, at least i hope so. An ITA integra in enduro trim ran a 2:03:xx with the by pass.
The ITA track record is a 2:06.3 (that's without bypass, of course). That Integra is ridiculously fast but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't ITA legal while running a NASA race.
the S2000 would be outclassed lugging out of the slow right angle turns onto the the relatively long straights.
Yeah yeah yeah you know what I mean...Don't lug, downshift. Keep that thing in the powerband and it's got no disadvantage.