NSX

An Acura NSX has always been on my list. After nearly 2 years of looking with a very specific criteria (91-94, Red, Ivory Interior, 5 speed, No Accidents, Clean Title, < 50k miles, outside snap ring range), I finally found the one. It was in Camarillo California and it is very mint with 33k original miles. I flew out there, made the deal, and had it shipped home using Montway in an enclosed trailer.

Here is the rig that delivered it. It was too big for our road, so I met him at a nearby truck stop. That is the driver in the photo.

Here are the first photos of it parked safely in my garage. Everything went as smooth as I could have hoped for. I had never had a car like this shipped. I was so nervous something was going to happen to it. My friend let me borrow one of his airtags so we could track it.

This is a rough TODO list. The more expensive stuff (rims, BBK, JDM gearset) will probably be several years down the road. It was an expensive purchase so I need to replenish some funds first. The first things I need to tackle are maintenance related. It is due for a timing belt job and the coolant hoses have never been replaced. I will likely keep it naturally aspirated, and not do anything that isn't reversible.

• New Fender Liners - DONE (well purchased, just not installed)
• New front flip - DONE
• Replace Antenna Mast - DONE
• Leak down test - DONE (perfect)
• New Spark Plugs - DONE
• Keyless Entry - DONE
• Clean and paint ABS pump Bracket - DONE
• Timing Belt Job - DONE
• ATI Super Damper Crank pulley - DONE
• Oil Pan Baffle - DONE
• IAB Delete - DONE
• Replace tan trunk carpet with Charcoal
• Clean and paint Brake Booster - touched up for now, will remove and repaint when I do brakes
• Window Tint
• New SOS window guide bushings
• TE37 rims
• Some kind of Big Brake Kit
• JDM gearset
• Poly Motor Mounts (once original mounts start to go bad, I checked and they are still good)

Over winter I did a leak down test to make sure everything was OK with the motor. It ran and drove fine. It didn't smoke. Everything seemed normal, but I wanted to be 100% sure as I would hate to begin the maintenance work if there were any problems. Everything was perfect.

So at the start of summer, I tackled all of the maintenance work. I made a blog post covering everything in detail. For the purposes of this page... new timing belt, new coolant hoses, IAB Delete, LMA upgrade, ATI Crank Pulley, and Cedar Ridge oil pan baffle.

One thing that bugged me about the car was the Antenna. It works fine now and no longer clicks since I replaced the mast... But I hate how it always goes up when the stereo is on. Even if you have the stereo on CD and you are not listening to the radio; it sends the antenna up. I ended up adding a hidden switch to my trunk so I can turn the antenna off. I didn't want to cut into anything and I wanted it reversible so I designed and 3D printed a tiny encloser to house a switch near the trunk light. If you want the .STL file, you can download it for free HERE.