roddymerritt

Can some one tell me the difference. How come the 3.0 in an NSX puts out so much more power. what different about them?

SooDARK

i'm assuming you're talking about the older NSX's because the newer ones (97+) are a 3.2 liter. They probably have a much higher compression and just way more agressive....everything It's a completely different motor. Some people used to always try to say that it's the same motor as a TL

roddymerritt

so honda/acura made two different type 3.0 engines? So what makes a higher compression

ghost_masterCL

fuck if I know, I used to know this stuff. Why are you so interested? You gonna swap your engine for an NSX engine?

JLai

04s also use 3.0s in the automatics. They only use the 3.2L in the manuals.

And to answer the original question...Its a completely different platform.

DOHC
RWD
MidEngine

And considering those, the numbers didn't jump that much AT vs AT...

3.0L 252 hp V6
Horsepower 252 @ 6600 RPM
Torque (lb-ft) 210 @ 5300 RPM

R1Performance

Compression on an NSX motor is 10.2:1, it is not overly aggressive. The heads and its ability to rev are where its power advantage come from for the most part.

JLai

Different internals...Heads...

JLai

You should see some of the questions over at the G35C forums...

I remember one dude going "Someone told me my car is different from the Skyline GTRs in Japan...Is that true?"

HAHAHA

roddymerritt

OK I get that its a diffferent platform I'm not that dumb but the engine is different if its DOHC and ours is SOHC. So on the automatic is it a 4 speed or a 5 speed auto and is there any way to transplant the auto 3.0 into our cars?

ju5tchi11in

engine revs opposite way? i believe this has been covered many times... and in the NSX the motor is mounted longitudinally... lengthwise... instead of regularly horizontal mounting.

I believe that was the conclusion... $10+ to do the swap was the verdict... (I read a lot of threads)

JLai

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ding069

I like the post that was over at v6performance.com. The kid built either a 3.5 or 3.2 and put it into the cord v6. I wonder the affordability of that project.

LCARUCA 97

NSX = c series V6 DOHC
3.0 = j series V6 SOHC

roddymerritt

What different about the rev, why does it rev the opposite way?

LCARUCA 97

its rear wheel drive so the engine sits in the bay differently

ju5tchi11in

dunno just cranks the opposite way...?

because of the mounting of the engine... probably most efficient the way they designed it.

R1Performance

The NSX motor is mounted the same way, transverse configuration as are basically every Honda save the S2000.

R1Performance

And to add even more, rotation is the same. The only Honda motors that are conventional clockwise rotation are the F20C (variants) and the K series variants. Otherwise, all the other motors, the C30/32B NSX motors included, are counter-clockwise rotation oriented.

R1Performance

Further, in relation to a 3.0CL, the j30 and the c30/32b nsx motor spins in the same clockwise rotation.