Maybe, but if anyone could do it, it would be Honda!

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

 

You wish!!!!

 

I think the lineage of the S will be like of the NSX. The 0.2L increase will hold the model over for a few more years before a revolutionary change.

 

If an S3000 comes out (which I sincerely doubt), we better fasten our seatbelts because one MONSTER of an NSX will be coming out

 

they sacrificed 2 cylinders for trunk space

 

I don't think a huge engine is necessary in this car. I believe a 2.4 - 2.7 liter I6 would fit fine. There appears to be plenty of room under the hood. However, the added torque could make a 6 more appropriate for a stiffer coupe version of the body. I would pay 40,000 for THAT car.

 

naa. a 3.0 v6 would screw with the f/r weight distribution. as for an inline 6, the last 2 cylinders would extend past the front axle and thus destroys the "front/mid engine" characteristic of the car. i'd be happy if they up the displacement to 2.2L using i-vtec technology, maintaining the 9000rpm redline, producing 264hp (to maintain the 120hp/L), and dropping about another 150lbs (although i don't know how or from where).

 

I don't think that the weight distribution would be affected that much by a small I6 or V6. The handling charcteristics of the car could easily be brought back in balance by upping the width of the oddly thin front tires to compensate. Another possibility to keep the weight bias even is relocating the battery to the trunk.

 

3L V6??? Screw that, make it a 4.0 V8. Mate two F20C into a narrow V8 and shoehorn the damn thing in there. Get a tranny and diff to handle the 450+ HP, and charge $75k for the thing. Think Ferrari, but Honda technology and prices. Why can't Honda, perhaps the world's best engine company, produce a V8 for the street? Their supercar (NSX) needs a V8, not a V6. What other 'supercar' has a NA V6?? I know, I'm dreaming.

Or just put this in it:
http://www.hondaracing.com/pit/index.html

 

for some reason, I don't think the hp/liter ratio would be linear. i.e. probably not 360hp just by adding 2 more cylinders. I'm not much an engine guy, but I know synergies aren't always 100% linear.