Fastest Lap In The ASS2000 at Toronto Motorsports Park

[@joe.dasilva]

I absolutely love it when a reasonably priced car performs just as fast or faster than cars priced at $100k. BTW that is an amazing lap time! congrats!

[@speedacademy]

+Joe Da Silva Thanks! We do too. :) Hoping that we'll build some more cars like this next year.

[@JuniPapas]

I loved this series, project ASS2000 was a success, I cant believe 30K can get you such a badass build. I don't even know what would happen if y'all did engine, big transmission mods. The internet would probably exploded with that VTEC screaming. Great great great work guys, I loved this very much keep up the amazing and quality work. Love and support from Texas!

[@speedacademy]

+rzbomb rides We've got an ITB setup coming which should give us some more midrange so that will be the start of more power :D

[@Driven.ByVlad]

2 uploads in a day NICE

[@maximus9401]

The graduation to BadASS2000

[@CrossWindsPat]

Wow I really can't believe you guys don't have more views and subscribers! This whole journey was epic! Truly top notch work! Bravo

[@speedacademy]

+ap2pat Thanks so much! We're working hard to get our subs up!

[@polarbear111000]

I love the celebration at the end!!! Nice work Dave and PT! That makes all the sweat and toil so worth it. Of course, it's about more than just "crushing a Jaguar", it's about taking a completely used and abused S2000 and turning it into a proper track car. Sweeeeeeeet.

[@speedacademy]

+Lee Douglas Exactly, we kinda love that the S2k was pretty much dead and now it's a track monster.

[@M1CH43L73]

This track reminds me of a longer Tsukuba circuit with the start/finish on the long strait. Nice lap :)

[@speedacademy]

+Michael haha, we wish it was as awesome at Tsukuba.

[@jorges2000]

Fancy driving. Gotta love the S2000

[@itzzToon]

i keep checking this playlist every day.... hoping for the badass2000 to make its return.

[@speedacademy]

+itsToon Patience dear sir. :) It will be back but not until the end of the month at the earliest. We need to shoot some new content before we can start showing videos.

[@georgecastanza834]

Great job boys

[@MistrMcGill]

I guess you can say it finally graduated from the Speed Academy. 😉

[@speedacademy]

+Mister McGill straight A's, Summa Cum Laude ;)

[@MistrMcGill]

+Speed Academy Heck yeah man!

[@hellfire08]

Was just watching their old 2014 z51 review. It did a 1:18.8 bone stock. And you can buy that car for around 35k right now on the used market. Big s2000 guy but I think the vette would be a much better choice over the ass2000 for 30k and all the work that went into it

[@JLOT13]

The badass2000 kicked some ass!

[@speedacademy]

+JLOT409 Thanks! It certainly did. :)

[@select20]

Awesome.

[@CanadianCaymanRS]

Nice. Under 1:20 at TMP is quick.

[@jeffaahtv1896]

What a cool project Dave and PT :-) i hope to have my money for my S2000. A little question, where did you get all the parts from for the S2000? I'm from Holland/The Netherlands but there is not a shop with the race parts like you 2 have. Please let me know !

[@joeykhoury7491]

Hahaha, I think you had the air-con on. I saw the green bars on the right side of the steering wheel. Would of maybe been faster if you had that off. As always top video, and cannot wait till more ASS2000 videos come out, looking for mods on what else I can do to my S2000

[@speedacademy]

+SNJ Steaddyy Naaa, the air conditioning was off for the fast lap. We always make sure that suckers off cause we need every last bit of VTEC juice to rip fast laps!

[@bgfcjoe]

waiting for you guys to bring back the s2k. maybe you can put it up against one of the other cars

[@speedacademy]

+bgfcjoe It'll be back soon. A video is set to drop next week!

[@onyxmotorsports4755]

great lap!! so a 8 hour drive to go try this fun little track its tempting haha

[@speedacademy]

+Rising Sun haha, not sure TMP is worth an 8 hour drive but Mosport (now called Canadian Tire Motorsports Park) is an epic circuit near Toronto that's definitely worth the drive. It's a former F1 track and is the fastest road course in North America.

[@onyxmotorsports4755]

Speed Academy yes i know that track well! but the fact is my car is to stock to go there! i need at least the dc5 brembo brake conversion and coil over before i do faster circuit

[@STEELERS743]

What king of lap times does the FRS and other cars you have run?

[@f22cap2s2k]

I didn't know RS3s talked like that! :p Nice lap boys!

[@tscooter22]

I just sat here and watched all 21 episodes. This was VERY entertaining, guys!! You did an amazing job of making that S2000 a real racer! I was sad to see you make it a permanent hard top, but that's personal preference. The biggest lure to me is the ragtop, but I'd just drive it on the street and maybe do a little auto crossing. I've always loved that car and considered selling my FD for one, but I just can't pull the trigger yet. I bought it brand new and it's become part of me. Part of that which is pain in my ass at times, but I still enjoy driving it a LOT. Great job guys! And thanks for killing my whole day at work. It's okay, I'm the owner. :-) Don't forget to thumbs up and subscribe, gang!!

[@speedacademy]

+tscooter22 That's what we're here for... wait, no. You should be working ;) Seriously though, so good to hear that you like the video series and that's a super tough call. There's something great and magical about an FD so our answer is don't sell it and just go buy an S2k as a second car haha.

[@beastronixracing9477]

Superb driving line Dave! If not for the suicide cone in turn 2, you might have had an even faster lap.

[@speedacademy]

+Beastronix Racing Thanks Josh! Definitely would have been faster without that cone, haha. Was slopping in Turn 6 onto the middle straight too, so definitely a mid to low 1:19 in the car if we nailed a perfect lap.

[@Hyuzanriu]

Sounds like you are on high performance street tires. If it's a track car why (other thancost) not at least throw on semi-slicks? Just curious.

[@speedacademy]

+Hyuthree yessir, Hankook RS-3 summer tires. We wanted to stick to a street tire so as to be a fairer comparison vs the Jaguar. Now that we've accomplished our goal vs the Jag, we'll be switching to DOT semi slicks for the next phase of the build.

[@Hyuzanriu]

+Speed Academy Ahh okay. Are we going to get to see some hotlaps on the semi-slicks? I can't wait to see what it does with them.

[@TheChannel1978]

+Hyuthree I've gone the opposite route on my s2k. Dot ratet Nitto Nt1 semi slicks for track days but fairly soft suspension, just uprated Swift Spec R springs on OEM damper. I'm curious to how much performance I'm losing due to still running stock dampers. My s2k is about as fast around a local 3.5km circuit as a mate's s2k with coil overs and similar power. So it can't be limiting it too much. I find the literature about suspension setup often contradicting, or sometimes even saying softer springs/dampers provide more grip, with harder springs/dampers only providing faster response and less roll. And less roll only marginally improving grip. So it's a weird one. I"ll just have to buy coilovers at some point and see for myself. That's why this video series is so amazingly entertaining for me, a build path that is not too over the top for many people made by people who actually communicate and answer questions. Love it!

[@speedacademy]

Hyuthree you'll definitely see laps on the semi slicks, though maybe not for a little while. We have a bunch of other mods to tackle first. 9000Redline a softer setup definitely allows the tires to work more and generate better mechanic grip, as long as body motion and weight transfer is reasonably well controlled. The S2000 has good stock dampers, so we're not surprised to hear your setup with Swift springs works well. We've had similar experiences with sports cars and sports coupes that come equipped from the factory with high quality dampers. A useful rule of thumb is that as you move up to stickier and stickier tires, the more spring rate and bar rate you can run.

[@TheChannel1978]

+Speed Academy Yeah I can definately feel that I can upset the body easily on the semis. So there is definately more pronounced body roll when I'm pushing high acceleration lateral or longitudinal, but it doesn't really affect lap time much if I keep the inputs smooth and stay on line. I think the roll/soft response was more of an issue if the car was a race car where you're jostling for positions in a race sometimes, having to change lines suddently etc, and the chassis has to be fast responding and controlled at all time. Does this make sense? I don't want to sound like an arm chair racer here. But the reason I haven't bought coil overs so far ias my mates s2k really didn't go much faster on coilovers, if at all. It was easier to drive though, the rear was much more planted both out of corners and during heavy braking

[@Dauvinc1]

You guys mentioned you still had plans for the s2000! Any updates?

[@speedacademy]

+Dau Ly Follow us on Facebook and you'll see what we're up to with the ASS2k. Big things are coming!

[@Dauvinc1]

+Speed Academy Thank you guys! See you on facebook!

[@PointToTheSb]

what shift knob is that?

[@speedacademy]

+PointToTheSb Buddy Club

[@AdonisGaming93]

so lost power, but more aero and stickier tyres. Seems like the way to go is to just do aero and grip and leave power stock.

[@danielmexicanpride]

Did you have the ac on?

[@speedacademy]

+daniel anaya LOL hope not!

[@piero914]

+Speed Academy It definitely looks like you did...Just to the right of your right hand...the 2 green lights...that means you are blowing air lol You might wanna redo your lap, buddy :)

[@SupraHenry]

try to get sub 1:10 :D only cars I've seen on that track do a sub 1:10 are fully prepped track cars, but an s2000 is lighter than the ones I've seen

[@speedacademy]

+Henry Kenick the CSCS Time Attack record is a 1:11 by a gutted and caged GC Impreza with massive slicks and tons of power. Never heard of anyone going sub 1:10 at TMP in anything other than a Formula car.

[@woofer2121]

It's gonna be funny when that is300 catches up to this car.

[@speedacademy]

+Edward Grindstaff lol don't hold your breath on that one!

[@precariousbyte]

+Edward Grindstaff hahaha ... Oh wait you're serious. LET ME LAUGH EVEN HARDER HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@chehsin]

why a helmet cam? it's so nauseating to watch. fix the gopro on the roll bar?

[@speedacademy]

+chehsin We love the helmet cam, gives a better perspective of speed and action versus a locked off view.

[@chehsin]

alright, i see