693 rwhp s2000
 

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Sick!

holy crap that thing should be fun as hell to drive - if it can grip at all haha... Nice car man - How come no Hardtop?

:tup: very nice!

Haha--traction was a major issue. No need for a hardtop-- I like cruising top down:happydance:

I would at least put a cage on the thing. :eek:

It was street-driven for the most part (especially since I was banned from the track for lacking a roll bar), which means I drove it sans helmet mostly. A roll cage does more harm than good if you aren't protecting your noggin.

Truth. I would just drive around with a helmet on all the time. :rofl2:

Yeah, but the lack of visibility will kill you...not to mention attract entirely too much attention from local law enforcement.

1) all those upgrades to the engine and drivetrain, yet you still have the same crappy stock brakes? :icon14:

2) how much turbo boost are you running?

3) why did you go with so much power? does such a small lightweight car even generate enough traction to put the power down?

4) that is one lousy torque curve! even with a turbo, it seems you still have to get the engine all the way to 6000 rpm to produce any meaningful torque!

I dont even want to ask how much this build cost...

That must have been a nightmare to drive!!!

At least there's no wheel spin with that torque curve. Must be scary though up top!

Stock brakes are more than sufficient for the car. With good pads, I never had any issues or reason to upgrade them.

That dyno was on 27psi of boost. That tune is for dragging. I've got a torquier street tune that makes about 514 whp as well.

It's hard to get torque out of these motors, and not really necessary. The car spent all it's time above 5k anyways, so there was no need o make power down low.

Here's the more sane street tune:http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3...er101/dyno.png

Making power high in the RPM range is kind of the nature of the beast with an s2k. They can be made to put down more power lower, but you run out of steam up top.

wow that S2K must be insane to drive!!! Great build!

nice build!

There was actually a ton of wheel spin. It's tough to grip in an s2k with even 200 ft lbs of tq. The car would actually run the 1/4 in about the same time regardless of whether it was on the 700hp tune or the 500, simply due to an inability to grip. Trap speeds were way different though.

4.5k RPM's = :eek:

Oh my!!

Any vids?

How many diff housings did you go through?

Sick!

The r200 atually held pretty well.

isn't the r200 a nissan diff?

Yep. From a 300zx.

Sick car! What was your best ET/Trap speed?

As for the lack of tq comments.....300lft/b of tq at 5Krpms, when the car only weighs 3,000 is probably plenty :) The gearing is much shorter then a 370 so you are rarely below 4k rpms anyways.

I'm sure the combination of all of that boost, coupled with vtec, was an insane feeling from 6-10k rpms

LOL at torque curve sucks. It is not anywhere near flat but there's way more than enough torque there down low for that little thing.

It was more than fine for a straight line, which is what it was built for. It was a little crappy trying to handle the twisties though, since it was so inconsistent...:driving:

:eek:

Did you part this out when you sold it?

Nope. Sold rims separate though.

Someone got a beast of an S2k. I looking forward to what you do with the Z.

Yeah. Unfortunately the new owner seems to be struggling with the car a little.

I'm planning on leaving the Z stock. I sold the S because I can't afford to spend every night in the garage these days. I'll probably just do coils/exhaust/rims and call the Z good, at least for a couple years...

What kind of problems were you having? I am curious because I was going to ask you the reliability of your S2K making so much power.

How often do you have to do maintenance on it?

Nothing specifically, she was just kind of finicky. I especially spent a lot of time making sure the drivetrain was in good shape and what-not. The IP kit allowed for an effective mounting of the R200 to the car, but it's still a Nissan diff on a Honda, and inevitably stuff worked it's way loose faster than usual.

I wound up swapping the clutch out, since the carbon clutch I had in it required 10-15 minutes to warm up before driving off, which was kind of a pain.

Having to run different tunes depending on the weather was kind of a pain as well...and making sure the stupid thing passed inspection was not the most fun I spent.

That would be a stop light surprise for the Guy next to you when you took off ! Nice one RZ. Thanks for the pics. I would smell like rubber everytime I drove something like this and the tire store would be in my Speed dial.

It was quite a sleeper when people didn't notice the intercooler...or the fact that it sounded like a jet with the 3 inch exhaust piping (or like several jets when the pipe was open).

Pics in the OP updated-- the links went bad.

Do you sell it to a guy in Alberta, Canada?

693whp s2000's are :superghey: :stirthepot:




on a serious note, i want one.

You didnt happen to get this from NY did you?