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Originally Posted by stevepaa
thank you.
I started with a 60 MGA, then 69 BMW 2002, then 69 912 for 20 years, and have had my 92 964 for ten years.
I went looking at 993 TT and may end up with one, but I was just wondering about other possibilities.
any comments on 2002 NSX
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The guy I bought my 911 from bought an NSX.
I stopped by about 2 weeks after he bought it and he was sooo proud of it and had to take me for a ride. It was nice, mellow, Predictable, solid. But kinda boring. it was not really very fast.
Then I told him to jump in the passenger seat of the 911 SC. He said "why? I used to own that car".
I told him I'd done a little work to the intake and exhaust.
I found a nice long sweeper and nailed it in 2nd, on three wheels. I hit third, still with the inside front wheel in the air.
It chirped when it came back down
He was grabbing for something to hold onto and was visibly shaken.
He stuttered something and then asked "what the hell I did to it?"
I told him "turbocharger."
Three weeks later he sold that NSX, for a loss.
It looked kinda exotic, but inside it was all Honda.
I'm also reminded on an autocross at Irwindale speedway. i was in the 911 but had the boost turned down to around 6 psi.
I intentionally was easy on the clutch and throttle so as not to damage the drive train, but the better the run you got at the starting beam the better your time was gonna be. One particular launch, I got a little carried away let out the clutch and then stomped the throttle. I musta hit it just right.
(remember, this was a stock 3 liter with stock CIS)
The start lane was tilted slightly to the left, and both rear wheels lit up. I had white smoke boiling off both tires, the rear of the car was trying to slowly slide down the bank to the left, so I had the front wheels almost full lock left.
I didn't want to hit 2nd yet so i was blipping the throttle to keep from over-revving (7500 rpm under boost).
All this was within about 20 or 30 feet
I got flagged and the steward wanted to talk to me about that.
He was half-wondering how the heck I did it, and half-pissed that I did it. He thought the two squiggly black marks were cool, but didn't want me to do it again. He said something about making me go through tech again, and it could take all day. I got the hint.
If you want fun and thrills, go with the Porsche under boost. Nothing like it.