I currently own a 94, NSX, and all of this talk about modified cars is really starting to get to me. I have spent a lot of time over at a few shops, and in the end, I keep coming back to the fact that I dont have ANY skills whatsoever when it comes to working on cars.
I thought about making changes to my NSX, I/E/H maybe super charger, but it being my first time, and not really knowing what to expect, and the money to do these mods are as much as an almost new miata. I thought the best thing to do was start on a small and less expensive car. I was thinking about a 1999 miata. ($10,000 for 30K miles).
In doing some research, I see a lot of the guys in the Miata space are getting 200-250rwhp out of their cars with $3500 turbos. considering they are 2300 lbs, thats a whole lot of pep! Not to mention exhauses are like 300 bucks and sets of wheels cost less than one wheel for the NSX. And best of all.. if I blow up the engine, they say you can get replacements for less than $1000?!?
I rented one back in college in 1994, and I had a blast with it. Obviously not a rocket, but you can really explore the cars limits at relatively low speeds. I remember drifting the car around a 90 degree turn at about 30 mph and having so much fun, where my NSX would have been doing the same turn with no drama whatsoever. Maybe taking the same turn at 65 would have given me the same grin, but the margin for error widens also, as well as repair bills.
Im wondering if any of you have any expirience with them at all. I wanted to post this here becuase I know the information I have recieved here has been pretty unbiased, and being that most of us have the same ideas of what performance, quality and craftsmanship should be, I highly value your opinions.
thanks!
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I thought about making changes to my NSX, I/E/H maybe super charger, but it being my first time, and not really knowing what to expect, and the money to do these mods are as much as an almost new miata. I thought the best thing to do was start on a small and less expensive car. I was thinking about a 1999 miata. ($10,000 for 30K miles).
In doing some research, I see a lot of the guys in the Miata space are getting 200-250rwhp out of their cars with $3500 turbos. considering they are 2300 lbs, thats a whole lot of pep! Not to mention exhauses are like 300 bucks and sets of wheels cost less than one wheel for the NSX. And best of all.. if I blow up the engine, they say you can get replacements for less than $1000?!?
I rented one back in college in 1994, and I had a blast with it. Obviously not a rocket, but you can really explore the cars limits at relatively low speeds. I remember drifting the car around a 90 degree turn at about 30 mph and having so much fun, where my NSX would have been doing the same turn with no drama whatsoever. Maybe taking the same turn at 65 would have given me the same grin, but the margin for error widens also, as well as repair bills.
Im wondering if any of you have any expirience with them at all. I wanted to post this here becuase I know the information I have recieved here has been pretty unbiased, and being that most of us have the same ideas of what performance, quality and craftsmanship should be, I highly value your opinions.
thanks!
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