01 — Engine detail
Enginedetail.
- Engine code
- C30A
- Manufacturer
- Honda
- Configuration
- V6 (90°)
- Displacement
- 2,977 cc
- Valvetrain
- DOHC 24-valve VTEC
- Aspiration
- Naturally aspirated
- Applications
- Honda NSX / Acura NSX (NA1)
- 01
It was the second Honda automotive engine to use VTEC, after the B16A.
Source: Honda C engine — Wikipedia (English) - 02
It used titanium connecting rods, a first in a mass-production vehicle.
Source: Honda C engine — Wikipedia (English) - 03
It produced 270 bhp at 7,300 rpm; automatic-transmission NSXs used a 252 bhp version.
Source: Honda C engine — Wikipedia (English) - 04
Because of its cost and exotic materials, it was used exclusively in the NSX.
Source: Honda C engine — Wikipedia (English)
Technology — Variable valve timing
Two sets of cam lobes per cylinder: mild profiles for low-speed tractability, then a hydraulic pin locks the rockers onto a high-lift profile as revs rise.
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03 — Sources
- 01Honda C engine – WikipediaWikipedia · reference · accessed 2026-09-26