Some Cars And Some Facts (Read if you can't sleep)

    I saw a channel with many videos talking about 20 fun facts of things with a soothing voice, it helped me a lot during the nights which I can't fall asleep. Since my sleep quality for this week isn't optimum, I thought I would lend a helping hand to people having similar problem like me.

The Honda NSX

    One of my favorite cars of all time. For any Honda fans or Formula one fans, this is the car with the highest technological and historical status. If you didn't know, Honda was quite an exciting brand back in the 80s and 90s, and that has a lot to do with the founder himself, Mr. Honda Soichiro. After Honda as a corporation has expanded in the 1960s, Mr. Honda wanted to further improve the quality of their products. Instead of training engineers the old fashioned way which is rather inefficient, he decided to participate in Formula One as use it as a proving ground for the engineers. If anyone does well on the team, that person get paid more handsomely when he or she comes back to Japan. With the hardworking nature of Japanese people and the will power of wanting to get paid more, Honda soon won their first Formula One race in 1965 after only two years of participation.(By the way the winning car was called the RA272, it is sick as hell) By the time the 80s arrived the Honda team had already become one of the best engine supplier on the Formula One grid, right up with the old names like Ferrari or Cosworth. However, there was one big problem. No matter how exciting and magnificent their racing history is, they don't have the production car that customers can buy to back it up, and this is when the NSX was created. The New 

Sportscar Experience(Japanese English, I know) used an aluminum monocoque chassis(The chassis was one giant piece of metal instead of many panels welded together) which was never ever used in any production car before. The technology was so advanced for the time that the chief engineer responsible for the project, Shigeru Uehara（上原繁）had to literally invent a new way of production. With the monocoque chassis, the NSX's body was extremely rigid, more than any other super car at the time, it was also super light as well. The engine, which is usually any Honda's party piece, is an absolute work of art. The pre-facelift model had a three liter naturally aspirated V6 called the C30A, it is one of the most legendary production car engine ever made(in my opinion). To make the most amount of power in the most efficient way, the engine used another brand new technology called V-TEC. The more commonly referred name would be variable valve timing. The system has two power output mode that activates depending on different throttle input and engine revs. In short, when you drive it slowly and leisurely, the car is super efficient and easy to drive, unlike any other super car made before and during the NSX's production. But when you floor it the car switches into a different power output mode and gives you G forces you couldn't even handle. 

    What made the NSX special wasn't just the performance itself, but also how good it is served as "a car". Normally when people think of sports cars or super cars you would think that it would be a nightmare to drive, and in many cases, it is. The NSX changed all this by delivering world class performance while being as easy to drive as a civic.(I didn't say this, journalists back in the 90s did). The decades of investment made by old man Honda Soichiro paid off greatly and showed the world how much Japanese people can achieve in terms of technology. Unfortunately, Honda Soichiro wasn't able to see how much of a success the NSX had become and the pride it brought to the Japanese public. Just before releasing the car, Honda Soichiro test drove it in the Motegi Circuit Honda built in Motegi Prefecture, it was one of the very few cars that got good feedback from the old man ever since the company was established. He passed away just a few weeks after he witnessed the ultimate creation of his own empire, and that also added another layer of importance onto this car, "The last car Honda Soichiro tested".

    Honestly there are so many legendary stories around this car regarding big names like Ayrton Senna, Gordon Murray, and Mclaren. There were literally books written just talking about this car, and you bet I've pirated them and read them. Anyway, have a good night sleep and have a good week, see you!