Hi all, I recently bought this lovely NSX (my first, after years of lusting, LOL), so this is an intro post. It is a '92, all stock, 5 speed. Bought from original owner, who rarely drove it (20 k miles only), California car... so I feel I am a lucky soul. I wanted an older one (non T Top, suspension tune closest to what Senna wanted, etc etc). The car has usual issues for its age (needs fresh struts for trunk and engine covers, raspy door speaker, hi-fan speed only climate control)... going to Don Lam, a local NSX specialist, shortly to address these.
Anyhow, I am glad to be part of this NSX owner community and I look forward to your thoughts and advice. By way of background, I have been a car nut for a long time, mostly German sporty cars (have a few nice ones in the stable at present), but now having driven the NSX I can see what a special, totally connected car it is, even leaving aside its amazing looks.
The tires were worn down and old and the wheels were the originals, so first thing I did (after consulting key Prime Wiki pages) was replace them with Enkei PF01's (17 x 8 ET50 fronts, 18 x 8.5 ET45 rears) with 12 mm spacers. See photos. I wanted a pretty flush stance and got that, though I am a little worried the fronts might rub when I lower the car to hunker it downs some as a next step (see below).
I am not a track rat but do like my nice brisk early morning drives on the hilly roads of Northern California. My plan to upgrade the car at the outset is to:
a. put on some street sway bars front and rear, level the car out a bit more in the turns
b. lower the car just under an inch using Bilstein shocks on their lower perch (0.7 inch advertised drop, I understand) - with the wider stance it now looks like its on stilts with the OEM suspension LOL... I am not going to lowering springs as they may lower the car too much (don't want to scrape and rub alot, want to keep most of the stock suspension travel).
c. put on some headers (DC Sports recommended) and cat back exhaust (Dali Wishy SS unit ordered)...I am in Calif, so need to pass the strict smog testing here.
I found Mark J at Dali and he is helping me with this first set of improvements. Eventually I may go to low restriction cats and help it breathe even better at high RPMs.
Would appreciate other, more experienced members' comments and thoughts on what I am planning. I am trying to take advantage of all the knowledge in this community, and make some wise choices for this lovely dream car...
Thanks all for your thoughts.
Anyhow, I am glad to be part of this NSX owner community and I look forward to your thoughts and advice. By way of background, I have been a car nut for a long time, mostly German sporty cars (have a few nice ones in the stable at present), but now having driven the NSX I can see what a special, totally connected car it is, even leaving aside its amazing looks.
The tires were worn down and old and the wheels were the originals, so first thing I did (after consulting key Prime Wiki pages) was replace them with Enkei PF01's (17 x 8 ET50 fronts, 18 x 8.5 ET45 rears) with 12 mm spacers. See photos. I wanted a pretty flush stance and got that, though I am a little worried the fronts might rub when I lower the car to hunker it downs some as a next step (see below).
I am not a track rat but do like my nice brisk early morning drives on the hilly roads of Northern California. My plan to upgrade the car at the outset is to:
a. put on some street sway bars front and rear, level the car out a bit more in the turns
b. lower the car just under an inch using Bilstein shocks on their lower perch (0.7 inch advertised drop, I understand) - with the wider stance it now looks like its on stilts with the OEM suspension LOL... I am not going to lowering springs as they may lower the car too much (don't want to scrape and rub alot, want to keep most of the stock suspension travel).
c. put on some headers (DC Sports recommended) and cat back exhaust (Dali Wishy SS unit ordered)...I am in Calif, so need to pass the strict smog testing here.
I found Mark J at Dali and he is helping me with this first set of improvements. Eventually I may go to low restriction cats and help it breathe even better at high RPMs.
Would appreciate other, more experienced members' comments and thoughts on what I am planning. I am trying to take advantage of all the knowledge in this community, and make some wise choices for this lovely dream car...
Thanks all for your thoughts.
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