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RKM Motorsport’s NSX R1
Based on: Acura NSX ‘91
Obtained: Brand new model at Acura
Drivetrain: MR
Horsepower: 419 BHP (@ 132.9 miles)
Torque:---- 40 kgfm
Weight:---- 1045 kg
PP:-------- 556
Tuner Comments:
This is the NSX R1, a racing modified version of the Acura NSX built for racing hard tyres. The inherent flaws with the NA1 platform have been tuned out and as a result, the R1 can run with cars that are 20 years younger. The only problem is the 5-speed gearbox, we’re stuck with that. Sorry.
24th Oct 2011 - Spec II adjustments.
What can i say about this car? Firstly, thankyou so much for the tune, it was marvelous.
I had my NSX RM in my favourites list for some time, and was trying to get it setup very well, for the Tsukuba 9 hour endurance race. The problem with my tune, was that it kept sliding too much, and after the tyres wore to 10 or 15%, it would be really hard to drive.
This tune eliminated all my problems. As i was entering a very long race, i decided to adjust the brake balance to 4:1 as i was not going to be using ABS. After some practice laps, there car felt, almost perfect, the balance was beautiful, you would sweep past the corners, and could go hard on the throttle, without having to worry about losing it.
I took the corners at 70-80km/h on hard compounds, and had great traction coming out of the corner, for the whole life of a set of tyres.
The best thing i loved about the tune, was the tyre wear consistency, i was able to put it extremely consistent laps, at one stage, i got 5 laps within 1 tenths of each other. But also through the whole life of a set of tyres, the times would differe only 3 seconds or even 2.5 over the whole life.
The down part as mentioned is the speed, it is not very powerful, but your tune provides good gearing for great accelartion balance with minimal wheel spin, you are able to blast of from the corner in 1st gear, and make it to 4th gear and 205 km/h, before the last corner on tsukuba.
My best time of the race, was a 0.53:910 on a set of mediums. It made the Tsukuba 9 hour race very enjoyable, and i was able to appreciate the NSX even more because of this tune. It has very solid traction, great corner speeds, good accelartion, and it is a very well rounded car. And i tested it on trial mountain, and it killed many of my tuned Supercars, because of its sheer agility around corners.
Such a brilliant tune, very hard to fault it. My only complaint is the power, but you can't fix that.