My old Honda - NA1 NSX

[johnnysrx]

updates???

[loekaaz]

Never thought Forums like this would die because of Spam and this crap '3rd party hosting fee' of Photobucket.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/30/photobucket_charging_400yr_3rdparty_pgs/

RIP internet

I cannot even retrieve my old images unless I remove all the embedded links EVERYWHERE on the internet? This is ridiculous.

[hkz286]

I **** photobucket.

amen brother,

I'm trying to retrieve as many photos from my phone as possible but they have all been deleted at one time or another so using recovery software. The quality isn't great and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to root my phone to get everything possible, so probably not worth rebuilding the thread

thanks everyone who followed, and for all the nice comments and genuine interest

[white out]

I **** photobucket.

[hkz286]

Well all the photos are gone so I'm going to say this thread is dead

Photobucket is so slow and crammed with bloatware that I got wound up and hit the wrong button. Poof! All images gone. I was in the middle of downloading everything to re-host on another site as well.

All the work I've ever done on that car has disappeared in a flash.

[nsogiba]

what a shame. I was really enjoying this thread. This is 1 of probably 4 or 5 threads I follow on various forums that was decimated by Photobucket.

I hope you rehost everything - I do really follow your progress.

[hkz286]

firstly, I think I have decided against the wing, I think the story of its origins is cooler than how it looks on the car

also the keen eyed amongst you will have noticed that photobucket have well and truly fucked me over.

I'm not paying $400 a year to cave to photobuckets ransom, so will have to move all the images to another service and rebuild the build thread as it were. Hell even it was a reasonable figure, I wouldn't pay it after this mafia-esque business practice. I don't mind paying for a service, not at all, I object to being strong armed though.

Apologies for the cock up but its kind of out of my hands and will try and get it back up and running as soon as I can.

[Steven_318ti]

That new spoiler is something else, it just looks so right on this car, fantastic addition

[190Evan]

+1 for the wing! I think it looks great but if you could widen the mounting points and make it attach to the original wing attachment point I think it would look even better. There's another NSX from marvelous garage on here and I believe he has a different wing? I'll see if I can find what I am thinking of.

[Hayce]

If you're looking for opnions... I'll buck the trend and say no. Having the original wing bits on the rear quarters still looks odd. Like an R33 with no factory wing.

The wing itself and the story behind it is cool though.

[becausephilchow]

I'm a huge fan of rear wings myself too, I love it!

Just need the rest of the aero to tie it in nicely though.

[uhhrace]

Oh my god please yes I love it.

[hkz286]

Very little compares to a clean NSX. Glad to see it's getting the "while I'm in there" treatment.

Thanks bud, although it’s a dangerous and slippery slope lol

I love how you can't put anything back together without cleaning it. A man after my own heart.

One of my all-time dream cars, excessive "might as well" ingenuity, and loads of detail. Perfect thread imo

Cheers dude, I like reading build threads so I thought I would put some effort into my own


Just a quick one really. Considering the age of the car, it’s a good idea to keep on top of the rubber seals If possible. They are hugely expensive to replace and are easily damaged if neglected.

This just means applying some silicone to the rubber to keep it from drying out and cracking. Earlier on in this thread (in actual time it’s about 2 years ago) I used quite a thick grease which was good, however it took forever to be absorbed. This time I thought I would try a much thinner (and cheaper thank god) grease which works much better.



And went round the car making sure each one was properly covered. Some are starting to show signs of cracking, however they were present when I bought the car, and haven’t got any worse since then.







Whilst that was drying, I thought about mocking up a modification I have been considering for some time.

I am a fan of a large rear wing on a car. Not particularly for any sort of performance considerations, although that is an obvious advantage, but irrelevant considering how much I actual drive the car. But aesthetically, given the right circumstances, I think they can make a car look rather smashing.
I didn’t particularly want a standard, large gt type wing due to them being abundant in NSXs that have been modified. However, I did want something that was of good construction, preferably tested to ensure it wouldn't fail catastrophically, and was a bit different.

Enter the Lamborghini Diablo SVR.



More pictures here: https://www.motor1.com/photos/460249...ni-diablo-svr/

They made 28 of these (stripped out, race car diablo SV) and for some reason, I managed to stumble across one of the spoilers. It even has the original part number printed on the spoiler and lacquered over. A quick check with Lamborghini and it is indeed genuine (and priced to make sure no-one ordered one ever again )

This, obviously does not bolt on. Not even close. Which gives me 3 options. Drill holes in the original boot *shudders*. Buy another boot to drill holes into. Or buy a Seibon Carbon fibre boot to drill holes in.

Shockingly, a seibon carbon boot lid is cheaper than a second hand OEM boot lid. Plus, due to the diablo spoiler being fully carbon as well (including the wing stays) should blend nicely together. However, I would have to reinforce the boot I think, due to the downforce putting a lot of force on the boot face, which on examination, seems a bit flimsy.

Anyways, before I continued on this expensive road, I thought I would conduct a quick mock up to see if I actually like the look.


Spoiler off:




Ewwww:



Had to give this a good clean:



And then on with precariously balancing the very expensive spoiler on my very expensive, freshly detailed paint work :S










To tell you truth I am undecided. I think I may have liked the idea of the rear wing better than the reality. I think maybe with more track aero (front and side splitters, canards, rear diffuser etc) it could work, and I’m not opposed to doing just that, but unsure whether that’s the direction I would like to go in. More thought required I suspect.

In the photos it actually looks wider than it is, its fortuitously in line the maximum width of the rear wings (fenders) so isn't wider than the car itself. But still, perhaps a bit garish.

[Ceedark]

I love how you can't put anything back together without cleaning it. A man after my own heart.

One of my all-time dream cars, excessive "might as well" ingenuity, and loads of detail. Perfect thread imo

[philohlean]

Very little compares to a clean NSX. Glad to see it's getting the "while I'm in there" treatment.