The original Acura NSX was built by Honda with the expressed goal of proving that a next-gen supercar could beat a Ferrari in terms of price, performance, and reliability all at once. The NSX would go on to inspire the likes of the McLaren F1 while remaining a unique collectible on the marketplace today thanks to its futuristic (for the time) exterior, perfect handling, and peppy VTEC engine. Honda has since lost the NSX's heart and soul with the current generation, which trades simplicity and lightweight handling for a hybrid-electric, all-wheel-drive layout and a price tag that starts around $150,000. But at the very least, the new NSX is one serious track star off the line — if there was ever a criticism that could fairly be leveled at the original NSX, it would be that the V6 just wasn't quite potent enough to keep up with other supercars. That fact makes aftermarket supercharger kits quite popular among NSX owners and a recent video from Bisimoto shows just how impressive those setups can end up with some startling dyno figures.
Turn Up The Sound
From the factory, a first-gen NSX's all-aluminum VTEC V6 produced 270 horsepower and later, 290 horsepower when the engine was upgraded from 3.0 to 3.2 liters of displacement. Those post-facelift 3.2-liter powerplants also maxed out at 224 lb-ft of torque, which was enough for a car that weight right around 3,000 pounds but was nothing to scream about (other than the screaming redline, which was a sky-high 8,300 RPM for earlier cars.
Forced Induction FTW
The NSX always sounded great in stock form, though it definitely sounds better in this video with a supercharger bolted on. Those exhaust tips might not be stock — the video is scant on details — but when the engine finally spins all the way up to near its redline, it produces an impressive 334.1 horsepower and 252.4 lb-ft of torque. Critically, the dyno testing is being done at the hubs, meaning that the brake-horsepower rating would even come in at a fair amount higher.
Sources: youtube.com and autoblog.com.