At Least It Doesn't Have A WS6 Hood

"S65" (granthp)
07/26/2016 at 01:09 • Filed to: Honda S2000, WS6, Pontiac Firebird

DISCUSSION (24)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65
07/26/2016 at 01:19

Not bad, I don’t hate the “raptor” hood from the SLP Firehawk.

S65 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
07/26/2016 at 01:36

It’s time

Kinja'd!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/29181… lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true

Kinja'd!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1998-2002-…

Bytemite > S65
07/26/2016 at 01:37

I really want an S2000...preferably with the correct hood.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65
07/26/2016 at 01:46

$2k for a hood. Hahaha... no.

S65 > Bytemite
07/26/2016 at 01:49

But would you keep the LS1?

S65 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
07/26/2016 at 01:51

Can’t say I didn’t try

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65
07/26/2016 at 01:57

That’s UMI suspension overhaul money, which will hopefully be the next major thing I do.

S65 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
07/26/2016 at 01:58

What have you done to your car?

Bytemite > S65
07/26/2016 at 01:58

No...I want the 120 hp per liter, 9000 rpm, forged internals, bulletproof reliable, variable valve timing and lift controlled engine. NOT the ancient pushrod engine. :P

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65
07/26/2016 at 02:04

It’s pretty much bone stock, I’ve got a set of WS6 wheels in the garage, but they need some work.

Kinja'd!!!

S65 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
07/26/2016 at 02:09

Are you gonna put a LS6 intake on it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/25246…

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Bytemite
07/26/2016 at 02:15

Vs. a 350 hp, 350 lbs/ft, even more reliable, cheaper LS1. Nah.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > S65
07/26/2016 at 02:16

It’s an ‘02 so it already has it.

Bytemite > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
07/26/2016 at 02:20

It has more power but at what cost?

Way, way more g/sec in fuel at any running condition, idling, WOT, and anything in between.

Heavier, more moving parts, requires more cooling, bigger pumps, oil capacities. Not to mention you’d have to upgrade to a heavier diff and clutch and tranny to handle the extra grunt. So in the end you end up with a Corvette. What was the point in that?

Plus, you lose the joy of wringing out that engine and hearing it sing at F1 engine speeds.

Power isn’t everything brother.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Bytemite
07/26/2016 at 02:33

Marginally heavier, ~75 lbs. The LS1 is all aluminum, and overhead cams add weight. The fuel economy is a wash at worst, favoring the LS1 at best.

I don’t have anything against the F20C, but the LS1 isn’t the stone-age gas hog it’s often portrayed as.

Baeromez > S65
07/26/2016 at 02:34

This roils my loins.

Bytemite > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
07/26/2016 at 02:48

I’ll agree with ya. LS engines do get really nice fuel economy somehow...but still the way big displacement V8s drive just isn’t for me personally. I have found lowering the weight in the power-to-weight ratio always leads to more fun than increasing the power.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Bytemite
07/26/2016 at 03:00

I think it’s because they make so much torque down low. My TA idles at about 500 rpm and only turns 1500 rpm at 80 mph. As for streetable fun, caning the F20C on a back road sounds like a riot.

Kinja'd!!!