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  1. MX-5 Front Brake

    by , 02-09-2016 at 10:34 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)











    I thought about taking full day-off on Bank Holiday as I felt as if kept working over the last few months apart from attending the Silverstone Classic event.
    With so much delay in NSX services for the owners, I had to turn down many generous offers and invitations including the NSXPO in US.
    Some included the opportunity to meet the new NSX very closely so bit disappointed.....

    Any way,
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  2. Braking Performance

    by , 07-03-2016 at 12:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)




    I received several questions through different channels such as email, SNS, etc regarding several brake pad and disc on the market and instead of writing answers to each owners, I decided to use my blog to share the common part of my answer.

    As I don’t know the detail of your chassis setup and your driving style, I normally don’t post on these topics but wanted to share some of the data acquired through data logger equipped NSX driven by 10s
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    Tags: brake, disc, pad Add / Edit Tags
    Categories
    Brake , Personal View/Self Talk
  3. Health Check, Brake OH, Koyo Rad, etc 12

    by , 28-10-2015 at 06:23 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)

    Although some of the brake calliper parts looked to be replaced in the past, the fluid was not replaced regularly and also some of the services were not done properly that the rust managed to penetrate through several areas.
    This smaller piston looked to be replaced in the past so I'll re-use it.

    Bigg Red has done great job on the calliper and bracket body
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    Categories
    Brake
  4. Eng Refresh + LMA, Bilstein Damper, etc 34

    by , 25-04-2015 at 12:44 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)







    FR inner brake pad outer edge didn’t look making good contact against the disc.
    The calliper slider pins move freely and both pistons were pushed back using just finger so looked to be disc related.
    Replacing the
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    Updated 25-04-2015 at 12:47 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1 ('droop', not 'drove')

    Categories
    Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Suspension , Brake
  5. Annual Service, Health Check, Brake OH 07

    by , 12-08-2014 at 11:11 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)






    Once again, thank you to the continued support from Goodridge for providing their custom made brake lines based on our spec.


    Please note that the ones that
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