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

The FR brake pipe fitting was overtightened and heavily corroded. Looking at the angle of the pipe,
there is a chance that it was somewhat forced/cross threaded during the installation of the aftermarket brake line.

I just hope I can get it loosened without damaging the fitting. Time for the acetone/ATF ...

Tags: brake pad, brake piston, caliper, calliper, slider pin

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Brake

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 ...

Updated 25-04-2015 at 12:47 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1 ('droop', not 'drove')

Tags: bilstein, bilstein damper, brake disc, brake hose, brake line, brake pad, damper, disc, goodridge, shock

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Suspension , Brake

Ready to take the INJ to my local place where the race teams and many garages are using for the INJ cleaning.

Part of the ASNU service network and pretty much using the similar cleaning equipment everywhere.
Should be back today or tomorrow as they had to order replacement INJ filter ...

Tags: brake calliper, brake disc, brake pad, cl release fork, cl slave cyl, inj, injector, urea grease

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Brake

Also, I noticed strange movement at the RR brake pad.

Normally, immediately after releasing the parking brake, the pad should not move like this.
The brake pad looked to be new so when it was installed, either the piston was not set properly against the pin on the back plate of the pad or the entire calliper body was not installed properly on the bracket.

Will inspect this later but at high priority.

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Tags: air deflector, brake calliper, brake pad

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Health Check Service

Doing bit of catch up updating the blog though the owner can see what's happening on his NSX through his photo album on the web.




I spend lots of time adjusting the engine cover on NSX-T model after carrying out the Eng Refresh service. ...

Tags: brake caliper, brake pad, caliper piston, engine cover, main relay

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Brake , Body , Electronics