I KINDA raced, I think 95 NSX tonight and well its was that impressive. I have a Hatch back with a B16A2 with decked block and ITR head with GSR cams. Also running stock B16A2 TB and JDM ITR header, 2.5 inch cat, and modified ITR B-Pipe and stock 00 Civic Si muffler. Also running 16BTDC on timing. I am running approx. 11:2 CR.

this thing pulled on me KINDA. nothing extrodinary. If I had a 2.0 with some Toda B's I think I would put it to shame.

just wondering.

 

First thing that needs to be said is that the NSX is primarily a handling car more so than an acceleration car. There may be cars that are close to the NSX in a straight line that will fall behind on a road course.

The stock '91-94 five-speed 3.0-liter NSX typically tested at 5.2 or 5.3 in 0-60, and around 13.8 in the 1/4 mile. The '95-96 is off a couple of ticks because it's heavier, due to the additional reinforcement for the NSX-T removable roof that was introduced in '95.

The stock '97-02 six-speed 3.2-liter NSX-T typically tests at 4.7 to 4.8 in 0-60, and low thirteens in the 1/4 mile (usually around 13.3). The six-speed 3.2-liter NSX Coupe (fixed roof) is very rare but has achieved magazine test numbers as low as 4.5 0-60 and 12.9 in the 1/4.

Whether that's quick depends on what you're comparing it with. You can mod ANY car to be faster than ANY stock car, and that doesn't prove anything. There's no shame in an unfair comparison like the one you are trying to make (and losing anyway).

Besides, for all you know, the guy had an automatic and wasn't even trying very hard...



[Modified by nsxtasy, 9:30 PM 11/21/2002]

 

I bet if I put a GT500 3.5L kit with 500HP in an NSX it would put you to shame.

 

I never saw an nsx flyin around racin people.........
Maybe there to busy PIMPIN...............

 

This was when we were leavin. Its this doods friend. It was kind of foggy and no one out. I pulled up next to him and he kind of looked like "what now" then he dropped it. I belive they are a handling car. The car still sounds sweet though.


[Modified by CivicEK.PDX, 10:21 PM 11/20/2002]

 

the nsx is abhorrable, not at all quick; matter of fact its best bubble wrapped and dessicated; wouldn't want to harm the leather. next time you see an nsx, just think how 'un-quick' it is, it's all that matters. not an issue to haunt you in you're dreams.

 

Its not a flame on NSX's. I was just saying. It is quick but it aint like a corvette. Its a nice car.

 

most c5 vettes run around 13.5 stock

 

 

That's not even a word.

Sounds like you've never driven one on a track, huh?

 

I bet 99% of NSX drivers can't fully exploit its potential.

 

Well let's see:

Z06 Corvette 12.5-12.9
3.2L NSX 12.9-13.3
C5 Corvette 13.1-13.5

No, it's not quick like a Corvette at all.

 

Maybe not, but an awful lot of them try. The cars pictured here last week did not come to the track just for the photo; it was taken at lunch during the corner workers break:





[Modified by nsxtasy, 9:25 PM 11/21/2002]

 

can't or doesn't?

 

I was being sarcastic, very sarcastic; I'm just tired of seeing these same old debates. Actually, yes, I've driven an NSX on the track/street/ and rode shotgun w/ Chris Wilson in his white S/C, brembo, science of speed, taitec, et. al monster NSX at Thunderhill a few months back.

And, yah, I was tired. Imaginary words come easily at that hour.


Now, knowing the 'tone' of my post was entirely a satire on the 'beaten to death' topic of the NSX's merit, I think you owe me an apology, or retraction.

 

Okay, let me get this straight. You use words that don't exist, toss around insults that are ridiculously untrue, and then YOU want an apology???

Go to bed and get some sleep...

 

lol

 

Ok, this is really going the wrong direction. In order to curtail anymore misunderstanding, let me reiterate:

1. In my original reply, I was being sarcastic, b/c the question (is the NSX quick, fast, a sports car, worth the money, etc.) has been discussed ad noseum, and, IMO, has graduated to the innane.

2. I am an NSX enthusiast, and b/c my post was made with a, intended but obviously missed, copious amount of SARCASM, my comments cannot possibly be insults, as they were made in jest.

3. You jumped the gun, and we're quick to convict me of slandering the NSX, where if you'd just simply think back, a few days, to the thread that both you and I participated in, I upheld and applauded the NSX's merits in the face of contrary opinion.


edit: spelling



[Modified by bb6h22a, 7:45 PM 11/21/2002]

 

Okay, now I see where you're going. Sorry about that.

Maybe I'M the one who needs some sleep...

 

damn i was hoping to post up the pissing guy picture again


[Modified by BDiddy, 1:54 AM 11/22/2002]

 

BOO!!!! did I scare you?

 

Wrong again, Stevie. That time was reported in Car and Driver, August 1998. (Look it up for yourself.) They did an article about a 0-150-0 shootout. They used a stock 1998 NSX Coupe (not NSX-T) - a car which you could indeed get in the States.

Incidentally, in 0-150-0, the NSX came in second overall to the Viper, and beat a C5 Corvette and a normally-aspirated 911 (996). EDIT: Which means no, the NSX isn't quick like a Corvette. It's quicker.





[Modified by nsxtasy, 12:38 PM 11/22/2002]

 

I just watched a Best Motoring video, Vol. 4, in which an NSX Type S Zero did a 12.4. Does that count?

 

Yes.