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

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  1. Health Check, Alignment, Brake OH, etc 04

    by , 07-08-2015 at 10:56 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)

    Started to service the brake callipers.
    Despite the low mileage, certain part of the lower section of the car were covered in heavy rust.

    Typical for UK based garaged NSX as it seems that it creates lots of condensation followed by the
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  2. Brake OH, etc 09

    by , 16-05-2015 at 12:49 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


    Goodridge brake line is so much flexible than the black aftermarket one that came on this NSX.
    While removing the old one, not only the front left side but also found that the right side one was also damaged.



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  3. Brake OH, etc 08

    by , 16-05-2015 at 12:42 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    What a dirty callipers and brackets. I don’t know what kind of pad material was used or in what driving environment they went through but so much thick debris was sticking everywhere around the calliper body.

    Had
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  4. Eng Refresh + LMA, Bilstein Damper, etc 28

    by , 17-04-2015 at 12:46 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)











    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
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  5. Eng Refresh + LMA, Bilstein Damper, etc 09

    by , 27-03-2015 at 01:41 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)

    Now I know why the RR brake pad was showing the strange movement.

    The lower slider pin was not aligned properly into the recess of the fixing point and the entire calliper body was bolted with some angle against the bracket/pad.

    Very dangerous as the calliper mounting bolt could have loosened.
    Will install it properly as I need to replace the brake
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    Updated 27-03-2015 at 02:01 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (better photo quality)

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