Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

In Japan, we work through the Christmas period and then take long holiday to
celebrate the new year.
Almost all of the big companies in Japan including Honda are closed
until 6th (Mon) so although I placed the order for the extra parts such as the
Oil Cooler, etc, not sure whether they are in stock or not but I just hope
they will arrive in the near future to minimize the delay of the service.



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Updated 06-01-2014 at 02:43 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: lma, lma pocket, oil press sender, oil pressure sender, rocker arm, rocker shaft, vtec spool valve

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Long hours marathon session of valve clearance adjustment started.

The clearance and the torque checked twice for each cyl and
as my standard procedure, they were checked one more time to bring
all 24 adjustments ...

Updated 27-10-2013 at 12:27 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: oil press sender, oil pressure sender, valve clearance, vtec, vtec spool valve

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VTEC Spool valve service.

It can be done at any time without opening the engine
but it’s a MUST item due to the process for
replacing the LMA.

This NSX is using the smaller ...

Updated 15-05-2013 at 10:52 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: crank pulley, head cover, oil press sender, oil pressure sender, spool valve, valve cover, vtec, vtec spool valve

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Overhauling the VTEC Spool valve.








Removed the old liquid gasket and
cleaned the cam holder to this level.





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Tags: cam holder, iat, iat sensor, intake air temperature, oil pressure sender, ta sensor

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Engine Refresh Stage 2

Quite busy at the moment so just a quick updates.






Finally, happy with the state of the front cyl head so started the LMA installation.
The old tired LMA (left) and the new latest design one (right) with much longer durability.







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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:02 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: lma, lost motion, oil press sender, oil pressure sender, orifice, rocker shaft, spool valve, vtec

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