Show Us Your Motors!

tom_nieto · 31 Dec 2020 at 20:24

I miss that induction noise! Don’t remember the car being that controllable on the limit! Definitely an animal when you wanted it to be.

Tee Hee Johnson · 1 Jan 2021 at 01:18

Sounds a bit ticky or raspy

Akagi · 1 Jan 2021 at 01:20

Tee Hee Johnson said:
Sounds a bit ticky or raspy

The microphone is in the airbox. Cheating really.

Gibbo · 1 Jan 2021 at 10:00

Rilot said:
Below 6000rpm you might as well be driving a Honda Civic they are that docile. Between 6000 and 9000rpm is where all the fun happens.
That Jekyl and Hyde personality is what always made the S2000 for me. Docile and easy to drive at low RPM but an animal when you want it to be. All at mostly sensible speeds.

This is my favourite S2000 video and really shows the difference between low and high RPM:

Sounds awesome!

With the air box mod they sound incredible and the Vtec cross over is so pronounced, probably one of best sounding 4 pot motors If not the best.

Rilot · 1 Jan 2021 at 11:38

Acme said:
The microphone is in the airbox. Cheating really.

Sounds exactly like mine did with a K&N FIPK intake

ShiWarrior · 1 Jan 2021 at 11:45

i liked the induction noise, then the VTEC kicks in and it screams ! lol

i liked my Clio sport i had, i had a pipercross filter on, just loved that sound !

Gibbo · 1 Jan 2021 at 12:26

Rilot said:
Sounds exactly like mine did with a K&N FIPK intake

That is how mine sounds to my ears also, no need to put a MIC in the air box on an S2000 if the lid is removed/modded or an induction kit is fitted.

grudas · 1 Jan 2021 at 12:39

Rilot said:
Sounds exactly like mine did with a K&N FIPK intake

Yup mine with a k&n sounds very similar! Lid off was similar to k&n too.

I also run a hks exhaust.. with a decat the VTEC switch over is insane.

Rilot · 1 Jan 2021 at 13:45

Mine had the rear silencers bypassed which seemed to my ears the best balance of noise and lack of drone. I tried several aftermarket pipes and they all droned like crazy.

grudas · 1 Jan 2021 at 13:51

Rilot said:
Mine had the rear silencers bypassed which seemed to my ears the best balance of noise and lack of drone. I tried several aftermarket pipes and they all droned like crazy.

The hks I have has got the "scuba" tank on it and there's very little drone. Compared to other hks system I had before and my mates Nvidia q300. Those droned!

Steedie · 2 Jan 2021 at 10:37

Had to pick up a laptop charger from my girlfriends office yesterday, which was the first time I’ve used the car in nearly 2 weeks

Still bloody love this car as much as the day I got it. It’s pretty frightening in this weather trying to get any power down, but that just makes it even more fun.

NathWraith · 2 Jan 2021 at 12:58

Cleanish & no snow here. (thankfully)

peterattheboro · 6 Jan 2021 at 20:12

Been messing about with some older pictures since moving my Lightroom library to the new PC.

Found an old picture from the Lake District and had a play with it.

dalepearson · 8 Jan 2021 at 08:48

Polestar 2 with Performance Pack delivered on Wednesday (Replaces a Tesla Model S).
Excuse the poor pic, work, weather, etc gets in the way.

adam cool dude · 8 Jan 2021 at 09:28

Love the Volvo but still cannot see where two tonnes comes from that's basically Bently levels of weight!

dalepearson · 8 Jan 2021 at 09:37

adam cool dude said:
Love the Volvo but still cannot see where two tonnes comes from that's basically Bently levels of weight!

Batteries are heavy.

paradigm · 8 Jan 2021 at 09:46

I think it's a great looking (and decent) car, but my god those wheels are vile (and no, not just because they are partially black, the style is awful), they look like a cheap set of Wolfrace or similar from Halfords.

dalepearson · 8 Jan 2021 at 09:52

paradigm said:
I think it's a great looking (and decent) car, but my god those wheels are vile (and no, not just because they are partially black, the style is awful), they look like a cheap set of Wolfrace or similar from Halfords.

I like the wheels, would be a boring world if we all like the same things.

Akagi · 8 Jan 2021 at 09:57

I think the wheels look fine. A bit Citroeny in design language perhaps. But fine.

Tenzo · 8 Jan 2021 at 11:10

dalepearson said:
Polestar 2 with Performance Pack delivered on Wednesday (Replaces a Tesla Model S).
Excuse the poor pic, work, weather, etc gets in the way.

Looks nice, how is it vs. the Tesla?