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Old 03-25-2008, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by roosterjuicer View Post
of course they havent made the type R since the late 90's i believe. but it seems like now honda's are underpowered compared to their competition.
they were available in dealerships in 2006 still, in DC5 form
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If you bother to read any of my posts you will see that I actually prefer handling to acceleration. But that does not mean I will sacrifice lots of acceleration for handling, mainly because I have to go completely out of my way to find some twisties.
slicks does have a point in that it's not very good to in a broad sense to compromise one ability completely in favour of the other
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not in the US.
you guys got the targa versions only didn't you? or whatever the heaviest one was
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Supercharged NSX's are still pretty slow. most of the kits ive seen add 60-100 horsepower. although i remember hearing about one that dyno's 400hp at the wheels. but either way, the story ends with you having to supercharge a 90,000 dollar car which and you still can barely keep up with a c5 z06 and you get beat by a c6 vette and owned by a z06.
not especially..stock NSX-r's can be competitive against LP640's, so long as the straight is not overly long
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