Quote from JJ72 :

My impression with the S2000 (a stock one) is just the kick ass driving position...nigh on perfect for me, however performance-wise I wasn't really that impressed, the standard gearing ratio is too far apart for performance driving. all that waiting before it unwinds itself at the high-end - which is quickly followed by another gear change, meh, not worth it.

You did something wrong then. As i've written above, if you shift at redline, you'll never fall out of the power range (6k - 9k rpm). In this range, the s2000 is certainly not slow (maybe not super quick either, but there's plenty of power for spirited driving). The only moment when it should feel slow is in first gear, until you reach 6k rpm.

You have to take it to redline tho, or it'll not work. Gear changes are great in this car by the way... you must not enjoy a good transmission if you don't like it, since the S2000 transmission is one of the best i've ever experienced in any sports car.

Here's me on a track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjVQKX4VFj8

Notice how i shift at redline, and therefor always stay in the usable rpm range. No waiting for power.

EDIT: This is a little off-topic of course, sorry for that.

Quote from Klutch :

Your generalisations annoys me.

Not everyone is "HUR DUR MY CARS UBER LOW AND MY EXHAUST IS LOUD MY CARS AMAZING AND FAST"

some people modify cars for better performance and actually put effort into finding out what best suits the car(and them)

The soarer isn't quite a good example for that however.

Quote from JJ72 :

For applicable power I would vouch for BMW over Vtecs though, torque plays a huge part in actual real world usage, the M3 powerplant is more allrounded and has plenty of potential to be improved. While with the S2000 engine you will be hard pressed to gain anymore performance without losing even more low-end torque and spending some big big money for maybe 20-30ps more.

You can easily turbo charge an S2000 engine. They seem to be handling the added power quite well too. 350 rwhp with a "mild" setup, up to 700+hp is possible.

It ruins the car tho (in my opinion). In a straight line, the S2000 doesn't feel very fast... on a racetrack however (or a twisty mountain road), it feels very good (engine/powerband wise), the gearing on this car is made so you will always stay above 6k rpm (vtec kicks in yo!) when you shift at redline. The moments when i miss torque is in normal city driving, etc.

It is true that it's hard to get any performance gains out of this engine when keeping it NA. This is because the engine is pretty much optimized from the factory already... i mean, 120hp per liter, that sounds like a well tuned engine to me already (JDM models have 247hp by the way, that's even more hp/liter). Then again, no NA engine will show you serious power gains unless you spend a shitload of money.

Honda S2000 engine. 4 cylinder, NA, 2L, 240hp. It has no torque tho...

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Nice!

On Sunday I'm recording live drums for the first time in my dining room, into my Pro Tools setup via a little 16ch Spirit mixer - wish me luck!

I think the hardest part will be pretending I can't hear my neighbours knocking on the front door...

Don't worry, i'm sure it'll still sound better than my stuff.

After all, i'm recording from my MPC (16bit) which usually plays stuff that i sampled from vinyl, using a 10 year old sony hi-fi unit as an amp. All i ever do on a PC with my music is to record it (seperate tracks if i can be arsed to track out a beat), and maybe do some EQ, compression and what not. I think the apogee duet is way overkill for what i do, then again, i have good ears when it comes to sound quality... i guess i'll be happy with it (judging by the couple of reviews i've read about it).

I went the Mac route simply because my PC died and i was too lazy to read up on the newest hardware and stuff... build a new pc, install everything, etc. I'm getting old.

Anyway, good luck for sunday!

New setup is complete now!

@5haz and JackDaMaster
Thanks for trying to bring back some nice cars into this thread! Finally some proper cars!

Quote from danowat :

Demons Souls is, imo, not only one of the best games on the PS3, its one of the best games period.

co-sign.

Quote from The General Lee :

Goldeneye for the N64

Nice! I bought it about a month ago, still an awesome game!

Quote from Klutch :

but thats not what the internet is for

Stop trolling and start doing something useful. Maybe you should step outside a little and try to warm up the atmosphere or something.

Quote from Klutch :

lolowned

If you have nothing better to say, just keep it to yourself.

Quote from s14 drift :

what sporty car?

mx-5

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Not really on purpose. Just imagine the situation, let's say a cat is running through the road. You don't wanna kill him and you can't change direction because a lorry is coming in front. On the right side there's gravel, then lots of trees. What would you do? It's not worth crashing the car, or getting deadly injuries. This is what I meant, not " omg there's a car let's give more throttle to drive over it."

You look into your rearview mirror, and if there's nobody behind you so close he will crash into you... you slam the brakes?!

Why would you run over animals on purpose, that's just wrong.

I had boone and the flying robot with me. They both got ass-raped in an instant by the legion...

Usually boone kicks ass, but not with those guys.

I tried that actually. They hesitated for about 10 seconds, then they attacked me anyway.

My plan is to level up some more and then come back with improved gun skills and some big ass weapons, and maybe chuck norris too.

I'm having troubles fighting the legion. I'm doing the mission where i have to get the platinum chip from the fort, but they keep killing me (my character is level 14 and oriented towards intelligence, luck, charisma, etc... not exactly the best soldier). I've killed a few legion guys before, but at the fort they are just too big in numbers for me...

It probably doesn't help that he also acts like he's 15...

Quote from Agniz :

masternick, thanks for your correction. i fail about the high/low offset thing

and, I bet, that Jibber thinks that stock rubber bushes are much better than polyurethane ones, just because they are on car by default

Do you know me? No, you don't. So don't assume things that you don't know.

There's a thread about cars like this on the s2ki forum (honda S2000 forum). People discuss this "fad" of slammed/stance/stretched tires bullcrap and have asked the people who build their cars like this to come to a track, and show the others how those cars can still "perform" (because that's what those people claim all the time, that those cars don't have ruined handling). Now guess what, none of those cars have showed up at the track, no videos have ever been posted... because they would fail miserably. All they can do is "hardpark" at the stance meetings they attend. That's what those cars are good for.

Nobody said you can't improve stock performance. But slamming a car so it almost hits the ground on every little pothole and almost rips the tires off when cornering hard, isn't doing that.

Quote from Jakg :

comparison pics

Both are cars with too big wheels and too little suspension travel. It's the same (stupid) trend, really.

Quote from Agniz :

oh yes, seems that someone thinks that stance, wheels with huge offset and stretched tyres is rice, ahahahha

It is. Rice = Mods on your car that don't help performance. Huge offset with stretched tires doesn't improve performance, it ruins it... therefor, it's the newest fad/rice of the car scene.

Quote from Jakg :

The "Max Power" bodykit scene is massively, MASSIVELY overdone. While the BMW / coilover / BBS thing is going the same way, at least it's different...

In which way is it different?

Quote from Agniz :

opel/vauxhall + rice kit = uber-fail
put on all original bumpers ASAP, and drop it as low as possible. then maybe it will look acceptable.

Says the guy who thinks riced out bimmers are cool.

Quote from The Very End :

What area of usage that has? Is it meant to be put on cloths, skin or what?

I think it goes into the drug usage area.

Quote from AudiBG :

"slammed honda"

That thing looks terrible.