Announcing the rebirth of the Honda NSX: one of the most iconic sports cars of the 1990s will return in 2015 as an American-built Acura with all-wheel-drive and an electric-enhanced rear engine. Here's a hybrid to get excited for.
The NSX represented the pinnacle of Honda's sports heyday of the 1980s and '90s. Launched with input from Formula One great Ayrton Senna, the NSX set a brace of technological firsts -- from its aluminum monocoque frame to the variable valve timing that would become a standard on engines worldwide. The NSX wasn't the fastest or most-powerful supercar, but reflected Honda's balance between power, weight and handling -- a sweet spot that few cars have ever achieved.
Honda mulled replacing the NSX for years with a V-10 powered successor, but the company soon embraced smaller engines and a tight focus on fuel efficiency. Somewhere along the way, it also lost a piece of the racing spirit that birthed the NSX, unleashing a string of unsuccessful to ungainly models that offered little over their competitors.
After last year's update of the Honda Civic -- a freshening that did little to improve the car's weakening position against tough competition -- Honda's executives vowed to revive the company's soul. The new NSX, to be sold under the Acura brand, shows they're serious enough to design the most attractive Acura ever.
The concept retains the mid-engine V-6 layout of the original NSX, but adds in a new Honda all-wheel-drive system that relies on electric motors to power the front wheels. As with its predecessor, Honda vows the NSX won't rely on brute force, but combine lightweight materials with high technology for supercar performance and respectable fuel economy.
If there's a disappointment here, it's that Honda has held back several key details about the NSX concept, including the power its engines and electric motors will generate. But the U.S.-based team developing the NSX for production in Ohio has three years to get it right.
There’s no question the owner of this ’03 Mitsubishi Evo is the boss.
With all the realest parts imported from Japan to Puerto Rico, plus a 650whp bulletproof motor, it doesn’t surprise us he wants to remain anonymous. To honor his request, we’ve kept his identity hidden; however, to get the photos of this monster we talked to Speed Technology PR, the shop responsible for the monster.
“There are a lot of big-powered Evos here, but they are only go, and no looks,” started Alejandro Santiago, president of Speed Technology. “My customer brought the car and told us that he wants the best Evo 8 in Puerto Rico. We were inspired by Sun Auto’s Cyber Evo but there were some requirements to meet for this build. We needed to cover all the bases: exterior, interior and performance. It needed that race car feeling, but still be completely streetable.”
With racks on racks of money to spend on the project, this Evo was destined for glory. So to begin, the bone-stock 4G63 motor was entrusted to JO Alignment & Performance, a well-known company that’s produced some powerhouse motors in Puerto Rico, including a 1000whp Evo dragster.
The goal was 600+whp—completely possible out of the two-liter inline-four but the stock internals weren’t going to cut it. So JO overhauled the bottom-end with Ross pistons and billet connecting rods while the ported head was fitted with oversized valves, new springs, retainers, Kelford 272° cams and HKS cam gears...........
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