yeah but how much of a handling plus? If they were to use a v8, it wouldn't be some big a$$ block that some might think of when they think of a v-8, knowing Honda's tendencies, it'd probably be close to 4.0, and not much bigger. Considering that it would be a mid-mount engine, I don't see the handling suffering that much, especially considering all the research that went into the NSX (most of it which is probably being reused, or refined for the HSC)