Recent content by MadMaxx

It is a good book. What brought that up though? Just wondering. MM

On the replicas: I still have the goal of building a diablo inspired replica. I have a builder less than 20 minutes from me. His chasis was designed by a ex-nascar man and it is AMAZING. Of course, my car would be powered by a twin turbo Viper V10 :) I've already done 1 viper turbo motor, so...

The blue NSX w/ the nasty looking roof scoop is for sale not to far from me. Some smalltime used car lot bought it. I guess they hope to cash in from the movie, since the price is 27K LOL!! If anyone wants closeups, i'll drive overthere with the digicam hehe MM

A friend of a co-worker recently got a red/tan NSX-T. Don't remember what year, but it is a 3.2 motor. We had photos emailed to us and I sent him many websites on the cars (as I had been looking at one for a long time). I saw the car at the gym. Turns out, i've seen the guy there many times...

Watch it folks ;) MM

Brian2b2, What year is your friends viper? MM

I know it's honda, but how many miles are TOO many miles on an NSX? 100K+? Assuming all service done at regular schedules... While the concept of a car having 100K miles on it completely new to me (my 93 VR4 was the highest milage car i'd ever owned at 62K), what are the general pitfalls of...

An NSX is NOT a staitline car. Never has, wasn't design for that in mind. The NSX, like any other exotic, was deisnged to be unique among a sea of sameness. It has a broad range of qualities... sleak deisgn, low production, high quality materials and excellent (from what i've read) handeling...

Wow.. just looked at the pics. Right off the bat, I can tell you that the windshield piller is warped (told you.. targa+wreck = BAD), and I suspect the entire frame is also. Not to mention basicly everything from the firewall forward will need replaceing, frame will prob not be usable...

Yep... I told you, wrecked cars will have MUCH more faults than what is quickly visable. No winshield = it shattered = scratches to the vinyl in the dash and that stuff gets into the vents (glass dusts). Water gets in, damages leather/vinyl when it warms back up. Mildew. Electrical connections...

Just like any good restoration... take what you think it will cost to finish, then double it One side of my family is in the auto repair business. They do a great deal of wreck repairs on salvage cars for rental purposes. You would be amazed at what it costs to repair an even "lightly"...

While it's not Honda specific.. this is a fun read on the intake manifold construction w/ stacks... http://www.sdsefi.com/air12.html Actually, everything on that site is a good read... MM

Also, with any non-fixed roof car.. if they are hit, it usualy torques the body pretty bad. You can do a quick test.. see if the stock top fits back on w/o gaps or having to muscle it into place. Targa tops can be tricky to fix.. I'm guessing very hard when dealing w/ an exotic frame. MM

While this is not NSX specific.. it applies to all cars. Always assume the damage is 100% worse than it apears to the naked eye. Where exactly was it hit? Even a light hit can cause frame damage.. especialy in an aluminum frame such as the NSX. You will need to have the frame inspected, and all...

While i'm a newbie on the forum... if you can get a copy of that DVD out, I can rip to a DiVX codec and add subtittles. A co-worker of mine who is here for 5 more months before returning home is fluent in japanese. Now, I have no idea how long it would take to translate all of it, but adding...