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Old 05-18-2003, 05:52 PM
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175 ft-lbs is still gonna be fairly useless if it is'nt in a better(lower)part of the powerband.
Old 05-18-2003, 07:49 PM
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Originally posted by 91 EX-R
175 ft-lbs is still gonna be fairly useless if it is'nt in a better(lower)part of the powerband.
I think itll be a much nicer, flatter, torque band, which is what matters for accelaration purposes.
Old 05-18-2003, 11:44 PM
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keep the name S2000 imo, just like nissan called it the "180sx" and it had a 2.0 litre engine in it
Old 05-19-2003, 05:06 AM
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here's a funny tidbit...the messages following vtec's s2200 post says tov posted this only to find that WE DID a whole 5 months earlier!...of course s2ki beat us by only 5 days

http://www.vtec.net/forums/one-messa...em%5fid=103050
Old 05-19-2003, 05:54 AM
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Originally posted by ichiro
keep the name S2000 imo, just like nissan called it the "180sx" and it had a 2.0 litre engine in it

They also called it the 200SX in Europe
Old 05-19-2003, 07:41 AM
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thats a very interesting change. I wonder what else will be brought about.
Old 05-19-2003, 10:49 AM
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They're bringing back the red/black interior on silver cars instead of the all red crap they brought out for 2003.
Old 05-19-2003, 11:07 AM
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Originally posted by jaje
here's a funny tidbit...the messages following vtec's s2200 post says tov posted this only to find that WE DID a whole 5 months earlier!...of course s2ki beat us by only 5 days

http://www.vtec.net/forums/one-messa...em%5fid=103050
:thumbup: HAN was right on.
Old 05-19-2003, 05:56 PM
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Perhaps Honda should go with S2197.

Ha ha, just kidding.
Old 05-19-2003, 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by ben1233
Perhaps Honda should go with S2197.

Ha ha, just kidding.
Haha, that's pretty funny :thumbup:



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