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

New gasket for the VVIS chamber and butterfly mechanism.




Must replace all ten washers.



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Tags: egr pipe, gasket, intake manifold, tb adjuster bolt seal, tb lower cover, th body, vvis, vvis gasket

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Time to service the intake manifold for the VVIS butterfly screw inspection.




For this mileage, very small amount of blowby oil mist were left
inside the bottom chamber.
Some of them were already sucked back into the engine based on the oil film
around the intake port.



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Tags: intake manifold, vvis

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A while ago when I replaced the coolant hoses on this NSX,
there were some heavy corrosion at the metal pipes.
However, the area behind the WP was very clean.

Normally I have to remove some slimy debris inside the trap chambe but
with this engine, there was just a tiny amount and it was one of the
most clean engine for this total mileage ...

Tags: intake manifold, th body, throttle body, valve guide, vvis, vvis plate, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

This side of the engine is nearly done.



Time to finish the intake manifold.





The 90deg swaging of the VVIS plate screw against the shaft.



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Updated 17-09-2013 at 11:51 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: coolant hose, egr, intake chamber, intake manifold, thermostat, vvis, vvis plate

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Time to inspect the VVIS plates.



This engine uses the OEM parts (side intake chamber, air box, air filter, TH body)
for the intake air system so the amount of debris inside the
intake manifold was minimum.

Some of the black bits are the edge coating around the VVIS plate.



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Updated 15-09-2013 at 02:53 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: intake chamber, intake manifold, vvis, vvis plate

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Engine/Tyre