Hey guys, this is a really weird one, so I need some really smart help/suggestions.
In the afternoon, I was driving in third gear at about 40 mph on a dry paved city street. I down-shifted into second gear to enter a corner when the car got instantly mushy, and rear end instantly fish-tailed around. I spun 270 degress and came to a halt in the opposing lane, with the engine stalled. (Luckily, there was no traffic, so there was no collision.) Totally spooked, I started the engine, which runs fine, and carefully rolled down the road, shifting slowly to test the transmission, and the car felt just fine and stable, tracking perfectly straight and running fine. But when I got on the gas a little in any gear, the whole road feel got unreal mushy. When under power, it handles like a 1969 Chrysler Imperial with bad shocks: a total land Yacht!!! Again, the car tracks straight, but when I apply some power, it floats and the rear end feels like it's going to let loose again. It's really weird! I brought the car to a local exotic car repair shop, who put it on the rack. Everything underneath looks and feels perfect, with no obvious broken or loose suspension parts. We brought it to an alignment shop with a Hunter machine, but the car is too low to fit on thier set up, so we don't know anything about alignment yet. It's too wierd!! My car has always had totally stock suspension and no accidents.
Thus, I don't know how to proceed, so I have two questions:
1) what could the problem be?, and
2) where's the best and closest service location to tow it, where they'll actually know what an NSX is and how to diagnose it (my car's in Santa Barbara, CA and the nearest Acura dealer is 30 miles away in Oxnard, but I'm not so sure they'll know what to do anyway).
I'd really appreciate any help on this.
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NSXY
95 NSX-T, 5 sp, Red/Tan, Tubi exhaust, Dali street anti-sway bars, Dunlop SP9000s
[This message has been edited by NSXY (edited 21 November 2002).]
In the afternoon, I was driving in third gear at about 40 mph on a dry paved city street. I down-shifted into second gear to enter a corner when the car got instantly mushy, and rear end instantly fish-tailed around. I spun 270 degress and came to a halt in the opposing lane, with the engine stalled. (Luckily, there was no traffic, so there was no collision.) Totally spooked, I started the engine, which runs fine, and carefully rolled down the road, shifting slowly to test the transmission, and the car felt just fine and stable, tracking perfectly straight and running fine. But when I got on the gas a little in any gear, the whole road feel got unreal mushy. When under power, it handles like a 1969 Chrysler Imperial with bad shocks: a total land Yacht!!! Again, the car tracks straight, but when I apply some power, it floats and the rear end feels like it's going to let loose again. It's really weird! I brought the car to a local exotic car repair shop, who put it on the rack. Everything underneath looks and feels perfect, with no obvious broken or loose suspension parts. We brought it to an alignment shop with a Hunter machine, but the car is too low to fit on thier set up, so we don't know anything about alignment yet. It's too wierd!! My car has always had totally stock suspension and no accidents.
Thus, I don't know how to proceed, so I have two questions:
1) what could the problem be?, and
2) where's the best and closest service location to tow it, where they'll actually know what an NSX is and how to diagnose it (my car's in Santa Barbara, CA and the nearest Acura dealer is 30 miles away in Oxnard, but I'm not so sure they'll know what to do anyway).
I'd really appreciate any help on this.
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NSXY
95 NSX-T, 5 sp, Red/Tan, Tubi exhaust, Dali street anti-sway bars, Dunlop SP9000s
[This message has been edited by NSXY (edited 21 November 2002).]
