Hi everyone, I just joined the NSX ownership experience (96 T) and am loving it so far! However, there are some "issues" I want to get off my back first! I've never had or experienced an NSX before this one, so it would be great if you wonderful people could help me out. :smile:
1. While driving at decent speeds, I noticed that the car would want to wander around. For example, hitting any small imperfections in the road would make the car want to fly out of the lane! Its a handful to handle. I could keep the steering wheel straight and hold it there as hard as I could and the car would still swerve or "wiggle" around in the lane and it would be easily noticeable (and downright scary at times). I've never experienced anything like that from any car before (but I've never driven a car where the power steering shuts off at speed either). The suspension is stock. I'm guessing its either normal, shocks, alignment, or some other major worn out suspension component.
2. I'm sure the amount play in the steering wheel is normal for a car with such a "wonderful" steering ratio, but I just wanted to make sure. My Evo 9 has almost no play, a small twitch of the steering wheel and the car will respond FULLY. The NSX has somewhere around 1/2" of play/slop before you get some real responsiveness and when it actually gets harder to turn the wheel. Is this amount of play typical? I've gotten too used to the Evo's amazing steering which is up there with some of the best.
3. Whenever the engine is revved up either in gear or out of gear, there would be a noticeable ticking noise. It is loud enough that I could hear it echo back into the car when driving in a narrow road with buildings around it. It sounds like its coming from the rear. The noise stops when I take it out of gear and the rpms drop to idle. The car has headers and exhaust. Could be an exhaust leak? But it sounds more of a mechanical clicking noise. I've been reading about some valve adjustments and something about lost motion units?
4. Is the shifter throw for the NSX supposed to be pretty short? The throw distance is probably close to an S2K's in this car and I've been getting the idea that the NSX has a very long throw distance from what I've read. I have a feeling there is a short shifter installed...
5. The gas pedal seems to be pretty hard to push. Its not very smooth at all. The first 1/8" or so is easy, then the rest of the way it takes some considerable effort compared to the first 1/8". Compared to other cars I have with throttle cables, its actually much harder to depress. This coupled with the fact that my clutch pedal is sticking, squeaking, and has a vague engagement point makes it pretty darned annoying and difficult to drive. Any tips on how to make it smoother/easier to depress as a DBW throttle should be?
Despite all this, its still a fun car to drive lol.
Sorry for the long post!
Thanks very much for reading my novel! :biggrin:
1. While driving at decent speeds, I noticed that the car would want to wander around. For example, hitting any small imperfections in the road would make the car want to fly out of the lane! Its a handful to handle. I could keep the steering wheel straight and hold it there as hard as I could and the car would still swerve or "wiggle" around in the lane and it would be easily noticeable (and downright scary at times). I've never experienced anything like that from any car before (but I've never driven a car where the power steering shuts off at speed either). The suspension is stock. I'm guessing its either normal, shocks, alignment, or some other major worn out suspension component.
2. I'm sure the amount play in the steering wheel is normal for a car with such a "wonderful" steering ratio, but I just wanted to make sure. My Evo 9 has almost no play, a small twitch of the steering wheel and the car will respond FULLY. The NSX has somewhere around 1/2" of play/slop before you get some real responsiveness and when it actually gets harder to turn the wheel. Is this amount of play typical? I've gotten too used to the Evo's amazing steering which is up there with some of the best.
3. Whenever the engine is revved up either in gear or out of gear, there would be a noticeable ticking noise. It is loud enough that I could hear it echo back into the car when driving in a narrow road with buildings around it. It sounds like its coming from the rear. The noise stops when I take it out of gear and the rpms drop to idle. The car has headers and exhaust. Could be an exhaust leak? But it sounds more of a mechanical clicking noise. I've been reading about some valve adjustments and something about lost motion units?
4. Is the shifter throw for the NSX supposed to be pretty short? The throw distance is probably close to an S2K's in this car and I've been getting the idea that the NSX has a very long throw distance from what I've read. I have a feeling there is a short shifter installed...
5. The gas pedal seems to be pretty hard to push. Its not very smooth at all. The first 1/8" or so is easy, then the rest of the way it takes some considerable effort compared to the first 1/8". Compared to other cars I have with throttle cables, its actually much harder to depress. This coupled with the fact that my clutch pedal is sticking, squeaking, and has a vague engagement point makes it pretty darned annoying and difficult to drive. Any tips on how to make it smoother/easier to depress as a DBW throttle should be?
Despite all this, its still a fun car to drive lol.
Sorry for the long post!
Thanks very much for reading my novel! :biggrin: