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Well here’s a sight you don’t see everyday, even here at Ebisu! Not only was this guy drifting an NSX, “the Japanese super car,” but a modified NSX! The car has a wide body aero kit and engine tuning that includes aftermarket camshafts coupled with remapping via an HKS FconV Pro. The most amazing thing about the day was the way he transported all his drift equipment, including 6 spare wheels! Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Andrew Gray

See this car? It’s a piece of shit. It flies in the face of conventional motorsports wisdom and it’s an insult to the development and direction of the time attack ethos. And you know what, I freakin’ love it! The FX Motorsports Development crew and their NSX are so wrong they’re right again. Much like the GST Impreza RS this NSX is ghettolicious in the finest sense of the term. When I say this to the team’s driver and co-owner, Billy Johnson he gets a little miffed. But team principle Ken “Nami” Namimatsu is rockin’ my Kool Aid with some ice and a straw if you know what I’m saying. Hit the jump to figure out exactly what I’m saying (I’m not even entirely sure) and to see our StreetFire.net video feature on this NSX.

Purpose-built time attack machines like the HKS CT230R Evo, the AMS Evo X or the Sierra Sierra Evo 8 are expected to perform well in the bare-knuckle brawl against the hands of time. Strip the chassis to bare metal, stiffen it as much as possible without adding too much weight, tweak the suspension geometry to within an inch of the rules, dial in the power to suit the build, then rinse, lather and repeat. But the FXMD NSX started as a fast street car that was eventually striped down to an “unlimited machine”. Even the body kit is not constructed of a hyper light dry carbon weave but rather many layers of traditional fiberglass (?!). Add this to the fact that the NSX chassis is not as an effective platform as the more nimble Evo and you have the recipe for an also ran. But along the way someone forgot to tell the FXMD crew. At the latest Redline Time Attack the car finished some five seconds ahead of it’s nearest competitor. That, my friends, is ghettolicious personified.

I’ve always loved the NSX, and while it is still highly regarded in certain circles, it’s often looked at as overpriced, underpowered, dated and so on. With a lifespan of 14 years where it went relatively unchanged while others caught up and surpassed it (at least, on paper), it’s an understandable view. While the NSX remains a phenomenal car in factory form (it quickly and deservedly earned the moniker of “the everyday supercar”), it only gets better when put in the right hands and, in my opinion, is one of the very best platforms to come from any manufacturer. That’s why a car like this 700+hp widebody ‘94 NSX just makes me all warm and fuzzy. When I first met the owner and saw the car in unfinished form, I immediately wanted to shoot it. Fast forward two and half years later and this is the results of that shoot. Check out the full article, more photos and the rest of the issue at Desert-Motors Magazine.

You may have read about this spectucular Lemons finish on Jalopnik last week. Well here’s the story right from Krider Racing’s Acura Integra ride page:

After being victorious at Altamont in 2008, Krider Racing came back to the 24 Hours of Lemons to try to be the first team to win the series twice. At Buttonwillow in 2009, Krider Racing led the first day, battled back and forth with Evil Genius Racing (winners of the 25 Hours of Thunderhill 2008) and then Krider Racing had the lead on the last lap of the race. The battle between the two drivers was epic and the pressure was on. Three quarters around the track at Lost Hill, Randy Krider rolled the Acura onto its roof in spectacular fashion giving the win to Evil Genius. Krider Racing still picked up a class win and, of course, a great story. Thanks to I/O Port Racing Supplies for keeping our driver safe.

Thanks to Rob Krider for the tip!

A couple weeks after Billy Johnson and the FX Motorsports NSX decimated the field at the Redline Time Attack at Willow Springs with an unheard of 1:18.555 I spoke with Mike from FX at SpoCom. Above the din of dueling DJs – sorry, I’m old – Mike tells me something about them taking the NSX to the drag strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, rolling the car off the transporter – in full time attack set up, mind you – and clocking a 10-second quarter-mile pass!? I chalk up the miscommunication to the loud music and my bad hearing – again, I’m old – but then I see this video on StreetFire. Hit the jump to see what I’m talking about.

10.03 @ 144.75 mph – winner, winner, chicken dinner! This car is even more awesome than Toby Jones. Do you admire these all-around cars as much as I do or does your brother’s friend have a wicked Camaro that runs nines?

Everybody knows missing a shift can have disastrous consequences, but this has to be one of the worst instances I’ve seen. Apparently the dude behind the wheel was going for third, but wound up slamming the gearbox into first. Yikes. Obviously, the Acura wasn’t very happy about that, and pulled a pretty burly endo before coasting to a stop. You can’t really hear too much on the video, but I can only imagine what it sounded like inside the car as the tranny lunched itself. There’s some adult language at the end of this clip, so if you’ve got sensitive ears you might want to keep volume down.

Bryan has put a lot of work into his 2007 Acura TL. Check out this video of his car on the dyno. Shoots flames at the 53 second mark!

There seems to be a lack of imagination within the car manufacturers these days. Case in point? The New Acura ZDX Concept. This is one of those vehicles that seems to be on the drawing boards from each and every manufacturer, to make a coupe based on an SUV chassis. This is suppose to bring sports sedan performance with Acura’s all aluminum VTEC V-6 engine mated to an all new 6 speed automatic with the Acura’s super handling AWD. Continue reading after the jump!

The further dumbing down of driver involvement includes a new blind spot information system (since they no longer offer old fashioned visibility), a multi-view rear backup camera, and an enhanced navigation system with real-time traffic and weather information. It seems that the only enhancement in visibility is the panoramic glass sunroof.

If you’re sensing that I’m not all that impressed with this particular vehicle, you’re right. Honda’s luxury division needs to get back to its roots as an upscale performance brand, similar to what BMW used to be years ago. Instead of introducing this SUV coupe, Acura should introduce replacements for the Integra, NSX, and Legend.

A lot of you have probably seen Acura’s latest TV spot and figured it was just plain old CGI. Turns out, though, that the ad was done entirely with stop-action animation using the talents of UK street artists David Whittle and Henry “Sainty” St. Leger. They used one giant 40′ x 60′ board with the Acura positioned in front of it, then created a moving tapestry of urban scenery, one frame at a time, by repainting the canvas (and in some cases, the car) for each successive shot to create the illusion of forward movement. Nothing was computer generated or superimposed–see that aerial view where the birds fly over? Those birds were painted directly onto the floor and the vehicle’s roof to produce that sequence. The whole thing took ten days, 455 gallons of paint, and 503 rattle-cans, and they had to keep an automotive detailer on location–and you thought your last spray-bomb paint job was messy. Follow the jump to check out the making-of video.