choptop s2000

[ej_one]

i saw this on honda-tech i thought i whould share.

[ep9716]

Ugly

[Dirty Octopus™]

that is butt fucking retarded.

[EJ_Allmota]

that is butt fucking retarded.

and UGLY...

[VIP Style]

that is butt fucking retarded.

lol agreed

[speedminded]

lol agreed

Says the guy with 'VIP style' for his name lol!

[claybird]

just oesn't look right

[Sol-Badguy]

[Bigt8aford]

[SnailedFG2]

that looks intense..

[DunDunSkeert]

I think it's pretty cool.

[GSRteg®]

Fail on the owners part

[NAIZBST]

get their idea from this?

[Catnip]

get their idea from this?

You can't be serious...

[NAIZBST]

You can't be serious...

I was saying that the mugen s2200 prototype is probably where they saw a pic but gotta love the old classics

[FoolsDrifFWD]

get their idea from this?

ya thats what i was gonna say.

[carton30643]

I think it doesn't look too bad...

[MachNU]

so its a miata now?

[jnv255]

so its a miata now?

That's what I was thinking

[Drummerboy]

if that piece is removable, I'd do that to an S. but if its not, than its a cool track car.

[Andy_013]

pretty cool track car

[bdydrpdmazda]

ugh...

[Bus Driver J]

Ehhh, its ok. It serves its purpose but doesnt look right.

[dexsohcvtec]

Ehhh, its ok. It serves its purpose but doesnt look right.

x2

[EG-24K]

wtf???????

[DeeAOne]

when i saw the thread title i thought i was about to see a picture of like the old school chop top hot rod style. lol

looks kinda weird but its different...?

[imports]

yikes!!!

[JITB]

I doubt that car is tryin to take any show trophies home, or get an article on a jdm blog site.. Im sure its an all out track car.. obviously.

[speedminded]

Ugly

that is butt fucking retarded.

just oesn't look right

and UGLY...

Fail on the owners part

get their idea from this?

http://www.urbanracer.com/gallery/ar...07/0007-01.jpg
http://www.motorintro.com/reportajes...n%20SS2200.jpg

wtf???????

facepalm. Welcome to what made today's car/race scene possible!

[BABY J]

You guys obv don't know the roots of the scene that you are claiming to be a part of. Doesn't mean you have to like it- I'm sure you'll never see it on the street. It's a purpose built car - but just b/c of some of the things that are NOT done to it I can tell it isn't finished yet. BAD FUCKIN ASS IMO.

And this... i can haz??

[SixSquared]

lol I was just thinking the same thing. Function over form. Maybe could have done a bit of a cleaner job chopping it, and I really do hope that after all that the thing is a beast at the track lol.

PS I totally came in this thread expecting to see a hardtop s2k that had had the top chopped a few inches like hotrod style. Pleasant surprise.

[discoelk]

Lets see, its not 1/8" off the ground. No stretched tires, rusted hood or "hella-flush dopeness" offset. Is it any surprise half of IA hates this car?

[TRDwasiq]

Lets see, its not 1/8" off the ground. No stretched tires, rusted hood or "hella-flush dopeness" offset. Is it any surprise half of IA hates this car?

good one!

[eYezs1ck]

waste of an amuse bumper

[Glides]

That guy should be ridiculed at every event he goes too. If I saw that on a trailer heading to the track, I would make it my personal mission to ride next to him pointing and laughing the entire way.

[speedminded]

That guy should be ridiculed at every event he goes too. If I saw that on a trailer heading to the track, I would make it my personal mission to ride next to him pointing and laughing the entire way.

Why's that?

[Glides]

Why's that?

Because it's rediculous looking. That's why. Everyone in the thread is saying this is a purpose built car, great. It's purposefully built to look goofy.

Every car that people posted up to bolster their arguement is a vintage car. They look good since the car is shorter as well. It fits. This car is a tall bodied car minus a windshield. He removed weight by removing the windshield....that's about the only saving grace that car has.

As for the other comment.

It's pretty low, has very nice offset especially for a race (supposed) car and ...well no rusted hood. 2 out of 3 ain't bad. But it does fit the other half of IA's nutswingers. It's lowered, basically stock looking minus the hack job and has wheels on it. Clean lovers can attach lips to tailpipe at this time.

Personally, I am a huge fan of function on a vehicle. But in this case, it just isn't doing it for me. All he has managed to do is ruin an S200 if the windscreen is not attachable. If it is, big kudos to that guy. But if it's not, it's gonna be at best a weekend racer that he's gonna be regretting on rainy race days.

[speedminded]

Because it's rediculous looking. That's why. Everyone in the thread is saying this is a purpose built car, great. It's purposefully built to look goofy.

Every car that people posted up to bolster their arguement is a vintage car. They look good since the car is shorter as well. It fits. This car is a tall bodied car minus a windshield. He removed weight by removing the windshield....that's about the only saving grace that car has.

As for the other comment.

It's pretty low, has very nice offset especially for a race (supposed) car and ...well no rusted hood. 2 out of 3 ain't bad. But it does fit the other half of IA's nutswingers. It's lowered, basically stock looking minus the hack job and has wheels on it. Clean lovers can attach lips to tailpipe at this time. It's no different than being in a bike in the rain, is it comfortable? Not particul

Personally, I am a huge fan of function on a vehicle. But in this case, it just isn't doing it for me. All he has managed to do is ruin an S200 if the windscreen is not attachable. If it is, big kudos to that guy. But if it's not, it's gonna be at best a weekend racer that he's gonna be regretting on rainy race days.

How do you know it wasn't a salvaged roll over car bought at an auction with a bent windshield frame and busted glass? I almost bought one that had not even had it's first oil change for $4k years ago. there was no damage to the rear quarters...only body panels on the front clip and one door with the top torn & bent up and windshield frame crushed. This car could have been duplicated for $8k with it after replacing the front panels, wheels, tires, chopping off the window frame, race seat, single roll hoop, and fabricating a tonneau cover. Find me a brand new 240hp 8,500/9k rpm 2,500 lb race car for $8-10k.

Is that how this car was built? I don't know, it's speculation. For all I know it could have been paid for in cash from the dealer and went straight to a shop to be modified for the track. Logic tells me it was built exactly how I could have done it 5 years ago.

Do you know how may 100's/1,000's of open cockpit cars race every weekend? lol! It's no different than a motorcycle in the rain. It's not NASCAR either, they can make turns in the rain. An experienced driver will pull nearly identical lap times in the rain as on dry asphalt anyways. That's what rain tires with a tread wear of like 30 are for lol! They feel like bubble gum when they are cold then get insanely sticky after heating up.

[Glides]

How do you know it wasn't a salvaged roll over car bought at an auction with a bent windshield frame and busted glass? I almost bought one that had not even had it's first oil change for $4k years ago. there was no damage to the rear quarters...only body panels on the front clip and one door with the top torn & bent up and windshield frame crushed. This car could have been duplicated for $8k with it after replacing the front panels, wheels, tires, chopping off the window frame, race seat, single roll hoop, and fabricating a tonneau cover. Find me a brand new 240hp 8,500/9k rpm 2,500 lb race car for $8-10k.

Is that how this car was built? I don't know, it's speculation. For all I know it could have been paid for in cash from the dealer and went straight to a shop to be modified for the track. Logic tells me it was built exactly how I could have done it 5 years ago.

Do you know how may 100's/1,000's of open cockpit cars race every weekend? lol! It's no different than a motorcycle in the rain. It's not NASCAR either, they can make turns in the rain. An experienced driver will pull nearly identical lap times in the rain as on dry asphalt anyways. That's what rain tires with a tread wear of like 30 are for lol! They feel like bubble gum when they are cold then get insanely sticky after heating up.

Lol first off. I don't care enough to delve into the way the car was built because.....I don't care.

I still think it looks like shit. No matter if it belches out virgins from the tailpipe when it races around Road Atlanta with 1 second lap times.

I HAVE raced. I HAVE gotten paid for driving and I was an instructor. I STILL think it looks like shit and if I was at Waffle House after race day i'd STILL say it looked like shit.

You feel like you have to defend this car when in reality you don't. You like it...GREAT!!!! I hate it....GREAT!!!! It's not your car so realize that everyone doesn't like what you like simply because it COULD be a great racing car. But....you honestly have NO CLUE how good a car it is because all you...and everyone else in this thread have seen is 2 photos.

So get me some number, lap times, weight, specs, the drivers name and his position in the points standing and THEN we can have a discussion on the performance of it. For all we know it could be some guy's first day on the course and he decided to chop his window off to be cool. It really looks like a mildy modded S2000 with no window. So who knows anything.

Until then.....it looks like shit.

[umairejaz]

It is SICK nasty...... as in bad ass.