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12-04-2006, 06:09 PM
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NSX-Rs are handoring machines (read with japanese accent) 
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12-04-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by gangajas
NSX-Rs are handoring machines (read with japanese accent) |
LOL
But thats true!!
Sometimes I get the feeling the guys of BMI are the only ones that know how to drive a NSX properly 
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12-04-2006, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TopGearNL
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Originally Posted by gangajas
NSX-Rs are handoring machines (read with japanese accent) |
LOL
But thats true!!
Sometimes I get the feeling the guys of BMI are the only ones that know how to drive a NSX properly |
After watching videos like this I'm a NSX-R lover:
How many cars with less than 300 bhp can lap the Nordloop in under 8 minutes?
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12-04-2006, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by gis
all im saying for a car with 200hp less the NSX-R doesnt do badly at all compared with the vette  |
 True.. but there are a lot of not-so-powerful cars running 13s 1/4s... Aren't there some minivans and diesel delivery vans clicking off 13's these days?
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12-04-2006, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gangajas
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Originally Posted by TopGearNL
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Originally Posted by gangajas
NSX-Rs are handoring machines (read with japanese accent) |
LOL
But thats true!!
Sometimes I get the feeling the guys of BMI are the only ones that know how to drive a NSX properly |
After watching videos like this I'm a NSX-R lover:
How many cars with less than 300 bhp can lap the Nordloop in under 8 minutes? |
Yeah me too actually!!
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12-04-2006, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TopGearNL
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Originally Posted by gangajas
NSX-Rs are handoring machines (read with japanese accent) |
LOL
But thats true!!
Sometimes I get the feeling the guys of BMI are the only ones that know how to drive a NSX properly |
whereas I get the feeling that they are purposely driving other cars worse
I've broken my NSX cherry some time ago already, and it is a handling car.. the engine is flat, sounds bad, and never feels fast. The chassis is responsive, absorbs bumps great, and predictable. Grip is very good.
but the engine is just so boring
its the difference between a car that you can enjoy at all times, and one that rquires a tight track to enjoy.... and at that point, why not just get a Sueprlight R, or Ariel Atom?
notice how the driver in the Z06 vs. both cars shoft shifts everytime he starts pulling on the 911, or am i just seeing things?
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12-04-2006, 07:41 PM
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its the difference between a car that you can enjoy at all times, and one that rquires a tight track to enjoy.... and at that point, why not just get a Sueprlight R, or Ariel Atom?
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True, thats why I adore the kitcars so much because they are drivers cars!
I like the NSX in one way or the other but don't think its cool, I mean its expensive, there are better cars out there and its still a Honda...
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12-04-2006, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by nthfinity
notice how the driver in the Z06 vs. both cars shoft shifts everytime he starts pulling on the 911, or am i just seeing things?
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That's why I would like to see the rpm/speed charts for this 1/4 runs.
If he didnt run to 7000rpm in 1st he didn't make 60mph in the one gear and then each susequent gear and run thourhg the rpm range is stunted just a little.
I think this is why we such wide variations 0-60 numbers for these stick shift super-sports cars.
With the Z06, as an example, if you launch with too high of an rpm you can blow the run as you boil the tyres... or if you dont run to redline in each gear you leave speed on the table.
A very fine balance.. and thsi, btw is why I like pure manual cars so much - not everyone can just jump in and play PS2 as they mash the gas and push buttons
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12-04-2006, 08:59 PM
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those z06 times seem disapointing, especially the 12.5, it should be able to do mid/high 11's no??
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12-04-2006, 09:21 PM
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That 911 Turbo is a machine!  8)
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12-05-2006, 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by dons5
those z06 times seem disapointing, especially the 12.5, it should be able to do mid/high 11's no??
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That is correct, savvy drivers are putting down mid 11s runs any day of the week... in fact you can run 11.44s into a 25mph head wind on the stock run flats if you know what you are doing ..
http://z06vette.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103350
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12-05-2006, 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by RC45
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Originally Posted by gis
all im saying for a car with 200hp less the NSX-R doesnt do badly at all compared with the vette |
True.. but there are a lot of not-so-powerful cars running 13s 1/4s... Aren't there some minivans and diesel delivery vans clicking off 13's these days? |
Let's see:
Ford S-Max 2.5 turbo: 0-100 km/h in 7.9 s
Renault Espace 3.5 V6: 0-100 km/h in 8.1s
Opel Zafira OPC: 0-100 km/h in 7.8s
First gen NSX with autobox does 0-100 km/h in 6.9s, so yes, it's getting quite close. 
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12-05-2006, 06:48 AM
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RC, what does your car run down the 1/4 with current setup?
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12-05-2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by dingo
RC, what does your car run down the 1/4 with current setup?
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My car or me?
Bone stock after about 3 months ownership I managed to get the car to run a 13s @ about 104mph 1/4... I got out and one of the local legends (who has sent Hennessey, MTI and RSI cars down the 1/4 for their record runs) jumped behind the wheel and promptly clicked off a 12.2s run and said "Yeah pretty decent - but theres a bit more in it if I do clutchless shifts".
That's about as demoralising as it gets ... right?
Not so... my good friend was having his then modded Z06 tuned in (RSI rented the drag strip for some uber-turbo Supras to be tested) and his heads/cam/nitrous on street tyres (420rwhp on motor, 570rwhp on naws) managed a 12.8s with an amatuer at the wheel him...
The pro jumps in and clicks off a 11.7 on motor (lot of wheel spin) and a 11.00 @ 140mph or something like that on the gas.. (even more wheel spin).
So - in it's current form, my car (424rwhp) should be good for at least 11.7 right? Well the best I have managed is 12.2s (measured on GPS Data logging equipment, not 1/4 mile traps - the "pressure" of being on the line at the drag strip would no doubt have me blowing the launch ) ... its not easy to paddle the bastard down the 1/4 - it's spin in wat ever gear you are in.. just mash the gas and hold on
The moral of the story... after 90bhp of power adders I can get my car to be as fast as a pro could get it when it was stock
For comparison, the C6 Z06 is 440+rwhp in stock form.
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12-05-2006, 07:06 PM
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