The title seems fitting for this brain surgeon from the Cincinnati, Ohio. Ron Warnick first embarked upon his memorable journey shortly after Independence Day in 1997 when he scooped up his '91 Acura NSX for a cool $31 grand. As with many car enthusiasts, Warnick immediately began to daydream about the plethora of modifications, transitions, and upgrades that he had in store for his new baby.Of the many ideas, only the Tubi aftermarket exhaust came to reality. Warnick seemed to always have an excuse of some kind to let his other plans for the NSX fall by the wayside. That is until his good friend passed away from brain cancer in 2002. For Warnick the tragic event was a wake-up call, reminding him that life is too short. He took the plunge into a massive project to transform Acura's first commercial sports car into a next-generation performance vehicle from top to bottom. After five years of dedication, Warnick's dreams were finally realized.
Maintaining his next generation theme, Warnick chose to ditch the archaic factory radio for something a little more high tech, a Xenarc MP-FL11 computer. The Xenarc CPU is hidden under a trunk access panel and functions as the brains of the audio system, processing the audio material through its internal Creative Lab sound card.
Warnick scrapped the factory dash for a custom one fabricated out of two-part foam and fiberglass. The centerpiece of the new dash is a 10.2-inch Xenarc 1020TSV touchscreen LCD monitor. The touchscreen controls multiple functions including the car-PC, source selection, and AEM engine management system that displays engine vitals.
On both sides of the touchscreen is a pair of Defi gauges that were added to display additional engine parameters. To allow Warnick to keep his eyes on the road when cruising at high speeds, a pair of Plasma Glow digital heads-up displays were added at eye level to the top of the dash that display rpm and mph.