zefff
Hahaha!!! That website is hardly a point of reference for facts is it? Anyway is the 'blue devil' a real production car with tunable suspension? You tell me
...also how much power is it reputed to have? Jeez, believe it or not there are supercharged and turbo charged NSX's out there, now what BHP are they running?
the blue devil supposedly makes 600 hp. not quite the 500 of the regular car but the top porsches run V10s with 600 hp themselves. so that explains how the times are so close.
the production C6 Z06 still rapes an NSX though.
i looked around for turbo NSXes and it makes as much power as a stock Z06 engine. you're taking a car that already costs more than a 'vette and youre making it even more expensive (while possibly reducing the reliability) to make it as fast as the Z06 'vette.
zefff
As for overheating (again)
it can happen to any car...and higher rated parts for cooling an engine don't cost much money either. Over heating does not mean an engine cant handle what its designed to do - it means the ancilliary systems that provide temp control are not up to the task of giving the engine what it needs to function properly. What part was not functioning on the day that the NSX overheated? Do you know? ...I would bet it was a rather cheap and replaceable component.
while it can happen to any car, it happened to the NSX before whatever else it was running with.
as overpriced as the italians are, their engine can at least handle running hard since they have more than 6 cylinders.
also, you don't hear about american sports cars breaking down under pressure do you?
and for part prices, being both a high-end car and japanese, the part will probably cost more than "rather cheap"
zefff
All machines have limits and also must be maintained and prepared for (ab)use. If you dont have sympathy for a machine it will fail if you dont consider its limits and keep within them. A stock NSX is not designed for running "all-out" on a track. Something like the last Radical SR which ran 6:55 is designed with this as its single purpose. The Italian exotica you describe is designed to give rich men a glimpse of how the motorsport machines perform with systems, power and handling totally uneccessary for roads and even dangerous in some cases.
maybe a stock NSX isn't made to run all-out but afaik, only the skyline and supra aren't reputed to break down in races.
while all cars have limits, some are much higher than others. hell, i had an old '91 ford escort that had 300k km on it and the few repairs i had to do on it were never engine-related.
except for the rare times my engine turned off by itself, my engine ran like it had 100km less. it basically ran like an average used engine (not peak performance but still good enough to feel new)
and that's an american daily driver which is supposed to be worse than japan's. i did run my car hard on a few occasions, too.
RX-7s and Lancers are also reputed to need lots of maintenance when run competitively. the latter cancelling your waranty if you run it hard at all.
zefff
As for storage, why would you want storage? How much storage did your Italians have and how are they on the cobbles?
Im done man but if you dont like NSX's just say it!
what i DID say was what you would be left with if your engine couldn't perform at full potential without the risk of breaking down in one race.
not what others could do better.
zefff
edit to add: Dont trust ANY journalism! Bestmotoring is better than Topgear though in truth stakes.
a TV show that makes exciting looking races at the cost of credibility > all?
i've done my research on Best Motoring ("best motoring" rigged, turned up a few discussion boards on yahoo) and no one agrees 100% on its credibility. the debates are still pretty heated.
i've never watched top gear, though, so i can't comment on that.
the NSX IS a good car. but considering you pay twice the price of a base 'vette for essentially the same overall performance, getting one for competitive use isn't really that encouraging.
the NSX has better cornering but the 'vette will be able to catch up the rest of the time with its extra torque. assuming both drivers are perfectly familiar with their car, it will be up to driver skill.
