Adamantium
06-12-2014, 05:24 PM
I'm not sure if this will be frowned upon as I'm not familiar with the Mk1 NSX or if it has a modding/tuning culture following. I'm going to assume it has.
I come from a strongly orientated tuning background having had four gtrs in the past three years.
I also have strong links to a lot of tuning firms and as a result am planning what to do first once the NSX arrives.
I just wondered if anyone else here would be interested in tinkering with the thing or if you think because of the price of the new car it won't be a popular plan.
My preferred tuning firm, Litchfield, have just tuned a GT-R with stock engine to over 800bhp and thanks to a brilliant pair of aftermarket log manifolds, they managed to make it spool faster than stock both on the road and the dyno.
I'm thinking that if something similar can be done for the NSX engine, the resulting combination along with the electric motors will be on a par with all the hypercars currently on the market.
I'm waiting for next month to find out what the stock spec is, but I'm thinking similar exhaust and ecu development could yield some enormous gains, if it does end up with a similar size V6 to the GTR.
Only thing is I'd worry about the heat built up in a mid engine design, and also I have zero experience of tuning direct injection cars.
Just wondering if anyone else has any thoughts on the prospect.
I come from a strongly orientated tuning background having had four gtrs in the past three years.
I also have strong links to a lot of tuning firms and as a result am planning what to do first once the NSX arrives.
I just wondered if anyone else here would be interested in tinkering with the thing or if you think because of the price of the new car it won't be a popular plan.
My preferred tuning firm, Litchfield, have just tuned a GT-R with stock engine to over 800bhp and thanks to a brilliant pair of aftermarket log manifolds, they managed to make it spool faster than stock both on the road and the dyno.
I'm thinking that if something similar can be done for the NSX engine, the resulting combination along with the electric motors will be on a par with all the hypercars currently on the market.
I'm waiting for next month to find out what the stock spec is, but I'm thinking similar exhaust and ecu development could yield some enormous gains, if it does end up with a similar size V6 to the GTR.
Only thing is I'd worry about the heat built up in a mid engine design, and also I have zero experience of tuning direct injection cars.
Just wondering if anyone else has any thoughts on the prospect.