289-hp PowerHouse Amuse Honda S2300 tested by Keiichi Tsuchiya

[ak87]

289-hp PowerHouse Amuse Honda S2300 tested by Keiichi Tsuchiya

[01mmmz28]

since when is 289hp a "power house"??? Oh, yeah thats right....its a milestone for a honda to acheive that kind of power....but that "mad" HP is accompanied by 150LB FT of TQ....LOL

[GTIKEN]

Um...the company that tuned the car is called Power House Amuse, that is why the letters were capitalized.

;-)

[HKSemo]

^lol...

[01mmmz28]

Link wouldn't open for me, so I go off the title. and 289hp is weaksauce, even for a performance tuned 4 banger now-a-days.

[ray_sir_6]

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28

Link wouldn't open for me, so I go off the title. and 289hp is weaksauce, even for a performance tuned 4 banger now-a-days.

For a S2000 (looks like it was stroked to 2.3l from the title), 289hp makes for a very fast road course car. Not everything requires a big peak hp number to be fast. Another good example is the Miata. Even a 120whp Spec Miata will give most cars a run for their money around almost any road course, and they have a crappy spec suspension setup. There is a reason why they don't run ITA or SM races with the American Iron Series, cause it's unsafe lapping all the AIS cars so many times in one race.

[GTIKEN]

Yeah and didn't it say the weight of the vehicle was about 2600lbs?

2600lbs and almost 300hp isn't really something to laugh at around a road course. Especially in something that handles as well as the S2000.

I'd like one!

[STIvsSVT]

Looks like it belongs in the next transformers movie. I kept expecting it to sprout limbs, stand up and start singing and dancing "Its Raining Men". Chock-full-o-gay.

[01mmmz28]

^ LMAO......

[BOTLFEDLT1]

Originally Posted by ray_sir_6

Even a 120whp Spec Miata will give most cars a run for their money around almost any road course, and they have a crappy spec suspension setup. There is a reason why they don't run ITA or SM races with the American Iron Series, cause it's unsafe lapping all the AIS cars so many times in one race.

Yes, a miata is a good handling car, but dont overestimate its lap time abilities. What track and what results are you basing your assertion on? AI vs Spec Miata is a good comparison since both are essentially stock cars. In fact, most AI cars have to have to be detuned powerwise to meet the 9.5 hp/lb limit. Interesting to note that AI cars are lapping VIR 10 seconds a lap faster than the miatas, meaning that the miatas are getting lapped every 13 laps.

2007 Lap times
VIR Full Course

Btw. another reason why they dont run ITA/SM with AI is because one is run by SCCA and the other by NASAproracing.