In reply to BA5 :
I really shouldn't have been surprised to see ones listed at $350K, but it still caught me off guard.
That being said, I'd say they are definitely affordable if you have very few dependants and a lot of YouTube money burning a hole in your pocket.
The market for these seems to be barbell shaped. Most of the 2016-2022 models are around the 120k price range, but the 350 Type S models that they came out with at the end of production are above 300k.
FWIW, we're just seeing the asking price. The current sale price seems to be much lower, especially for the type S.
https://www.classic.com/insights/acura-nsx-nc1-market-review/
I'll take mine in Indy Yellow, thanks.
NSX content. The Magnus Racing, Speed Racer themed "Rolex Racer" from a few years ago in IMSA.
Some scuttlebutt about the NC1 engine and why Honda Motor Company outsourced parts of the engine design to Cosworth. This comes from a well-connected member of the NSXprime.com community:
The original engine was conceptualized as a 3.5L J35 DOHC VTEC derivative of the V10 for the aborted HSV and intended for fast-spooling, low boost twin turbos and direct injection. It would have had a 8000-9000 rpm redline in final form and around 500 hp. Honda Japan was intent on this engine, as they viewed it as a natural progression from the C32B. However, the US Acura based team, which was leading the project, decided late in the design process that the car had to go racing in GT3. GT3 is mostly endurance racing and the production-car based J35 would not cut it on reliability. They scrapped it completely and started over. There was no time for Honda's internal team to engineer a new engine, so they reached out to Cosworth to do the heavy lifting while they focused on chassis dynamics. The JNC1 is a completely different concept- low rpm, conservative tune and built like a tank. They succeeded- it can go do 12 and 24 hour races without missing a beat and delivered many GT3 podiums. It also paired well with the hybrid system. But some of us (and many back at Honda) would have preferred the exotic original concept.
I recall reading that the J35 pushing the test mule around the track was basically pulled from the Anna plant line for MDX engines!
From: https://www.nsxprime.com/threads/the-nc1-engine.221126/page-2
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