Na1 & Vegas I appreciate all your knowledgeable input & realize this will be no easy venture I only started this thread as a teaser of what is to come with my build & what are expectations are.I didnt want to get in to full detail of all the mods because there are to many to list & that will be done with time under the build forum.I by no means am a mechanic or know anywhere close to what most of you here know about the Nsx But I have owned my car for over 20 years & I am surrounded by very knowledgeable people in the racing community that do nothing but put out high powered race cars .I understand that most of you guys think for some reason that Lovefab/ SoS/Autowave etc. are like the only few company's to trust with an Nsx .Their are many reputable local performance shops most of us never heard of before that are putting out extreme vehicles just because we own an Nsx doesn't make it totally different from every other car in the mechanics eyes its still a block with pistons/rods crank etc.
Also I would listen more to the ones that speak from actual drag racing experience here & that have actually ran anywhere near 10s/9s/or 8s doesn't matter weather it is a Civic /RX 7/or any other car for that matter they speak from experience .I could be wrong but you guys are just speaking from spending the money to have these high dollar engine builds with weak results on top of that what does that say for your build if it had to be done several times already. Back to main topic
Thank you all that wish me luck on my venture at the end of the day hopefully other future Nsx owners that arent as fortunate as some of us that can throw around $50,000 at a time for a engine build.I will hopefully help someone on a budget like myself achieve the same goals as you guys for a hell of a lot less.Weather or not I make it into the 9s I will get pretty close Im sure & still have a 800+ hp Nsx with all the bells & whistles for Thousands less than what you guys spent No Black card here .Call me BOB Baller on a Budget LOL
I'll address this post to you and only you since I have absolutely no interest in the other posters who no idea what they are talking about. BTW, I did run a 10.7 in my NSX when it was at 650 whp/550 ft-lbs. Also I have said nothing of endorsement of LoveFab/SOS or any builder. My turbo build is by none of those companies so I know there are capable builders outside of them.
First things first, I've said this over and over and over again. I'm not saying you can't build an 800 whp NSX. It's been done by multiple people so I know it's completely possible.
Second, I'm not saying you can't do 9 seconds. Of course 9 seconds is possible.
Third, I'm positive you can get to 800 whp for a lot less money than I or others have spent. It's gotten easier and more cost effective to get bigger power as technology and knowledge base has improved. It's not going to cost millions of dollars to get to 800 whp, but it's not going to be cheap either.
Here is what it is I am saying and have been saying from the start.
First, while 800 whp is achievable, it's going to be a bit harder than you might expect. If you look at everyone's signature or do some searching on Prime you'll notice that almost everyone who is boosted is running at around 680 whp or less. Why are there no signatures with NSX's at 800 whp or 750 whp. That's not a coincidence. Even Danny who has a 1,000 whp NSX runs around the street detuned around 660 whp. Why? It's because there are a bunch of things that seem to creep up past that whp amount. That's not saying that's a magical number, it's just an approximation. I've seen probably a dozen NSX's that start to have certain problems or parts that break at around that number, including my own. Now of course, that's not to say you can't get past that. Of course you can, it will just cost you money. The problem is each time something goes wrong, the costs just keep adding up. Now, it's entirely possible that nothing could go wrong, some people run 550 whp on a stock engine. They are lucky because that's not the norm. For every person that can run over 500 whp on a stock engine, there are about 8 that couldn't. So I'm just saying, playing the odds, once you start to move past 650 whp or so, there is a high likelihood you will run into some issues. I hope you don't, but just something you should keep in mind. I could go into the details of what potential issues that could possibly come up, but I'd just be labeled as a Debbie Downer so I'll just keep them to myself.
Second, I think 9 seconds is completely do-able. But there is something about the NSX that just not like to do well at the drag strip. And what I mean by that is that it seems for the NSX to take a lot more work and money to get into the same times, much cheaper cars can get to the same times. Like I said, I could take a Civic, Evo, S2000, STI, Mustang, or Corvette to 9 seconds way easier than I can an NSX. HP is not the limiting factor in getting an NSX to 9 seconds. As I mentioned before Danny, Factor X, LoveFab and a few others have all built 900 whp+ NSXs and none of them were able to get to 9 seconds. Again, not that it can't be done, but if you look on paper a 1,000 whp NSX weighing in at only 3,000 lbs should easily get to 9 seconds, but it couldn't. There's a reason for that.
Finally, here's the thing about the price and cost. I know you can get to 800 whp for a lot less than other people have spent. But that's not the point. You are assuming that in the process EVERYTHING will go EXACTLY as planned. But that's the problem. I've been in this game long enough to know that NOTHING EVER goes exactly as planned. Something will ALWAYS happen, where it be human error, mechanical failure or just plain bad luck. If you all you have is enough money to just get to 800 whp what happens if something goes wrong? You will have a busted part and your car will sit idle for months. I've seen it time and time again. And that's the beef I have we these people who don't know any better. It's so easy for them to tell you to do this, and do that and how it's so easy. They've never had anything go wrong and have had to experience the frustrations of having your car sit idle. So they egg you on and tell you to push the envelope because what do they care? It's not their money. They could tell you to fly your car to the moon for all they care. And if your car does break, it's not them that will have to deal with it. You may get a sympathetic, "well that sucks" post on Prime, but you are the one who has to deal the costs and down time. It's on you, not them. I've got no vested interest on if you make 800 whp or not or if you make 9 seconds or not. All I know I've been in the turbo game for the NSX for almost 10 years now and have spent a lot of money. Too much money. I've blown up my engine multiple times, which is nothing to be proud of at all. However, if I could get one thing from blowing up my engine and spending too much money it would be experience and knowledge of that process. And if I can share that with someone else so they don't have to go through the same thing I did, well then at least I got something out of dumping money down the drain.
So having said that, I wish you good luck on your 800 whp build and really hope you get your 9 sec run. I think it is entirely possible to do. However, all I throw out there is some caution that unexpected things will come up and the process will be a bit harder and more costlier than you are initially anticipating. And the last thing you want happen is for something catastrophic to happen your NSX becomes money-locked (idle while you save up enough money to fix it).
