UDPride

Aerodynamics play a lot in it. I would not be messing with an Acura NSX on the street. What they lack in HP they make up for in a real slippery profile. From 100mph to 150mph they are reportedly one of the fastest cars ever built. As friction starts to win the war on your car, the power to overcome it goes up expoentially or something like that. I think those NSXs only have 270 or 290hp. What they lack in off-the-line acceleration they make up for once you start to approach triple digits.

There was a Mercedes saloon or LS430 or something that I read once that had pretty remarkable acceleration from about 110mph to 150mph because it was a proverbial bullet through the air. Cant remember when and where I read it.

jimculp

This is very dissapointing. No one wins at street racing. You're putting the general public at risk along with yourself and the moron you were racing. Take that aggression to the track and exercise your machine where it's meant to be driven fast. Just kidding- thanks for the story.

Shark

I call BS on this one. NSX is underpowered EVERYWHERE.

I get into street races with my 996TT from time to time, but I'd never go at it with another Porsche........the old kissing your sister bit

Chet 930

"I get into street races with my 996TT from time to time, but I'd never go at it with another Porsche........the old kissing your sister bit"

LOL....

Chet 930

They're both incredible cars when they're modded. I think its a matter of preference on that choice. I've owned both and I really think that the folks who havent ridden or driven a modded 996TT are really underestimating how badass they are. They are definetly a soft car from the factory especially when compared to a 993TT. But do the same mods and they're incredibly different. I still have my 930 and its nice, but in the end the 996 (to me) wins hand down for all around performance. My 930 is faster in a straight line, but thats it. And its not like I couldnt crank my 996TT up to 800 to 900 horses with all the upgrades available today.

38D

If you are building a race car for the PCA GT1 class, the 996tt is a superior platform, though you can clearly have success with a 930 as Rick Deman proved. If you are building a DE car, the 930 will be plenty fine. If you are building a street car, aerodynamics won't matter at all, as you will rarely see the 100+ mph where they come into play.

nathanUK '81 930 G50

Winner of the Porsche Open Series here in the UK is a 935 look 930. Richard Chamberlain.

Found this with Google.

From Sundays Porsche Open at Thruxton. Richard Chamberlain in his 935 (#5) managed to lap the entire grid within 12 laps, being a good 10s a lap quicker than anyone else 8) He got a big cheer from the crowd!

srf506

They're both incredible cars. Completely different genres, but what the hey. I flew F-4s in the USAF and the F-22 is a starship compared to that thing, so as time marches on, so does technology. I love the raw gutteral mechanical 930. Its like the F-4. Just brute force. Proves if you put enough horsepower on something you can make it fly. The 996TT is much more Gran Touring. Electronic everything thinking and acting for you. Like fly-by-wire on the F-22. Its much easier to drive the 996 fast in my opinion, but if you get over the edge on it you not only have to fight physics but you have to fight the electronics too. Nothing wrong with either one, they're just different.

WERK-I

Geez, he generating some serious lateral G's. It moved the driver all the way over to the passenger seat!

JBL930

They say the same about the F40 and the Enzo, yes the Enzo is easier to drive and a bit quicker but the F40 is totally no interference and therefore a better drivers car. I don't think I will ever sell my 930, I’m not sure I will be happy living with 500bhp though either, I know it's probably more power than I will ever have the skill to use to it's potential but for instance, on the way down to le mans last year, me in the 930 and my mate in his Tuscan, everyone is driving like maniacs it's just the way it goes, and we are leapfrogging traffic driving almost flat out everywhere basically at the limit, then a Zonda and a Maclaren F1 pass us into a corner like we are stood still, I’m not sure where I’m going with this but if there is more power to have and I can possibly afford it then, (like when I was three year old), I WANT it. Surely an 800bhp 996TT would be able to mix it with those boys and for a lot less money! What kind of reliable BHP can you get out of a 993TT without spending more than $70k on Mods





No one answered this question???

UDPride

Car and Driver, August 1998:

0-150-0 Comparison Test
This month's Car and Driver features a 0 - 150 - 0 competition as it's cover story. The article was set-up to compare some supertuned cars (Mustangs, Vipers, a Vette, and a Mercedes SL), but they tested several stock cars to use as a baseline. One of these cars was a Kaiser Silver and Onyx 1998 Acura NSX Coupe (not targa) with the 6-speed manual transmission. For the stock cars, the NSX came in second overall, beating all but the Viper Coupe. It beat (in order) the C5, the BMW 540, the Jag XJR, the Camaro Z28 SS, and the Porsche 911 (996). They had a few interesting things to say about it:

"[the NSX] diced with the Corvette to 130 mph before pulling decisively ahead to reach 150mph two seconds in front of the Vette."

"the NSX returned the fourth-best OVERALL (including modified) stopping distance at 742 feet, trailing only the Corvette among the stockers."

"Our low-miliage Porsche was neither the fastest not the slowest 911 we've tested, but it was no match for the rocket NSX........... The 911's 10 - second time from 140 to 150 mph was the longest of any car's in the test, and five seconds longer than the NSX's."

A930Rocket

It must be the drivers of those NSXs, because I've smoked everyone of them at the track.

Chet 930

I've done the same on the street.........

schnele

The NSX is quite slippery and a twin turboed one will make sushi of even a well prepped 930. In the late nineties I had a 450 rwhp Nissan 300ZXTT prepped by Stillen and purchased through Nismo, while it was faster than my 993tt the brakes and suspension were suicide and the heavily modded Toyota Supras and NSXs ran rings around me but in the straights I ate them up. I never felt confident taking that porker deep into a turn, while the NSX drivers stayed on the go pedal longer. I still wouldn't trade my 930 for one though and soon I will have a 550rwhp beast shifted through either a Ruf 5spd or a Patrick G50/50. Guys lets take our blinders off for a second... there are lots of cars out there making more power to the ground than our cars, and for less money but we are drawn by cache and heritage or we would all be driving Dodge SRT4 (I am a New Car Dealer btw/attorney, so I think I am qualified to say this). Have fun be safe and most of all realistic about the ability of the driver you street race and yours as well.

srf506

JBL930, I know what you mean about LeMans. I've never been fortunate enough to drive over after the ferry from England, but Friday night on the Mulsanne is a definite trip. We flew into DeGaulle. My rental was a Peugot turbo diesel (don't remember the number). My mates and I were running up and down Mulsanne through the Mulsanne corner into Arnage as fast as that slug would pedal in a light misting rain. We had all kinds of exotics blowing by us like we were backing up! People on both sides of the road cheering as we went by. What a party! It was a definite memory I'll never forget. On Sunday after the race I let all of my passengers have at least one go up and back on it. I was amazed at how fast that road went from race track back to normal roadway. As I was "screaming" through there I thought of Ickxx, Wolleck, Elford, Hobbs, Stuck and all of the rest of those guys at 220+ mph with no chicane, flat bottoms on the cars and that hump being about twice as high as it is now. It was bloody great fun! Anyone who hasn't gone needs to. Next time I'm getting a 911.