NSX Racecar build

[canman]

Hey all,

Well I know it's been a while, but discussions have been had with some NZH mods and we've all agreed to be grown up and leave the past in the past and move on so here I am

So things have progressed since I last posted and I finally have a car sorted and it's on it's way as we speak. I'll have a definate arrival date soon, but it's paid for and on it's way so that's the biggest thing !

Whilst I've been hunting the right car I've had a form of internet car shopping madness and each time I missed out on a donor car at auction it seemed to motivate me to purchase more parts !

Still all in all I've ended up with a big chunk of what I'll need once the car gets here !

I've managed to do a deal with a great company in the US who are bringing their time attack NSX over to Australia in May for the World Time Attack challenge and so are putting a whole load of parts in the container for my project and then I just need to get them back from Aussie to NZ so it will save me a whole load on freight costs !

I've got wide rear guards, side skirts, carbon bonnet, APR rear wing, Taitec undertray, centre exit exhaust system, a whole load of suspension parts to remove the rubber parts and give it some real feel and lock up the compliance front end on the NSX.

Got a 5 speed race prepped box with clutch and some other bits and peices also.........

STMPO who are working with FX Motorsport development to get their time attack car sorted are the ones supplying most of the parts and a few other people helping out here and there and they're a great bunch and very helpful with information and suggestions on where best to spend the money for the best results.

These are the rear guards I've got coming....... and side skirts to match..... front guards are different though. Basically the from the doors back is the same.

Oh and bonnet is the same as what I've ordered.











Went down to Racetech and have ordered some seats, belts, quick release steering hub and wheel and electronic fire extinguisher system for the car too so there's some more mods for you !!!


Racetech Race Products

Racetech Race Products

Hadn't really considered a HANS device until you watch this !! Makes you think.
YouTube - Hans Comparison Video

another great purchase.......... pretty cool bit of kit.

· Display up to 28 inputs via 4 pages
· Blue backlight
· Gear Indicator
· 8 user defined alarms with warning text and lights
· User defined 5-character sensor input names
· User defined shift lights
· Shielded, low luster display for sunlight viewing
· Metric / Imperial Configurable
· Integrated G-Sensor and 4 Hz GPS track mapping and lap timing.

The IQ3 Display Dash can be utilized with any of Racepak's V-Net data loggers, providing a compact, fully programmable LCD digital dash for use in a variety of motorsports.

Progressive shift lights, eight warning lights and all inputs are easily programmable through the DataLink II software.

Also you can see here if you use their video software you can overlay data onto videos, very helpful.

YouTube - Thunderhill 09-19-09 Session 1 - Lotus Exige S

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Not sure on delivery times yet, but probably about another 6-8 weeks depending on boat timing, but hey.....we're on the path now !

Car is 1991, just over 100,000K's and looks like it's very tidy .......... And it's red.....Oh yeah and did I mention it's mine !!! LOL !!

.. red ones are always faster too so that's good !!

[SLOTEG]

In for win!

Glad to hear its all coming together Fraser, should be good fun!
Hope you got the seats in "Wide Booty"" for those of us with larger asses who wants rides

[canman]

Yes, I got the RT4009WHRV 40mm wider and 40mm taller.

[Zombine]

Lots of jealousy here

Looking forward to seeing this come together!

[GruppeM]

mean NSX man can't wait to see in person, see you around

[canman]

Seems these red NSX's are like buses.......... you wait for ever and don't see any then 2 turn up at once !

I've seen a red NSX floating around the hutt in the last couple of weeks and I've had a couple of people text me assuming it was mine......... anyone else seen it ?

Older guy driving it...... haven't seen the driver myself, but others have mentioned he's later in years !

When I saw the car it made me realise just how low and wide the NSX is relative to it's profile in photos........ can't wait !

[Esprit]

Totally looking forward to seeing this beast evolve. Still betting you'll beat me to the track.... here's hoping I can keep up when we both get there!

[Chaos]

Very cool, stoked you came back and are posting here again! Will be following this

[DC2r]

Seems these red NSX's are like buses.......... you wait for ever and don't see any then 2 turn up at once !

I've seen a red NSX floating around the hutt in the last couple of weeks and I've had a couple of people text me assuming it was mine......... anyone else seen it ?

Older guy driving it...... haven't seen the driver myself, but others have mentioned he's later in years !

When I saw the car it made me realise just how low and wide the NSX is relative to it's profile in photos........ can't wait !

Yeah ive seen that one around, it looks very tidy, It was listed on trademe earlier this year, looks like it has ferarri wheels.

[munky07]

subscribed!!!

[doo0T!doo0T!]

Seems these red NSX's are like buses.......... you wait for ever and don't see any then 2 turn up at once !

I've seen a red NSX floating around the hutt in the last couple of weeks and I've had a couple of people text me assuming it was mine......... anyone else seen it ?

Older guy driving it...... haven't seen the driver myself, but others have mentioned he's later in years !

When I saw the car it made me realise just how low and wide the NSX is relative to it's profile in photos........ can't wait !

When I lived in 'Wellywood' there was a red one owned by an indian dude who managed STA travel and the old Eagle Boys on Adelaide Road which I think turned into Dominoes.
It was raped mercilessly everyday so it's probably long gone now.

[sunskreens]

Seems these red NSX's are like buses.......... you wait for ever and don't see any then 2 turn up at once !

I've seen a red NSX floating around the hutt in the last couple of weeks and I've had a couple of people text me assuming it was mine......... anyone else seen it ?

Older guy driving it...... haven't seen the driver myself, but others have mentioned he's later in years !

When I saw the car it made me realise just how low and wide the NSX is relative to it's profile in photos........ can't wait !

Can confirm, old guy drives it, drives it hard too, saw him pop into Hutt City Auto the other day, was sweet, had a perve then he f*cked off down the road and revved its tits off haha. I was like *Never seen an NSX this close up in a while* Looks good canman, can't wait to see progress. You mentioned you were getting wider rear guards, is it going to be an all round wide kit? Or just the rear? Taitec is tops too,, gonna be a dream build? With Admission Dynamics intake..nom nom

[ProjectDohc]

Yeah I have seen it pulling out of belmont onto the hutt motorway.

Guy was fuckin going to very impressive.

Can't wait to see this thing

[XPLOIT]

Good shit, get stuck in. No fucking around!

Lovin' those rear guards too.

[canman]

Yeah ive seen that one around, it looks very tidy, It was listed on trademe earlier this year, looks like it has ferarri wheels.

Do you remember what sorta dosh it was going for just out of interest ?

[doo0T!doo0T!]

I've noticed they're pretty cheap in the UK, theres a black 91 ebay.co.uk there at the moment with 150,000k's for NZ$30k and an auto one with a cage and NOS for $23K
It costs $2000 to send a 20ft container from the UK to here dunno how that compares to Japan.

[canman]

Yeah, that's the base costs, but you've got GST to pay as well remember, plus some other costs which bump pricing up.

Given the great UK exchange rate at the moment it helps bring them closer, but I think you'll get a much better car from JP than the UK anyhow. I know it's aluminium, but the conditions in the UK on the roads and acid rain make mincemeat of even aluminium cars, just ask George !

[RRM]

Likes this. What a car this is going to be!

What sort of racing is this for? Open GT?

[canman]

To be honest I haven't really even got down to the nitty gritty of any specific class it'll race in.

I used to race single seaters in the UK before I literally grew out of it and so haven't really raced since other than private trackdays so I'm looking to do trackdays to get the car sorted, then look at doing some basic club racing to help get some racecraft back and then I'd like to do the Targa, maybe the bambina as I think the money and skill required for the full thing is too much for me...... I want it to be fun.

Reality is though I'll just be doing whatever I feel like with it for a while till I feel comfortable with it. I'm less about being competative and more about having fun in a dedicated car rather than a compromised road car.

[Lith]

Awesome Fraser, great to see the projects still going - can't wait to see a hot NSX on the scene here

[canman]

Updated pics ! Looks tidier than I thought !

[mmmbarp]

Sooo nice

[Brent]

Looks very tidy indeed . Can wait to see this thing torn apart and made into a race car

You may have mentioned this already but are you keeping it road legal? ie authority card etc?

[ryanfels]

Its to old to get complied isnt it?

[canman]

It'll be road legal through the exemption rule so won't need any authority card.

Just getting on the list now so hopefully I'll get into this years 200 cars !

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PS I'm going to be selling the seats and stuff if anyone wants to make an offer for them............

Got a few people who are interested so first in first served, but not sure they'll be most peoples cuppa tea, but you never know what projects there are out there that might want some official NSX seats !