Just wondering, what engines will bolt into a 91-01 nsx?
Will an accord V6?

 

Me and my friend have been talking about the ultimate Engine swap

3L to 1.5 Civic CX engine.

 

Ha. Was that sarcasm? I was thinking a supercharged accord V6. 300hp.

 

Why would you want to do that? Do you have an NSX with a blown motor or something?

-Mike

 

No, I just feel that the NSX motor has too much HP for me. 70hp is more liek it!

 

No, I'll be done with my car payment in a year, and was considering(again) buying a old NSX. Just wondering what my options would be when the nsx engine finally croaked. Obviously you can just rebuild the engine, but I heard that pretty expensive. Just weighing the options.

 

NSX engines don't croak - not if they're properly maintained, anyway. We have a bunch of owners with 150K+ miles on theirs, and a couple of them have 200K+ miles. No croaking.




[Modified by nsxtcjr, 10:47 PM 9/26/2001]

 

Thats good to hear.
But still, say if I bought one with 150K on it, and I wanted to redline it daily, and take to to highperformance driving schools, and autocrosses. I would need to know the 'what ifs'. A rebuilt nsx engine is around $7,000 right?

 

If you can't afford it, then don't buy it. You should save more money and buy low mileage one in good condition.

 

No ****. Thats basically what I'm trying to figure out. How much would it cost if part X broke. And what would my options be.

I take it they wont continue making this nsx engine when the new nsx comes out. What if I throw a rod through the block. Can't rebuild it...





[Modified by jond, 11:03 AM 9/27/2001]

 

when not just buy an Acccord V6, and stuff the NSX motor in there?

 

Why would you put a old nsx engine in it. You could just buy a supercharger and make more power....


[Modified by jond, 11:30 AM 9/27/2001]

 

I agree with ak. You can buy a nice early NSX with moderate miles (say, 50K-75K miles) for $32-35K. If you buy one with 150K miles, you'll still pay maybe $27K or so. The lower mileage car is a MUCH better deal.

While the NSX is very reliable, things do occasionally go wrong. And you need to be prepared to spend money to fix them - which means being able to afford $2K if the clutch goes out, or $2-5K if the air conditioning goes. On a car with 150K miles, the chances of problems happening go up a lot.

What you spend on your car should be money you have available above and beyond more important priorities, like money for your housing and food and investing for the future and having something on hand in case of an emergency. If this doesn't leave you $32-35K to spend on the car, plus a few grand left over in case something happens, then don't buy an NSX. Not a good idea.

 

Why not humour the poor guy?

isn't the accord V6 swap possible or what?

 

Anything is possible with enough money. But I think 1.5L swap is best for him

 

I appoligize for asking a technical question in the S2000/NSX board. I guess I should keep to the 'what wax to use' questions here.

And ak... Do you even have a car you highschool ****.




[Modified by jond, 7:15 PM 9/27/2001]

 

No, I don't have a car. Instead, I dream about stuffing in an inferior economy engine into otherwise great sports car.

 

I don't have one either. It's just a video game I invented, with a virtual car.

 

We're talking about a $23,000 car here for a 91 or 92 nsx...
Why would you spend 7-10K on a new NSX engine on a 10 year old 23,000 car?
Plus a supercharged accord V6 would make more hp...

 

couldnt work because the tranny from the nsx wouldnt bolt up to the accord motor.
and if u wanted to use an accord tranny ud have to convert ur nsx to fwd.

 

FWD NSX with 1.5L could be a cool show car hahaha.

 

Or one with over 270 hp
hahaha

 

Thanks
I guess the NSX motor has a bolt pattern thats unique to all honda engines?




[Modified by jond, 12:12 AM 10/2/2001]

 

Jon,

this is only getting a slightly better response than STEVO C's question about swapping an NSX mill into the rear of his ITR. I guess the gist is the same - "I want to defile my sports car, what do you guys think?" The NSX motor is a gem. And it's a Honda, which means it will last. Just leave it be.

 

I guess it could be seen that way. Especially from the people here who've spent $80,000+ on theirs. But cams wear out, rings get worn. Head gaskets blow out, rear main seals start to leak. What do you do to a exotic engine on a $2X,000 10 year old car when it breaks?

Take for example this one:
Its only $22,000, but it has 130,000 miles on it. You would probably have another 70,000 or so left on it, but what then? It would then be worth probably $12,000 and a new nsx engine cost $10,000??? Sounds like someones going to get stuck with the hot potato with a old nsx. Unless of course, theres a way to swap in a equally powerfull engine, or cheaply rebuild the current one. Whatever...
http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/v...&ac_afflt=none




[Modified by jond, 6:48 PM 10/8/2001]