NSXpo 2010 - Day One

[Hondatech]

NSXpo 2010 - Day One and Two

So, after a long and slighty nasty 2 day, 2300km drive down, we got this thing started!

Dirty and responsible for the death of thousands of bugs, but here in one piece.
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Parking lot at the hotel. A lot of aluminum in one place.
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With power like Hugh, you get to ask this question, no problem.
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I shoulda bought an MDX, then I could have trailered 'er down.
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Show n' Shine and Findlay Acura here in Vegas. Great hosts. As you can see, all types, colors, and level of modification.
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Danny Youngs' infamous Ultimate Street Car competition winner. CHeck that dyno, the plate is telling the truth.
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If you're gonna lose trunk space, this isn't a bad way to go about it.
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Science of Speeds' Twin Turbo kit. Me Likey. On the Christmas list.
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Acura brought out two of the Realtime race cars from Torrence to the event.

Great time being had down here, I've already met a ton of great new people!
Stay tuned for later days updates :wink:

 

[nsxlegend]

Nice pics Sean.
I'm sure we're all lurking on here to see what we're missing.

 

[PhantomBlue]

Great Pictures Sean, Man that is alot of NSX's in one spot! Keep sending up more pictures for us guys at home!!!!



Cheers!

 

[BioBanker]

Keep them coming!

 

[NSX-C2]

Thanks for all the photos. Keep them coming.

 

[SaleenS7Rs]

Wow! Great pictures. I dont even understand whats going on with Danny Youngs engine and the picture of the other engine under his. Thats is some wild engine setups.

 

[Fct]

Thanks Sean. Those engine photos are something else.
Hope you were able to drive down together with others from BC.

 

[Bram]

Great pictures .....just keep posting for the poor folks that are at home, wishing they were there (like me)


Bram

 

[Joy2Drive]

Can't stay away from these post...... so jealous

What great ways to apply the trunk space.

Keep these coming.

 

[Hondatech]

NSXpo 2010 - Day Two

By popular demand, here's some of day twos pics:

My odo before leaving today. When I left Victoria, it was 152091...
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Dominating the street, getting everything organized for the biggest NSX logo you ever done seen!
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Get to da choppa! Why did we have a helo there? To film...
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... this! From my 14th floor hotel room. It took a fair bit of organizing, but it'll look outstanding from the chopper photos.
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The hotel we're at (South Point Resort & Casino) is nice, with a pretty decent pool. Sunday is our "Day Off" day, so I'm gonna have to get me some of that.
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Drive up to Lee Canyon, for lunch at the Resort on Mt. Charleston. Once again, taking over every parking lot we hit
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One of my favourite pictures I've taken this trip.
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We carried on up the mountian to the Kyle Canyon ski area, where I got a few more nice pictures of my group, Team 6...

... right before my camera batteries died, and I realized my spares were safely tucked away in my laptop bag, at the hotel. Dammit. So I don't have any photos of the Go-Karting at Pole Position in Summerland. It was an indoor track, with electric karts. They were a ton of fun, with shocking (!) torque out of the corners.

It's 9:30, and this town is just getting started, so I'll leave you with these, and get some more up tomorrow, which'll be Red Rock Canyon, some of the HPDE track event, and Death Valley!

 

[swbatte]

Great pictures. Thanks for posting. How many cars are there?

 

[Hondatech]

I think we're up to 135 cars now? The number seems to change a bit depending on who I talk to, but it's aroud there.

Off to Cars and Coffee Las Vegas. I'm gonna need a vacation from this vacation...

 

[FuryNSX]

Nice stuff, Hondatech! Lovin' what you're postin'! Bummer about that battery. I've had that feeling several times. In fact, my battery died during the track session this afternoon. I hope I still got some good stuff before then.

Can't wait to see what you've got for today.

 

[Hondatech]

So, we kicked the day off at Cars and Coffee Las Vegas:

This was a great event. Whatever turned your automotive crank, it was probably there. Apparently, we took the Corvette guys "usual spot" in the parking lot. Sorry, I promise to be out of Vegas by the next one :tongue:
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Get everyone together after C&C, and head off to Red Rock Canyon
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Truth in advertising. The striped bands of red rock were pretty cool. We did a nice tour along the loop road through the park, and only one person was busted by the park rangers for speeding. Rangers pack radar?! No, it wasn't me, but I hear it was pretty steep, over $400...
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This is my intrepid co-pilot Dave from Virginia. He flew out here, so with no NSX, he needed a passenger seat, and was brave (or foolish) enough to accept my offer.
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Oddly, the only picture I have of Spring Mountian Motorsports Ranch. Imagine a country club with a racetrack instead of a golf course. I approve. The people doing the HPDE event were here all today (and tomorrow), while we used it for a lunch stop. Fuel up on some good lasagna and then get right back on the road...
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... down to Death Valley! This has been, so far, the driving highlight of this trip. Between the wide open roads the the 13 mile road up to Dantes View with some great twisties, we really got to have some fun!
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Furnace Creek. Lived up to its name. 190 feet below sea level, and over 30 degrees. AT the end of October. Not pictured, the massive RV park, nearly full. Who really says, "Gee honey, lets get in the RV and spend a week in Death Valley!"??
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View from Zabriskie Point, those cool erosion formations in the first picture actually made me stop in my tracks when I came over the rise and saw them. Never seen anything like it. The last picture there shows the cars of the dedicated crew that made the Death Valley trip with us
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The sights from Dantes View. The second picture shows the highest point in Death Valley (Telescope Peak, 11,331 above sea level) and the lowest point (Badwater Basion, 283 feet below sea level) in one shot, apparently the greatest elevation change in north america?

So, then with a blast back and a hasty gas stop in Pahrump for gas (who would have thought that spirited driving would chew through a half tank at such an alarming rate?), we were back to the hotel for the banquet dinner. My team scored the win for best overall (we did well at the go-karting, participated in every organized event, and our members had some of the longest travel distances to get to Xpo, go me!) and won some special edition NSXpo 2010 poker chips! Nice.

 

[nsxlegend]

Nice pics Sean!
Keep posting man!

 

[FuryNSX]

Yeah, let's hear it for Team Six!!

 

[swbatte]

Very cool!

 

[nsxtreme91]

WoW nice group of cars. Stock 270hp right up to 1000hp sweet. A widebody Veilside NSX, Realtime NSX is there, from mild to wild. Awesome keep the pictures rolling. Thanks

 

[ddonovan]

Nice pics..., keep 'em coming.

 

[PHOEN$X]

Sweet pics, Sean! I missed them until now because I wasn't checknig the regional forums.

I saw you walking around, and even caught you in one of my videos, but didn't get a chance to talk to you. That Death Valley drive was rockin'! That was the highlight drive for me as well. For the ones that didn't attend, I guess you had to be there to experience it. :smile:

 

[Hondatech]

No doubt, we were the lucky ones! Your video was great, and it gives me something to remember that run by :biggrin:

 

[Hondatech]

Sunday was a bit of a free day. I managed to sleep through the cruise down the Strip (Whoops), but we ended up at the brunch at Mandalay Bay. What a great spread! Prime rib for breakfast? Damn right. Too busy eating to take pics though :wink: The afternoon was free to I got on with the group that checked out Shark Reef

Golden Crocodile. Looked lazy, but apparently uses that to lull prey into a sense of false security...
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Komodo Dragon. They bite prey with their disease filled mouth, then follow along until it succumbs to the infection. Nice.
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Piranha skull. Its was just a little smaller then my fist. And they travel in packs.
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Turns out a lot of my pictures taken through the glass walls of the tanks didn't turn out, but a few did. Too bad, the sharks and sawfish were pretty neat.

 

[Hondatech]

Monday saw us head out of Vegas, and over to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam! Predictably, my camera packed it in as we got there, so phone camera to the rescue!

We parked on the Arazona side, and this was one of the first things we saw. It's a HUGE overflow spillway in the event the water level gets too high. No a concern right now...
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...since you can see from the white line on the rocks, the water level is way down. Like 80 feet way down.
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The intake towers, where the water gets drawn in to the turbines
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The power plant at the base of the dam. I checked for Megatron, no go.
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Oh wait, found him. And Bumblebee.
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Deep underground to check out the water inlet pipes. Huge , and you can feel the water thundering through the pipe standing over it.
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The eight generators on the Nevada side. Turns at a whopping max RPM of 180. Needs VTEC.
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Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, seen from the dam.
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And the dam, as seen from the bridge! I hoofed it from Nevada to Arazona, twice!
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Then back to Nevada, so we could get MsPurple some lunch :tongue:

 

[FuryNSX]

Sunday was a bit of a free day. I managed to sleep through the cruise down the Strip (Whoops), but we ended up at the brunch at Mandalay Bay. What a great spread! Prime rib for breakfast? Damn right. ....

Oh, yummy!! That was so tasty, I had to go back for seconds. :biggrin:

 

[SupraTT]

I rented this CBR and followed the NSX'ers around for a bit! Here are some pics I took while the cars were parked at Pole Position Go-Kart Track.