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Testing a Consumer Car
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Well, its taken us two months to find a broken in consumer car (read bought at a dealer by a normal consumer) that would take us up on our offer of a free dyno test. Many thanks to "Backcracker" of S2Ki.com fame (and many Orange County parties) for letting TOV test his car.
Since the substitution of a new ECU and retest of the press car was not enough to completely dispel the rumors of a ringer, TOV put Backcracker's car on the Dynapack at Church Automotive Testing to see if it would produce anywhere close to the hp of the press car. Just in case you'd forgotten, or skipped directly to this page, the press car put down 243 whp vs. 212-220 whp for the previous year S2000s (the 00-01's put down 212-214, the 02-03's 215-220).
With the beautiful white on tan 04 bolted to the dyno, intake and coolant temps were checked, 4th gear was engaged and 2 passes were made. The results? 245 and 243 whp. All with about 700 miles on the odometer.
Backcracker has promised to bring back his car when it has more mileage (we tested the press car at 1000 and 2000 miles), but suffice it to say, the 04 does produce more power than the previous models, and certainly more than its 240 hp rating from Honda would suggest. Happy motoring.
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| 08-20-2004 03:35 |
how much power does the 2004 s2k make at the wheels? (Score: 1, Normal) |
steven2k |
| 01-19-2004 13:34 |
What about a s2000 type R? (Score: 1, Normal) |
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| 01-08-2004 16:33 |
Case closed (Score: 1, Normal) |
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04 Dyno numbers (Score: 1, Normal) |
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| 11-08-2003 19:18 |
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| 11-12-2003 20:42 |
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| 11-12-2003 19:08 |
good tests but... (Score: 1, Normal) |
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