s2000

[Chris240]

...why is there no one looking at these for drifting? and there a video on kazaa where the "driftking" i believe says the s2000 is like a AE86 with 1mill. yen in it so I'm sure they would be awesome, yet everyone is moving into 240s and rx7s... don't get me wrong but i am a hugh fan of 240sx's and my favorite FC but if i had the chance to get a new car i would rather get a nice newish S2000 than a 14 year old car to to fix up to drift...am i wrong? then again i have a 240sx..but thats cuz i'm broke

[1viadrft]

The S2K is not generally used for drifting (but hell, you can just about drift evrything) and it's used more for General racing... Personally I hate all Honda's except for the Honda Integra Type R but maybe you can be a pioneer and be one of the first to drift an S2000 when you can afford it!

Don't forget about your 240sx though! They make wonderful first time drift cars!!!

[FDTT]

I have a video with an S2000 doing some drifting. The drifting that the S does just isnt close to the rest of the drifting in the video. Isnt the S2K alot narrower than the AE86?

[Bunta]

I like them. I want a little sedan based off the S2000 chassis/motor. That would kick ass. Nothing wrong with honda's build quality.

[1viadrft]

Originally Posted by Bunta

I like them. I want a little sedan based off the S2000 chassis/motor. That would kick ass. Nothing wrong with honda's build quality.

I see Honda's quality go down as they have gotten more popular... just not the same...

The S2000 is a step foward, however... if they keep this up they may win my respect again...

Yeah, I saw the DRIFT-KING drift an S2000 in Best-Motoring (I think)...

[Soyo]

the S2000 is plenty good for drifting besides the fact that they only make convertables which makes the chasis less rigid, which is kind of a bad thing in drifting, also they are expensive so most of us people can't afford to drift them... as to why no D1 people or anyone like that drifts them I do not know, my guess is because its a convert. very nice cars though

[drftk1d]

Originally Posted by Chris240

...why is there no one looking at these for drifting? and there a video on kazaa where the "driftking" i believe says the s2000 is like a AE86 with 1mill. yen in it so I'm sure they would be awesome, yet everyone is moving into 240s and rx7s... don't get me wrong but i am a hugh fan of 240sx's and my favorite FC but if i had the chance to get a new car i would rather get a nice newish S2000 than a 14 year old car to to fix up to drift...am i wrong? then again i have a 240sx..but thats cuz i'm broke

im sure the reason why no one drifts s2000 is because of costs. think of the insurance costs if you crash it. all usdm 240s and rx7s are past the point where they need full coverage insurance, whereeas s2gs do not.

not to mention that s2000 is like 33gs new, which, even though the s2 is a good car, its way too expensive for what you get. for that kind of money, i could get an sti or something.

[Soyo]

yea but that doesn't explain why no one in D1 or anything doesn't drift them, cost is nothing to some of those rich guys, I'm thinking that it has to be because its a convertable, or maybe it had a bad weight ratio? don't know what it is, but someone could look it up

[flylwsi]

the issue with the s2k, which i don't think anyone has touched on, is the extremely low tq rating for the hp that motors got.

the rx7 doesn't have tons of tq, but it's got more than the s2k.

i don't think it'd be difficult to drift an s2k, let alone a turbo/supercharged one...

i'm pretty sure that there aren't any in D1 b/c they don't allow convertibles.

it wouldn't be difficult to stiffen the car with a cage, just like any other car.

[Cade]

They do make hardtops you know, from the factory and aftermarket carbon fiber ones...

[flylwsi]

yeah, the make a hardtop for it, but the car is still a convertible.

putting a cage in the vert car is better/safer/stiffer than a hardtop.

[Soyo]

*shrug* we may never know

[publicenemy137]

Originally Posted by Soyo

the S2000 is plenty good for drifting besides the fact that they only make convertables which makes the chasis less rigid, which is kind of a bad thing in drifting, also they are expensive so most of us people can't afford to drift them... as to why no D1 people or anyone like that drifts them I do not know, my guess is because its a convert. very nice cars though

That's why, convertibles can't drift. The reason is because the body isn't made for twisting or cornering too fast. The top part of the car basically makes the car more stable, it's part of the overall construction. You can't just cut the top part off and make it a convertible, if you do, whenever you turn your body will start to bend and twist, pretty much fucking the frame up. So convertibles make the body more solid, they put in more metal and a more solid frame in the body, this is the reason why convertibles weigh about 350-450 lbs more. So if an S2000 drifts a lot, the body will eventually twist and screw up the whole chassis. It's not made for heavy cornering and drifting. If they made a non-convertible, it would probably be the ideal drifting. Extremely high revving (redline at 9k), near perfect 50/50 weight distribution, and it will weigh around 2500. But, because it's a convertible, it will just twist the body up.

Read this and you'll understand more: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/convertible.htm

[Cade]

But what if you add the aftermarket hardtop? Is there more that goes into it other than just adding the hardtop? or would that fix the chassis twisting problem?

[1viadrft]

no.... you will need a roll bar...