What are the NSX's Golden Years?
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I think it truly depends on what your using the car for.
For a cruiser ( weekends nice days) then a Targa 3.2 popup or fixed.
For a track car / something to take out and beat the early coupe is the best.
For a cruiser ( weekends nice days) then a Targa 3.2 popup or fixed.
For a track car / something to take out and beat the early coupe is the best.
nothing beats a modern fixed headlight nsx imo haha
The original vision executed by the designers and fine-tuned by Senna. '91!
IMHO the 97-01 years, sold not so many, has the 3.2, 6speed, minus the lights, I like the pop-ups, but an Stock 02+ needs little mods to look awesome, while the 91-01 needs a lot of things to get it looking right ...
Is a matter of preference
Is a matter of preference
I would say 91 through 01.
which ever year you want,,,,it.is.a.NSX,,,its like saying,,which year x wing fighter u want!!!!!!!
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'97 thru 2001 Targa. Because I have one.:biggrin:
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You can't really go wrong...
Some colors look better with bug eyes (02+) than others... I freaking love silver 02+
OBD1 cars (91-94) are much easier to do performance tuning on since there is no legal requirement to retain factory engine management...
Coupe is good for the track, targa is good for the road...
Some colors look better with bug eyes (02+) than others... I freaking love silver 02+
OBD1 cars (91-94) are much easier to do performance tuning on since there is no legal requirement to retain factory engine management...
Coupe is good for the track, targa is good for the road...
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Now there are two! Because purple.
Yes I know it's the heaviest and the slowest, but a few quick bolt-ons and you're making NA2 power anyway...
Hi,
Perfect would be a 91-94 coupe, 3.0 with 6 speed.
(Targa is 100% out of the question)
Nuno
Perfect would be a 91-94 coupe, 3.0 with 6 speed.
(Targa is 100% out of the question)
Nuno
You should have a category for 2000 - 2001 coupes. < most Golden!
funny about the 2002 - 2005 headlamps. My brother in law was looking at my NSXPO2012 pictures and he thought the "bug-eyes" was a bad mod! His comment: " why would anyone do that to such a beautiful car?" <- his comment, not mine...
funny about the 2002 - 2005 headlamps. My brother in law was looking at my NSXPO2012 pictures and he thought the "bug-eyes" was a bad mod! His comment: " why would anyone do that to such a beautiful car?" <- his comment, not mine...
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Coupe with 3.2 and 6-speed
targa def out of the question its to flimsy and weak LOL j/k
flame suit on.
all I need to do to my 92 DD is the 3.2 bottom which I have but no time to install it. and I will have my perfected Stock NSX
already have the 6-speed with dual input shaft installed thanks SOS by the way waited weeks for the thing to get shipped in from Japan.
targa def out of the question its to flimsy and weak LOL j/k
flame suit on.
all I need to do to my 92 DD is the 3.2 bottom which I have but no time to install it. and I will have my perfected Stock NSX
already have the 6-speed with dual input shaft installed thanks SOS by the way waited weeks for the thing to get shipped in from Japan.
If I could choose any NSX I would take a 2005 Type R. That is the best NSX. The newest, lightest, fastest.
But "golden years" is not really the right term because by 2005 many other cars had surpassed its performance and safety standards. "golden years" to me sounds like the years where it defined a category of car, and in that light I would say those years were the early 90's. That was the golden years for the NSX.
But "golden years" is not really the right term because by 2005 many other cars had surpassed its performance and safety standards. "golden years" to me sounds like the years where it defined a category of car, and in that light I would say those years were the early 90's. That was the golden years for the NSX.
I have the slowest 3.0 Targa
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Same here, man. Mine isn't even CTSC.
It's okay, I love it anyway. It still goes fast enough to get me in all the right kinds of trouble :wink:
There is nothing wrong with a 95 or 96.
I love my 95 actually. I had no issue with the targa on track and didn't feel it flexed noticeably. One day I might do a 6 speed upgrade though.
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A good set of coil overs and wheels will make any NSX look great.
Why are you guys talking as if someone has insulted the 95-96 models? All I said was it's not the "Golden years" of the NSX. How can it be? It just doesn't have any advantages over any of the other groups. I see 6 votes now. Which tells me people will vote for their own car, despite the actual question.
All NSX's are great.
One can perhaps argue that a 95-96 enjoys the advantage of a targa over a coupe. Not all will agree, but... at least the argument can be made. But how can anyone say that a smaller engine, smaller brakes and less gears have an advantage over a larger motor, more gears and slightly improved brakes of the 97 to 2001? Maybe someone can really reach and say "well if you wanted to install sleeves when modifying the block" or something like that, but that really has nothing to do with the car in its stock form. Which is the question here.
Also, IMO, as I stated before, the "golden years" means best years compared to the market. By the 2000's the competition had certainly caught up, and so the "gap" between an NSX and another sports car of similar pricing had narrowed even if we don't admit the car was surpassed. By 2002 with the facelift, or 2005 which is my year, there were a whole host of cars that were superior in many ways.
But the NSX was so good out of the box that a decade and a half later it was still a competitive car and still superior in some ways. Those certain areas where it is superior are very important to me hence why I chose a 2005 NSX over an Aston Vantage, a Maserati GS, a 997C4S, etc.
The "Golden years" were indeed the earliest years, where the largest "gap" existed between it and any other car that sold for 60K back in 1991 (before it went up to 90K), before others had caught up, before its performance was somewhat tamed with electric steering and an open top for the sake of more sales. Anyone that is voting otherwise just isn't answering the question IMO, but voting as if their own car is in some sort of contest that they want to win.
I am going to put on my flame suit here and say the Golden years were 1991-1994 at the latest with 1991 being THE golden year of the NSX.
Hey, I own a 2005, but I am not so blinded by my own car that I would say so otherwise.
All NSX's are great.
One can perhaps argue that a 95-96 enjoys the advantage of a targa over a coupe. Not all will agree, but... at least the argument can be made. But how can anyone say that a smaller engine, smaller brakes and less gears have an advantage over a larger motor, more gears and slightly improved brakes of the 97 to 2001? Maybe someone can really reach and say "well if you wanted to install sleeves when modifying the block" or something like that, but that really has nothing to do with the car in its stock form. Which is the question here.
Also, IMO, as I stated before, the "golden years" means best years compared to the market. By the 2000's the competition had certainly caught up, and so the "gap" between an NSX and another sports car of similar pricing had narrowed even if we don't admit the car was surpassed. By 2002 with the facelift, or 2005 which is my year, there were a whole host of cars that were superior in many ways.
But the NSX was so good out of the box that a decade and a half later it was still a competitive car and still superior in some ways. Those certain areas where it is superior are very important to me hence why I chose a 2005 NSX over an Aston Vantage, a Maserati GS, a 997C4S, etc.
The "Golden years" were indeed the earliest years, where the largest "gap" existed between it and any other car that sold for 60K back in 1991 (before it went up to 90K), before others had caught up, before its performance was somewhat tamed with electric steering and an open top for the sake of more sales. Anyone that is voting otherwise just isn't answering the question IMO, but voting as if their own car is in some sort of contest that they want to win.
I am going to put on my flame suit here and say the Golden years were 1991-1994 at the latest with 1991 being THE golden year of the NSX.
Hey, I own a 2005, but I am not so blinded by my own car that I would say so otherwise.
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+1 agreed... I was very young at the time but I can imagine the excitement car enthusiasts felt when they realized what this machine meant for the future of performance cars... probably about 10x anything that I have felt about the FRS/BRZ lately.
I wish they had made a 97-01 NA2 Midnight Pearl... that would be my ideal NSX. I could get one and paint it, but given the limited numbers that would just be wrong (and expensive).
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