Hi all,
I just registered and this is my first post. I wasn't really looking for an NSX but I've been in the market to replace my daily driver and came across a 1992 NSX that only has 15,000 miles on it. Needless to say, I just had to see it and went for a test drive today. I was a bit skeptical on the mileage for a 11 year old car, but the car is very clean.
Anyway, the real question I have is about the transmission. I drove the car in the City and ran it on the freeway. During a short burst of acceleration, I dropped the gears from 4th down to 2nd, and up to 3rd. As there really wasn't any more room to accelerate on the busy freeway and traffic was moving at about 55, I decided to skip 4th and go directly into 5th backing off on the throttle expecting to maintain speed at 55. Well, the transmission did not seem to like that it seemed to grind its gears going into 5th. At first I thought maybe I had missed a shift, but the owner of the vehicle said that it does that when you skip 4th and go directly into 5th. Being that I was just getting used to the car, I didn't accelerate that hard and don't believe that should be normal for a car. Funny though, it doesn't grind when you use all gears in sequence. Has anyone heard of this before?
I checked the transmission number and unfortunately it falls within the snap ring issue series. The car seems to shift fine otherwise. Could this be the infamous snapring problem or is a synchro just bad.
The car is in very good condition otherwise and accelerates well. I am thinking about making an offer, but am a bit worried about this condition. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I just registered and this is my first post. I wasn't really looking for an NSX but I've been in the market to replace my daily driver and came across a 1992 NSX that only has 15,000 miles on it. Needless to say, I just had to see it and went for a test drive today. I was a bit skeptical on the mileage for a 11 year old car, but the car is very clean.
Anyway, the real question I have is about the transmission. I drove the car in the City and ran it on the freeway. During a short burst of acceleration, I dropped the gears from 4th down to 2nd, and up to 3rd. As there really wasn't any more room to accelerate on the busy freeway and traffic was moving at about 55, I decided to skip 4th and go directly into 5th backing off on the throttle expecting to maintain speed at 55. Well, the transmission did not seem to like that it seemed to grind its gears going into 5th. At first I thought maybe I had missed a shift, but the owner of the vehicle said that it does that when you skip 4th and go directly into 5th. Being that I was just getting used to the car, I didn't accelerate that hard and don't believe that should be normal for a car. Funny though, it doesn't grind when you use all gears in sequence. Has anyone heard of this before?
I checked the transmission number and unfortunately it falls within the snap ring issue series. The car seems to shift fine otherwise. Could this be the infamous snapring problem or is a synchro just bad.
The car is in very good condition otherwise and accelerates well. I am thinking about making an offer, but am a bit worried about this condition. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.