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S2000s are 240bhp as standard I believe - phenomenal for a 2.0l n/a Thought the steering lacked feedback though. 
Love the throttle response from an N/A too. (the MR2 skips about a bit - but that is half the fun), but I found little feedback through the steering wheel. At the limit there might well be, but in someone elses left hooker in a foreign country I wasn't going to be finding the limit!- more enjoyable than the 3SGTE probably. the engine really is a peach in the honda and the dash is really cool. It would take a hell of a driver to keep an S2000 on the boil and in the Vtec zone on our roads. Might consider one if I ever sell my MR2. I don't think I'd be happy with an N/A after a turbo though, just love the kick and the dumping sound. Sounds like a rev 3 turbo should just have the edge then (in the dry at least). Silent in low revs but awesome in high revs. You have to spend serious money to get any gains from an NA as honda did all the tuning for you. Supercharged versions tend to have 350bhp+ and would have slaughtered you 
You've got a 3000 rpm VTEC powerband to play with. 
I remember beating a few s2k's in my old tweaked rev2. But that's the issue with the mid engine setup in an SW20. Although, i'm sure an MR2 with top notch suspension components, correctly set up would be just as satisfying! Engines are obviously different too. Having driven both, I regret to say the S2000 was the better car, and the noise!!!??? It should be recorded and released into the charts!!! 
. - i don't like long front ends..teccyjim wrote:In my opinion, its a little hard to make fair comparisons as the two are a generation apart in chassis technology at least.
Had they both been designed in the same era, the S2000 wouldn't have had the engine it has and the chassis would have been based on a Rover or something equally as xxxx.
In terms of value for money, tubby wins hands down!
Jimbo
(having driven both), but I didn't have £12K top spend, plus I'm not into convertibles. And yes the engine/exhaust noise is absolutely amazing - and it's a bloody 4 pot!mattcambs wrote:teccyjim wrote:In my opinion, its a little hard to make fair comparisons as the two are a generation apart in chassis technology at least.
Had they both been designed in the same era, the S2000 wouldn't have had the engine it has and the chassis would have been based on a Rover or something equally as xxxx.
In terms of value for money, tubby wins hands down!
Jimbo
Regrettably have to agree that the S2000 is the better car
My mildly modded rev2 tubby whups them!- you can get a hard top. I also hate convertibles. If only there was an F20C powered Mr2 
mr2nut123 wrote:I love the s2000 but i just couldnt justify spending that much on it.
.. and then my MR2 blew a rad, heater matrix, drive shaft, gearbox and a few other bits, all in about 2 weeks. But I do miss her.'whup' an S2k. Standard for standard an S2k is quicker in a straight line than a Rev2 Turbo. A small boost increase doesn't close the gap that much. Faster through the corners, but it can be twitchy if you abuse it, much like an MR2. But then it should be better as its a decade later in design and has double wishbones all round. £ for £ the MR2 is the faster straight line car though, if only because its a turbo and you can up the boost easily and relatively cheaply. Honda did all the tuning for you with the F20C and its 'very' expensive to get a significant return. You need to supercharge or turbo it to get it to make big power. What's you're s2k making now Ben? mr2nut123 wrote:mattcambs wrote:teccyjim wrote:In my opinion, its a little hard to make fair comparisons as the two are a generation apart in chassis technology at least.
Had they both been designed in the same era, the S2000 wouldn't have had the engine it has and the chassis would have been based on a Rover or something equally as xxxx.
In terms of value for money, tubby wins hands down!
Jimbo
Regrettably have to agree that the S2000 is the better car
I love the s2000 but i just couldnt justify spending that much on it.
lower wrote:You need to supercharge or turbo it to get it to make big power.
As per Mr Bibbings.
The higher the speed the easier it got too... it's one of the lowest HP, boosted, UK S2000's... (pulley, belt and re-map). (and at 1250kg I'm there, but need to find a weigh bridge)... No risk of arriving on the forum with a post saying "oil on the roads, OMG it just spun for no reason" and ending up in tears with broken bones. I stick to tracks for the corners and only tend to go for for it in a straight line on the roads. At the end of the day, there's other peoples lives at risk on the roads not just mine...spend that dosh on a tubby and you'll be over 400bhp laughing all the way past it again.£100 on a Calibra and claim it's better bang for buck than the MR2 (you'd be retarded to, but you could)... it didn't even cover the superchager, ancillories and tuning. Does that make mine a better car?