Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

The NSX is a pretty quick weapon. It won Targa Tassie if I'm correct. Only cause Jimmy Richards wasn't there (Again I think??)

Having driven one the NSX feels more quicker around corners but can't give no numbers to back that up. But as Rezz said, it ain't built to run the 1/4. Here's a hint as to what it was built for. Ayrton Senna helped developed the NSX.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-467113
Share on other sites

  • Replies 43
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Originally posted by N/A®

REZZ, is that your yellow gtr?? Looks great! love the Trust bar and side skirts... any more pics??

Unfortunantly...... no:(

It`s ADVANCE`s `33 GT-R demo car. You might know Advances NSX, coz it was one of Option 2`s cover cars last year.

Some more pics...

r33-6.jpg

r33-5.jpg

r33-7.jpg

r33-8.jpg

r33-1.jpg

Thats a Trust front bumper and side skirts, a Trial rear bumper spoiler, and a Sard GT Wing PRO.

Thats an HKS T51R-Kai hanging off the engine, and there are all sorts of Advance goodies inside the engine. They don`t divulge the power output, but, as it`s a track car, it`s prolly about 500 - 600ps (most circuit GT-R`s are about that)

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-467256
Share on other sites

Ok - I currently own a '97 NSX but am trying to sell it so I can buy a gtr r34. I have driven both cars and there are plusses to both. Off the line the GTR kicks it's ass but once up to speed and through the windy stuff (but not extreme 1st gear stuff) the NSX is un-believable. But the GTR can be more fun as the NSX sticks like a train on rails whist the GTR gets a little more outta control - in a controlable fashion. When the NSX starts to go - its gone! (Does that make sense!?)

Internally the NSX is beautiful and unbelievably comfortable - which is where the extra $$$ come into it. But there is a much greater potential for added aftermarket fun in a GTR.

AVO in Melb put a twin-turbo + intercooler package into an NSX (plus some other bits like fuel pumps, injectors etc) for a Targa Tas car but this left the car completely bootless and spare tyreless so basically it was a "race only" car.

Comptech in the USA build an awesome supercharger system with which you can start to get some scary figures out of one and keep it as a road car. But with this upgrade costing around the AUD$20K mark it still comes down to the fact that $$$ to $$$ there is nothing like a GTR for aftermarket fun.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-467898
Share on other sites

ausGTR: just for reference,

in 1992 the R costed 110k NEW off the showroom floor, the NSX was 157K.

these days I think a NSX is around 220k?? or so, god knows how much an R34 R would be if they sold them here new but id say around 150k.

EDIT: just checked redbook.. the NSX is now ~250K.. ouch.

Shaun

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-468282
Share on other sites

The NSX is very outdated these days. For that money I'd get a Porsche. The next generation is apparently in the pipeline so I hope they can somehow shoehorn a V8 or a V6 + turbo (unlikely). It definetly needs more poke.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-468297
Share on other sites

Originally posted by Silver-Arrowz

The next generation is apparently in the pipeline so I hope they can somehow shoehorn a V8 or a V6 + turbo (unlikely). It definetly needs more poke.

I was thinking V10 - passing on some of their F1 technology which is what the NSX was originally meant to be all about - but it won't happen. Shame cause it would sure make one monster of a car!

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-468386
Share on other sites

From Wheels Jan 03:

Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-Spec:

"Mildly modified with a low-restriction air filter, a stormwater-drain exhaust system, and turbo boost pressure nudged to 1.05 bar (15.5psi)"

Price $120,000 (est)

Power to Weight 131kw/tonne (std) [YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!]

Top Speed 258km/h

0-100 4.50sec

0-400m 12.72 @ 179.8km/h

0-1k 23.13 @ 229.1km/h

Honda NSX Bone Stock:

Price $256,100

Power to Weight 146kw/tonne [hmmm]

Top Speed 245km/h

0-100 6.08sec

0-400m 14.23 @ 160.2km/h

0-1k 25.77 @ 208.4km/h

So it would seem that the GTR :Owned: the NSX.... I'm sure I've seen another mag get the NSX faster tho. 0-400 was more like 13.5...

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-469628
Share on other sites

i have an mpeg on my computer of an NSX, cant remmeber which version, it was dragging a car down the quarter mile, and it was driven by a qualified driver.

it did 12.9 secs stock.

It was drag racing an R33 GTR, which did a 12.7 pass.

We are talking about the fastest times ever, regardless of which year model and so on, the australian NSX's have generally been crap in yardstick acceleration figures.

We dont get the best nsx's here, and the ones tested in the magazines are fast at all.

That R34 GTR that was in wheels magazine was an N1 spec, and it was modified, and u want to compare it against a stock australian NSX?

:)

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-469957
Share on other sites

The NSX and the GT-R are totally different cars doing a similar job: going effing quick.

GT-R is a 2+2 techno wizz coupe while the NSX (and NSX-TypeR) were designed as town-friendly supercars that your granny could drive to the shops.

For the record, the NSX won the first TWO targa tassies in the hands of Greg Crick. Richo wasn't driving in it back then and even when he entered his R32 GT-R he didn't do very well. Not until Porsche power anyway...

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-469999
Share on other sites

Originally posted by Nismodified

That R34 GTR that was in wheels magazine was an N1 spec, and it was modified, and u want to compare it against a stock australian NSX?

:D

Hmmm no. The GTR in the Jan 03 edition was not the N1. You're thinking of an earlier issue with the comparison with the HSV.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-470690
Share on other sites

I checked the results on Japanese Best Motoring videos. In January 1992 they tested an NSX and an R32 GTR. The NSX did 400m in 13.59 and lapped Tsukuba in 1:08.72. The GT-R did 13.26 and 1:08.48.

In May and June 1993 They tested the lighter NSX-R (not available in Australia) and the R32 GT-R V-Spec. The NSX-R did 400m in 13.06 seconds and lapped Tsukuba in 1:06.46, while the V-Spec did 12.85 seconds and 1:07.45.

Looking at later videos it seems the NSX is generally a little faster around a circuit and a little slower across 400m, so they are really a very close match.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/21922-gtr-vs-nsx/page/2/#findComment-479071
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • So, I put my boat on a boat. First of all, I'm going to come out and say it. Why is Tasmania not considered a holy goal, an apex that all road-legal modified cars go to, to experience? This place is an absolute wonderland of titanic proportions. If people are already getting club runs for once in a lifetime 30 person cruises to Tassy then I've never seemed to see it. It is like someone replaced the entire place with an idyllic wonderland for cars, and all of the people living there with paid actors who are kind, humble, and friendly. Dear god. After doing a lap of almost all of the place I've found that it's a great way to find out all of the little things that the car isn't doing quite right and a great way to figure it all out. All in all, I drove for 4 hours a day for a week and nothing broke. I didn't even need to open the engine bay. This is by all means a great success, but it has left me with a list of things to potentially address. I also now have a 3D printed wheel fitment tool which annoyingly hasn't got any threads in it to actually assemble it. I might be able to tape it together to check the sizing I actually want to use, but it'll likely involving pulling the shocks out to properly measure travel at least at the front, and probably raise the car while I'm at it, at least in the rear. I scraped on quite a few things and I'm not sure how else to go about it. I was taking anything with a bump at what felt like 89 degree angles. And address those 10 other tasks. And wash the car. God damn it is dirty. And somehow, the weather was perfect the entire time - And because I was on the top of Mt Wellington it turns out it was very much about to freeze up there. I did something I typically never do and took some photos up there in what must have been -10 and the foggy felt like suspended ice, rather than mere fog. If you own a car in Australia, you owe it to yourself to do it.
    • Damn that was hilarious, and a bit embarrassing for skylines in general 😂 vintage car life ey. That R33 really stomped. Pretty entertaining stuff
    • Hi, I have a r32 gtr transmission. Does any of you guys have an idea how much power it will hold with the billet center plate and stock gearset? At what power level and use did yours brake with or without billet plate? Thanks, Oystein Lovik
    • Saw this replica police car based on a Mitsubishi Starion XX parked next to a 'police box' (it's literally a box) in Hirohata, Himeji City in Hyogo prefecture the other day. It's owned by Morii-san who is a local Mitsubishi Starion enthusiast. According to a local radio station blog post, he always wanted to make a police car himself based on ones he saw in his favourite Manga comics.  As it's illegal to modify a car to look like a police car and drive on the road, Morii-san tried many times to get permission from Aboshi police station headquarters nearby. They refused initially by after they got tired of that they granted him permission. However, the car can only be displayed on private property and obviously can't be registered as long as the police livery is present. The car was completed at a cost of 1.5 million yen (US$ 10,000) in addition to the car cost. A location was chosen outside Hirohata Police box where the car can easily been seen from the street. Morii-san has two other Starion road cars, both widebody GSR-VRs.
    • Ah coolant overflow, previous discussions make way more sense now lol. 
×
×
  • Create New...