Okay, with all the talk/discussion/about horsepower, torque, different forced induction systems, dyno charts. etc., I gotta throw my two cents in.
My opinion? The only thing that matters is lap times collected by electronic devices such as an AMB transponder or Hot Lap Timer. Everything else is secondary. I put up a collection of lap times of west coast tracks for Honda powered cars. The Viper drivers have Viper Days events where they strap transponders on to see what car/driver combo is the fastest. The S2000 drivers on the west coast have the S2000 Challenge where they strap on transponders to see what car/driver combo runs the fastest laps. As a result of this, the Viper guys are uhh…extremely fast, and the S2000 drivers are getting pretty damn fast for their class of car. Both groups are getting feedback as to what is working and what is not working on their car to go-faster.
Unfortunately, we do not have an NSX Challenge series, as very few NSX show up at events where there is AMB transponders. Wurth Motorsports www.speedventures.net would be happy to accommodate NSX drivers at their events. Maybe later this summer all us track guys can go to their Willow Springs event and hang out?
It would be great if you guys could send me your laptimes. AMB laptimes are most accurate. Hotlap timers are next best, as long as you are honorable about your laptimes. Stopwatch times suck, but until we get more AMB times and Hot Lap times, I’ll take a stopwatch time, but it won’t qualify you for top the hill unless no one else has an electronically verified time. It would be nice to get the top 10-20 lap times for each track for each Honda powered car.
www.nsxfiles.com/stories.htm , click on “Honda Hall of Fame”. For those of you that have bandwidth problems, go to www.nsxfiles.com/fame.htm .
-Doug Hayashi
My opinion? The only thing that matters is lap times collected by electronic devices such as an AMB transponder or Hot Lap Timer. Everything else is secondary. I put up a collection of lap times of west coast tracks for Honda powered cars. The Viper drivers have Viper Days events where they strap transponders on to see what car/driver combo is the fastest. The S2000 drivers on the west coast have the S2000 Challenge where they strap on transponders to see what car/driver combo runs the fastest laps. As a result of this, the Viper guys are uhh…extremely fast, and the S2000 drivers are getting pretty damn fast for their class of car. Both groups are getting feedback as to what is working and what is not working on their car to go-faster.
Unfortunately, we do not have an NSX Challenge series, as very few NSX show up at events where there is AMB transponders. Wurth Motorsports www.speedventures.net would be happy to accommodate NSX drivers at their events. Maybe later this summer all us track guys can go to their Willow Springs event and hang out?
It would be great if you guys could send me your laptimes. AMB laptimes are most accurate. Hotlap timers are next best, as long as you are honorable about your laptimes. Stopwatch times suck, but until we get more AMB times and Hot Lap times, I’ll take a stopwatch time, but it won’t qualify you for top the hill unless no one else has an electronically verified time. It would be nice to get the top 10-20 lap times for each track for each Honda powered car.
www.nsxfiles.com/stories.htm , click on “Honda Hall of Fame”. For those of you that have bandwidth problems, go to www.nsxfiles.com/fame.htm .
-Doug Hayashi