Acura NSX To Ferrari F50 conversion

[Fenvy]

http://www.j-body.org/forums/r...54674

are the nico repost police coming to get me?

[Jesda]

Not wide enough. Screams "Pontiac!"

[MinisterofDOOM]

It retained too much of the NSX shape on the back to be convincing. Plus, the wheelbase is off. I don't really see why anyone would bother with that. An NSX is Japanese, and a Ferrari is Italian. You shouldn't ruin a good japanese car by making it look italian, and you shouldn't ruin a good italian car by making it look japanese.To me, that's like taking a skyline and putting a Mazerati Coupe or Quattroporte (depending on the Skyline's bodystyle--2 or 4 door) body on it, or putting a BMW 5-series body on a Maxima. No. No, no, no.Plus, if you damage it at all, you're ****ed. think of what a pain in the *** it'd be to fix any body damage.It'd be funny if some dumbass stole it thinking it was a F50.

[DAEDALUS]

Yeah, wtf? If I saw that on the street I'd hear one second of the engine and think, "Bah, Fiero kit car!" A real NSX would impress me much more than that thing. The body doesn't even look straight and symmetric. Paint job looks awesome though.

[Jesda]

A few years ago a BMW Z3 kit for 90-98 Miatas was available for $2000 or so. The resemblance was nearly perfect, except inside.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'd rather have the Miata.BMW Z series are ugly as hell.

--Scratch that. I'd rather have my Maxima.

[rousie13]

May not be authentic but looks cool none the less. I wouldn't have complained about the NSX, but thats me The guys that did that are pretty skilled though.

[MaineExport]

like it or not.... at least you don't have to worry about getting hurt in an accident. There's so much damn foam on that thing, you could survive a 100mph impact with a Mack!

Anyway... I think it looked better as an NSX, but I give them all the credit in the world for their fiberglass skills. I've played with the stuff a number of times... and it's hard enough to get it to smooth out... let alone shaping it that well. Brilliant work.

[Mr1der]

barf...

I'd prefer the NSX in normal NSX trim....

and never want a Ferrari kit car...

The only kind of "kit" car I'd really want would be like a Super 7 or Noble (we get them as supposed kit cars and a place in Ohio assembles them)

[Fenvy]

i think it's just crazy what they can do, that's all it matters

[gabossie]

Definatly some seriously skilled people working on that.

[VashFC]

Amazing skills, I agree.... but that was such a perfectly gorgeous NSX before. If it was a junker, if there even is such a thing as a "junker" NSX, that would be different. Now it's hidden under god knows how many pounds of foam. I'd hate to see that thing after a crash. It will probably resemble a crate of styrofoam peanuts exploding.

- Chris

[MaineExport]

VashFC,

I like your signature... I just cooked for Steven Wright thursday night. He had a stand-up show in a local theater here in Rutland, and had dinner at our restaurant the night before. He is a funny a$$ guy!

[UncleBen]

I honestly see zero resemblance (sp) to a ferrari from that car...

It looks like an nsx with some generic bodykit and a monstrous wing.

[andrave]

if you could make a body kit like that, from scratch like he did, why would you bastardize the car by making it look like a half *** copy of some other car? why not make a really unique and badass kit that would set your car apart from anything else out there?

[Oldskooler]

I don't Believe it. Amazing, but why would they do that to an Nsx. Those boys got ALOT of time on there hands

[[Zero-S]]

And money.

[VashFC]

MaineExport,

Yeah, your'e right, he is a damn funny guy. He always had some good quotes so I just threw one up there. It's quite random that you just so happened to have served him dinner the other night. I'm sure that was cool for you. I'd love to see him perform some time. Maybe I will once I move back to the states this winter. I'll just cross my fingers and hope to be back by Christmas.

- Chris

[IvoryJ30t]

i agree, if your gonna put that much time/money into that, you might as well make the car completely original, not bite off of someone else's [ferrari] design.

the skills of the people who built it are incredible, but the car was much better off as an NSX.

[Mr1der]

yeah, if I wanted a wannabe Ferrari I'd just buy a Lamhborgini anyway...

[skydragoness]

Wow, and to think for that kinda money the dumb fruitard spent on that job he could've just made his NSX as fast as one. Or for that $ get a real Ferrari (something on the low-end of the price bracket like a Modena, since f50's require racing licenses and the prerequiste of owning 3 other ferrari's)

[MinisterofDOOM]

yeah, if I wanted a wannabe Ferrari I'd just buy a Lamhborgini anyway...

My thought exactly. That or a porche.

[jdmfreak]

LOL! Definately skilled, but that money definately be spent on better things. LIKE ME.

[HashiriyaS14]

Ok, so the NSX is the pinnacle of Japanese automotive engineering, a $90k 300hp supercar that can wipe the floor with $300k 500hp exotics on the track.

The F50 is generally known as the pretty boy's Ferrari, not the real deal performance beast that the F40 was. It's a car to get girls in, and rev the engine at stoplights.

I think that the F50 should want to be the NSX, not the other way around. Or better yet, they should both want to be F40s, as every car should be an F40:-D

[180crafter]

Like someone said... Check out those vans!!!

[MinisterofDOOM]

yet again...WHY??

Why do that with MINIVANS????

The minivan is one of the top two masculinity-sapping vehicles known to man, right after the pink Toyota Echo.

[HashiriyaS14]

Ever hear about the factory-turbocharged early 1990s Dodge Minivans?

I think there was a post on here about it awhile back, they can hold down retarded amounts of boost and are excellent platforms for smokin' midlife-crisis cars like ganja.

But in general I would agree. The Echo came in pink?

[MinisterofDOOM]

I was some of those race at the midnight drags a month or so ago. They were insane. 14 second quarter mile! One of them smoked a Civic. The two others raced eachother. I'd like to get one of those and strip the interior, and cruise the streets at night looking for ricers. Oh yeah. The looks on their faces...The vans sounded cool, too. Really, whiny-sounding turbos.

[jdmfreak]

I was some of those race at the midnight drags a month or so ago. They were insane. 14 second quarter mile! One of them smoked a Civic. The two others raced eachother. I'd like to get one of those and strip the interior, and cruise the streets at night looking for ricers. Oh yeah. The looks on their faces...The vans sounded cool, too. Really, whiny-sounding turbos.

14s? Thats it? I have a vid on my computer of a turbo caravan smokin a Z28. And guess what he ran. I believe it was a 12.681. I couldnt really see the 3 numbers after the decimals too clearly, but it was most definately a mid 12 second pass.

All I can say is Wow! I definately need me one of those vans,b ut the hell with 12s. Gimme the 10s baby.

[vicki]

That must have taken forever. It loosk good but for all that time ad effort, that person should hve just kept the NSX as it. :p