Are S2000's ITR competitive?

[gran racing]

Yeah, if it would respond to an engine build like most other cars do. This one won't. 240 hp out of an 4 cyl, you really think you'll get much more out of that from building a "race" engine?

[type r rocket]

Nope I doubt you would gain much messing with the lower end.I think a nice IT prep to the max cyl. head work would help some.Nice shock/springs,real bushings,camber/etc. ,header and exhaust,intake,shorter rear end gear and maybe an after market ecu but once again I have been told thats pretty well set as it is.

[Cobrar05]

There is a guy that runs an S2000 in NASA and his lap times at Road Atlanta this summer were in the low 1:40's(41-42). Thats pretty quick.

[Xian]

Not to burst anyone's bubble but isn't 1:42's a fast time for ITA?

[R2 Racing]

Not to burst anyone's bubble but isn't 1:42's a fast time for ITA?

Top six ITA qualifiers at the ARRC this year were in the 1:42's.


Does anyone know what the weight is of an H1 S2000? IIRC, it's quite a bit less that ITR's 3005lbs.

[Gregg]

Does anyone know what the weight is of an H1 S2000? IIRC, it's quite a bit less that ITR's 3005lbs.

I'm pretty sure Pete Filicetti's old car (Driven by Jason Meise) was in the 2600lb range w/ driver.

[Xian]

Does anyone know what the weight is of an H1 S2000? IIRC, it's quite a bit less that ITR's 3005lbs.

I can't sort out if I'm looking at 08 rules with proposed revisions for 09 or 07 rules with revisions for 08... regardless, it looks like the 2.0 cars were at 2650 and the 2.2's at 2750 but both received 75# weight drops at some point. WAAAAAAAY under the ITR weight. But, hey, at least they can run at the pointy end of ITA

[Cobrar05]

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

[seckerich]

I seriously doubt that a motor that won so many awards for the most HP per CC in history is going to get much more in IT trim. We might have some future Formula 1 engineer among us--who knows? Same for the RX8 which is weighted in IT trim to get the same HP numbers as a prod motor. When you get cars classed by just power/weight the tires become a big issue on the heavier cars.

Process weight for the S2000 is correct by todays formula.