One word can sum up yesterday’s experience. WOW. A few weeks ago we were approached by Zig Zag Asia (Best Motoring) to participate in an upcoming shoot. As usual we are always up for a new challenge so we enthusiastically responded with a resounding yes. As details of the shoot started to materialize, we heard that we would be matched up against the Spoon NSX-R. Obviously, we were excited as many view the Japanese tuners the “best” tuners. Upon arrival we were shocked to find out that the Spoon NSX-R is in fact the NSX-R GT! In addition, the Mine’s R35 GTR was also there. Everyone here probably knows more details but the NSX-R GT is one of five made and runs about $476,000. This one was owned by owner of Spoon who also attended the shoot. The car was amazing to see, mostly due to its rarity and the hefty price tag associated. It was a single turbo making about 400rwhp.
As our car is undergoing more modifications, we basically stopped the process and put the old set-up back in with a new proto motor so we can participate in this once in a lifetime event. The NSX-R GT looked very smooth and balanced out on the track clocking a 1:25xx. (Billy can comment on this as he also drove it, I respectfully declined the offer out of fear.) The Mine’s R35 also clocked a 1:25xx which was also very impressive. So head to head it was pretty much even! It was good to see an older tech car with less hp and RWD be able to hang with today’s new AWD Japanese Super Car.
During our practice session (3 laps) we encountered a few issues on the car including some suspension set-up issues and a transmission that would not shift into 3rd. During the break we were able to sort out the suspension (Thx Steve@Mworkz) a bit and we found a way to make the trans at least get into third. On our two competition laps we clocked a 1:25xx with a new driver that has never driven the car before . This was by no means a good time for our car and was at no fault of the driver. We were plagued with the issues mentioned and really did not have the time to address them for our new driver’s call time. After the interviews Taro was kind enough to let us work on the car a bit and later in the afternoon Billy was able to run a 1:22xx, all while still not being able to shift correctly. With a few more tweaks we probably could have dropped a few more seconds.
For those interested the videos will be shown on gtchannel.com in the near future, its definitely worth watching as it compares the stock NA2 to the Spoon NSX-R GT to the Factor X Racing Unlimited NSX. Thank you Taro and crew at Zig Zag Asia! In the meanwhile here are some pics.
As our car is undergoing more modifications, we basically stopped the process and put the old set-up back in with a new proto motor so we can participate in this once in a lifetime event. The NSX-R GT looked very smooth and balanced out on the track clocking a 1:25xx. (Billy can comment on this as he also drove it, I respectfully declined the offer out of fear.) The Mine’s R35 also clocked a 1:25xx which was also very impressive. So head to head it was pretty much even! It was good to see an older tech car with less hp and RWD be able to hang with today’s new AWD Japanese Super Car.
During our practice session (3 laps) we encountered a few issues on the car including some suspension set-up issues and a transmission that would not shift into 3rd. During the break we were able to sort out the suspension (Thx Steve@Mworkz) a bit and we found a way to make the trans at least get into third. On our two competition laps we clocked a 1:25xx with a new driver that has never driven the car before . This was by no means a good time for our car and was at no fault of the driver. We were plagued with the issues mentioned and really did not have the time to address them for our new driver’s call time. After the interviews Taro was kind enough to let us work on the car a bit and later in the afternoon Billy was able to run a 1:22xx, all while still not being able to shift correctly. With a few more tweaks we probably could have dropped a few more seconds.
For those interested the videos will be shown on gtchannel.com in the near future, its definitely worth watching as it compares the stock NA2 to the Spoon NSX-R GT to the Factor X Racing Unlimited NSX. Thank you Taro and crew at Zig Zag Asia! In the meanwhile here are some pics.
