2 Simultaneous Acura NSX Rebuilds From Scratch
What’s not to love here with these two Acura NSX’s that are both subjects of a build thread on NSXprime.com by their owner, forum member “Hugabuga”. He found them from separate sellers after they had been sitting unused for a decade and each have very low mileage, the red one a ’93 manual with only 38,000 kilometers and the silver a ’91 automatic with just 26,000. Neither are his first endeavor into NSX territory, as he has a few others as well so it wouldn’t be a stretch to call him a fanatic, especially after seeing the complete tear down and rebuilds of each during the 10 page thread…
The red ’93 had been bought in France after it had been sitting under a cover on a farm for over 10 years, so broken glass, straw everywhere and rodent damage was not surprising, as well as aluminum corrosion and some rust even.
The second one came from Portugal from its original owner’s family some time after he passed away and was part of an ugly inheritance battle, which is always unfortunate but explains its decrepit state.
Although it was an automatic, that didn’t matter so much since he planned to completely tear it apart anyways and start from scratch, so changing it over to manual wasn’t a big issue.
The game plan quickly took form with taking the Sebring Silver auto and painting it in a flat gray Lamborghini color and changing the Milano Red manual to a Championship White NSX-R theme, which already had Koni shocks and H&R springs so those were retained and refurbished.
That car then received painted red valve covers and powdercoated OEM sway bars, while its rims were painted white like the factory R.
Aluminum suspension pieces were all glass powder blasted and restored, then he fabricated an NSX-R type front hood using its OEM bonnet with some DIY help from a fellow forum member.
The leather interior was completely reupholstered in red, as per the original limited edition factory model had when new.
The rebuilds of both cars were mostly cosmetic, but with painstaking detail in cleaning and detailing what seems to be each and every engine, suspension and brake component while addressing all of the seals, belts and gaskets at the same time.
Unfortunately, he didn’t correct the transmission’s snap ring and countershaft bearing issues while the car was apart (common problem areas of the NSX in between certain serial numbers), which caused a later failure.
In any case, the white car was sold not long after it was completed and the flat gray received its MOT by the end of the thread, with future plans for a turbocharger teased.
While I am an NSX fan, I normally don’t tend to agree with how most modify their cars but this guy’s alterations are overall very tasteful. They have a very OEM quality to them, but slightly improved upon. It will be one to keep an eye on, for sure.
Find additional pictures in the right hand column, as usual, and the full build thread HERE.
