The Honda S2000 is nearing the end of its life cycle – but this won’t be the end of the S2000. The rev happy roadster will continue to draw our attention thanks to aftermarket tuners who compete against each other for the ultimate S2K. This example you see here is built by T1 Race Development – the stock 4-cylinder engine benefits from a Borg Warner S372R turbocharger, a T1 race manifold and 1,000cc Bosch Injectors. T1 also rerouted the exhaust pipes to the side of the car.
In this video that ends in with a humoristic notice from the behalf of its creators, the Honda-licious S2000 Roadster smokes about anything that it meets on the road, including a Suzuki GSXR 1000 sportsbike – though it does seem that the latter kinda let off in the end.
I must mention one thing though, that is the comment made by one of the readers of CarScoop, the seemingly well knowledge reader had this to say:
“I’m calling BS on this. 701 RWHP with a reasonable 15% driveline loss equals 825 hp at the flywheel. The stock S2000 makes a heady 237 hp at 7800 rpm from its 2.2L 4 cylinder. Now even allowing for that monster turbo, there’s no dang way the stock internals are supporting 350% more power than stock. If somehow they have managed to cheat fate by doing this, they won’t be for very long.
What’s more likely is that it makes 400 HP or so and is an absolute dog with more turbo lag than an entire dealer lot full of Ford Probes at anything less than highway RPMs. The stock (naturally aspirated) S2000 already is known for being gutless at low RPM due to its peaky nature, so I can only imagine what throwing a gigantic turbo on there would do to driveability. Okay, so it’s fast on the freeway I’ll give it that, but not much else.”
What’s your judgement on this ultra S2000?
Source: Diariomotor via CarScoop
