Exotica - 1993 Acura NSX

Widening the car by roughly six inches per side, the Veilside body replaces every stock NSX exterior piece except for the doors, roof and windows. After waiting 3 1/2 months for the kit to arrive from Japan, Yeo spent another 2 1/2 months waiting for the kit to be test fit and installed. Upon completion, Yeo took his NSX down to PJ Bonifacio Autodesign in City of Industry, Calif., to have the car shot in Hot Lava paint. An OEM color from the limited edition Scion xB Release Series 1.0, we must admit, Yeo's NSX wears the shade like it was meant to be.

Dropped using TEIN RA coilovers, this NSX looks even more menacing with the deep lip of Volk Racing's GT-C wheels. Wrapped in Falken ST-115 rubber, the GT-C's measure 19x8.5 in the front and 20x10.5 in the rear. Packed behind those rims are custom brakes from JBT Brakes. Using a forged two-piece design, the chrome front six-piston and black rear four-piston calipers bite down on huge two-piece brake rotors. The six-piston kit on the front of Yeo's car is a custom setup, but a four-piston front kit will be hitting the market soon from JBT. The rear is production ready, although Yeo's NSX has no e-brake.

Having a crazy eye-catching exotic sports car is one of everybody's dreams, but as Yeo tells us, "what's the point of having a fun, unique car like this if you don't drive it?" Having kept this NSX street legal, Yeo drove the car himself to the photo shoot through Southern California traffic, and has more than enough scary stories. Stories such as people drifting out of their lane as they stare at his car, guys rather than girls walking up to ask questions and people trying to intentionally damage the NSX as it sits parked. The right side mirror even fell off the car as it was getting washed the morning of the photo shoot, but Yeo remains unfazed.

Not just some dressed up Japanese super car, Yeo's NSX spent some time at Street Image getting a modern horsepower update. Comptech's supercharger kit was bolted on to the 3.0L V6 engine of this 1993 NSX, upping the power output to roughly 330 wheel hp with a 6psi pulley. The smog-legal kit includes the blower unit, fuel rails with carbon-fiber covers, a Walbro 255lph fuel pump and RC Engineering 550cc/min fuel injectors. Yeo also sprung for Comptech stainless-steel exhaust headers and had a custom center-exit exhaust, which is required by the Veilside kit, fabricated using two Magnaflow mufflers. Tuned by Street Image, the NSX uses an AEM EMS standalone computer along with an AEM UEGO wideband air/fuel ratio gauge and a 3.5-bar MAP sensor.

Originally designed to take on the world's undisputed kings of exotic, Honda's NSX has forced the super car manufacturers to up their game in the past. Although a stock NSX has a difficult time keeping up with the latest machines, such as the Ferrari F430, Yeo's take on the NSX will have all but the most decked-out machinery running for the hills. With the price of used NSX's dropping into the 20's, who knows, maybe an exotic super car is in your future too.

By Joey Leh

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