trans am easy...i beat a stock s2k a while back on 10 psi but i got pulled like a jimmAy by a i/e LS1 T/A the other night. It won't even be a race....the S2000 only dynos like 200 whp stock and weighs 2800 pounds, the hp to weight ratio tells the story, not to mention how much more torque the ls1 puts out.

 

The S2000 isn't a great car for drag racing. Stock ones have trouble breaking into the 13's, one with i/h/e is not going to run a 12.5. Additionally you would need a full 1/4 mile for the S2000 to catch up the the Firebird as it would get killed off the line. Badly.

The guy with the S2000 needs to sell it for not appreciating its amazing chassis and be banished to an '87 Mustang with a cigarette-burned interior.

He's definitely talking out of his ass about that dyno.

 

I agree about the s2k having a great chassis but it would toast a firebird pretty easily....we're talking about the WS6 not the V6 firebird

 

who give a flying ****

 

obviously you...cause you posted in this thread

 

T/A will win, end of story.

 

I agree with MFB totally. The T/A will leave an S2k in the dust on a straight line, but if the guy doesn't appreciate the chasis (or know how to use it), he's just wasting a beautiful machine. Now, a WS6 T/A weighs much more, so on the track or in the slalom, the S2K has a definite edge. My opinion is that these are two cars which excell at what they are meant to do: the S2K is a touring roadster that does everything very well. A total balance. The Bird on the other hand, is just meant to light the tires and have a really nasty engine note. Other than that, the brakes are inadequate for the weight and power, a solid beam rear axle is from like 1920, the clutch requres brute force to engage, and rowing the gears is a better work out than five sets of curls at your local Ballys. In my opinion, it's a chore to drive a muscle car, while it is absolutely enjoyable to drive a roadster. But, hey, to each his own.

 

Um, you mean the Firebird would toast it easily?

I said that if you had a long enough track the S2000 would eventually catch up to the Firebird, not that it would walk past it.

 

IHE 230rwhp? = ~270crank? :eh:

i don't think so. and 230rwhp isn't enough to run 12.5 in the 1/4mi with 2800lbs.

S54 M Coupe with 270rwhp and 3100lbs (including driver and full tank) runs 13.5. fastest i've seen in 13.3 at 105mph

S2000 even with 230rwhp wont get 12.5 in the 1/4mi unless the road had a downhill grade of 5

 

Best I've seen out of a stock S2k was a 13.9. Boltons aren't gonna drop the time by 1.4 seconds, no way no how.