Earlier This Year, We Attended A Private Track Day With Dali Racing And A Group Of Hardcore Nsx Owners In Nevada. Joined By A Few Close Friends And Their Track-Prepped Civics, We Were Literally Surrounded By An Army Of Honda's Elite Rwd Dream Machines. Some Were Mildly Tuned, While Others Were Built And Boosted Monsters. If You've Never Witnessed A Boosted Nsx Tearing Up The Tarmac As It Slides From Corner To Corner Like An Angry Rattlesnake, You May Want To Add That To Your To-Do List. The Lethal Combination Of World-Class Handling Combined With Silky Smooth Supercharged Finesse Is Simply Intoxicating.
Alex Vizcarra of Rowland Heights, Calif., also attended that Nevada track event and although we didn't get a chance to meet him in person that day, you can bet we had to sneak a peek at what we feel is one of the cleanest and most aggressive looking NSX builds we've ever come across. The funny thing is, though it attacked the road course with ferocity throughout the morning, the outward appearance is one that would undoubtedly grant Alex a few trophies at any local SoCal car show. Showroom fresh shine with a ferocious bite? That seemed like a shoe-in for a cover car.
You may be asking yourself where all the exquisite aero enhancements come from. After all, you can't just visit your local Kragen or Pep Boy's and pick up some GruppeM aero parts for your NSX. However, when you're good friends with Mr. Mamoru Ogose of GruppeM Japan, you've got a bit of an edge and the possibilities are just a phone call away. To dress his project in the appropriate armor, Alex ordered a grocery list of GruppeM exterior upgrades through Ogose including a half cowl spoiler, Kevlar front splitter, fender flares, side skirts, carbon-fiber side ducts, aero mirrors, GT rear wing and a rear hatch carbon-fiber scoop ('00 version). To drop a few pounds out back, a Mugen lightweight Lexan engine hatch replaces the factory unit. The icing on the cake comes by way of custom HID headlights and a Euro trim package that includes a Honda front badge, taillights with foglight and center panel garnish.
Adding to the slick exterior in street trim is a set of 17x8.5 front, 18x10.5 rear gunmetal Volk Racing TE37 wheels shod in Falken street rubber. When track day rolls around, 17x8 front, 17x9.5 rear Technomagnesio super lightweight magnesium wheels currently wrapped in Hankook Ventus RSS Z211 medium compound tires are called for duty. Bringing the wild horses to a screeching halt are 13-inch Brembo cross-drilled rotors and four piston calipers with custom cooling ducts at all four corners. Tilton brake proportioning valves were also employed for additional control.
Well-known for its incredible handling, suspension upgrades for the NSX must be chosen carefully. A custom mix and match of components can sometimes be the key to creating a winning combo. Alex selected JRZ triple adjustable aluminum shocks with external canisters to accept Eibach's ERS race springs with tender/helper springs, adjustable sway bars and drop links, an NSX-R front chassis brace and rear chassis stabilizer bar.