NSX Type R. The RHD White One

[havoc]

"Normal" 3.2s tend to get 290bhp or so, 300bhp absolute tops (91-94bhp/litre).

The NA2-R apparently had a blueprinted engine, no word of any other changes. So probably 300bhp, maybe stretch a few more out of it. But nowhere near 340. Remember the S2000 engine was released 10 years later and had a redline / limiter thick end of 1,000rpm higher than the NSX, hence why 118bhp/litre was achieved there.

Also note that the 996 GT3 (106bhp/litre) and the Ferrari 360 (112 bhp/litre) were both released 10 years later as well.

Breathing mods are most effective on the NA1 3.0s, where the exhaust manifold is definitely sub-optimal...

[Derek Chevalier]

havoc said:

Remember the S2000 engine was released 10 years later and had a redline / limiter thick end of 1,000rpm higher than the NSX, hence why 118bhp/litre was achieved there.

Don't forget there was a 1.6 Civic with 160bhp in 1989. If they had put a more aggressive high rev cam in the NSX I'm sure they would've squeezed a few more bhp out.

[Coker]

EskimoArapaho said:

At the time of launch, the NSX engine was one of the earliest VTEC engines (maybe even the first developed).

Integra DA6 first, shortly before the CRX.