S2000 engine in a 1300 pound car

Joe Curry

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Oct 22, 2001, 2:47:07 PM10/22/01

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Last week I had occasion to try out my Freshly completed engine conversion project. It is a S-2000 engine and gearbox in a 1300 pound Triumph
Spitfire race car.

Trust me on this, "It is very scary" Imagine having the acceleration of a Super Bike in a car and then double it!

It took me 3 hours to get the smile off my face!!!

Joe Curry

Deep

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Oct 22, 2001, 2:55:14 PM10/22/01

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GAWD DAMN!

What kind of 0-60 times are you getting? gotta be sub 6!?!?

What possessed you to put that engine into a triumph??

Deep

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Stoned Smurf

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Oct 22, 2001, 3:43:52 PM10/22/01

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hey u should take some pics of this and post it. i realy realy realy realy
want to seee this. the best i have ever seen is 2 vr6 engines in a 92 golf
which i say made me realy happy. That was quite a fast car soo i couldnt
imagine this.

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Joe Curry

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Oct 23, 2001, 10:10:51 PM10/23/01

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Deep wrote:
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> GAWD DAMN!
>
> What kind of 0-60 times are you getting? gotta be sub 6!?!?

Don't know, I don't drag race it! And it has no Speedometer!

>
> What possessed you to put that engine into a triumph??

I got tired of being beaten in SCCA autocross competition by other cars having bigger engines than the 110 hp lump I previously had. As soon as I get
the throttle response sorted out, I should have no problem being competitive (If I am up to handling all that power, that is)!

Joe

Joe Curry

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Oct 23, 2001, 10:17:02 PM10/23/01

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The construction of the car has been documented and will be available soon on the following web site.

http://members.aol.com/danmas/

I have already sent all the photos but don't know when the web master will get around to posting them. I was approached last Sunday by a gentleman
from Triumph World Magazine to do a photo shoot (which I happily obliged). They will be doing a feature article on the car sometime early next year
or perhaps sooner. I still have to send some action shots.

Joe

Scotty 2 Hotty

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Oct 26, 2001, 1:58:07 AM10/26/01

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wow..i'm assuming your filthy rich?

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Joe Curry

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Oct 26, 2001, 8:20:02 PM10/26/01

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You are assuming WRONG! Since springing for that setup, I am just "Filthy"!

Joe

PupaScoopa

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Oct 29, 2001, 9:33:28 PM10/29/01

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As I have leard from dumping lots of money into my own car, Autocross is
about 90% driver, 10% car... simply an opinion. Have you considered what
kind of class this puts you in? S-Mod?

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Joe Curry

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Oct 30, 2001, 5:53:09 PM10/30/01

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PupaScoopa wrote:
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> As I have leard from dumping lots of money into my own car, Autocross is
> about 90% driver, 10% car... simply an opinion. Have you considered what
> kind of class this puts you in? S-Mod?

The car was previously (and still is) a D-Mod racer. The S-2000 engine is an ideal choice since the top of this class is 2000 cc. The S-2000 is
actually 1997. The car was very competitive locally with its 110 hp highly Modified Spitfire engine but if I am to move on to the next level, I had
to get more power.

I ran my first event Sunday in spite of problems with throttle response and even though I had to take it extremely easy, I still won my class. After
I get the throttle response sorted out, it should be a real rocket! Then I will be able to push it into corners and know with some measure of
confidence what it is going to do.

But it looks like that I have a whole new learning curve to go through in testing the limits of the vehicle. What Fun!! :)

Joe

PupaScoopa

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Oct 30, 2001, 8:47:37 PM10/30/01

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That definitely sounds liek a lot of fun!

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