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  1. TB/WP/Valve 02

    by , 09-06-2011 at 11:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)



    Time to warm up the engine for the compression check.




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    The old and new spark plugs. Obviously, no corrosion at the insulator on the new one.


    Although the replacement schedule for this spark plug is 60K miles, most of the time, you will need to replace them earlier due to the corrosion like this.


    You will need to replace them even earlier if you haven’t replaced ...
  2. Battery, Spark Plug

    by , 08-06-2011 at 11:47 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)



    Today, most of the time was used up for dealing with the installation of the optical fibre link to my house and sending out several coolant hoses for another owner who had problem recently.


    So, not much to report on this NSX.



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    Already, the new spark plugs have arrived. Super fast delivery.


    Will be used to warm up the engine for the compression check.
    ...
  3. Optical Fibre Link

    by , 08-06-2011 at 11:34 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)



    Most of the city area in Japan will have the optical fibre link ready to be connected inside the house.


    And because of the competition between the providers, the discount rate is quite big and you could get 100Mb broadband at only around GBP15.


    In UK, BT started the Infinity service that has the download speed of up to 40Mb and 10Mb for the upload.


    In order to carry out some research for their new products ...
  4. Seized bolt and nut – info from our member ‘Graham’

    by , 07-06-2011 at 03:05 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)



    From time to time, I experienced big issue with the seized bolts and nuts on our NSX.


    It is a classic car and considering the amount of salt in the air during the winter period, I’m not surprised with this.



    Following information was supplied from our member ‘Graham’ on this site.


    He already successfully tested this method and managed to remove the heavily corroded bolt that I could only rotate but ...
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  5. Drive shaft 01

    by , 06-06-2011 at 11:22 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)



    Once again, time to work on the drive shaft.


    Although both spindle nut were very tight, managed to remove them by soaking them in the penetrating oil over night.


    However, at least the right side one looked to be never removed from the hub in the past.



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    It is super tight and won’t move at all even using the hydraulic puller.


    I think I need to ...