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

Went out for the final test driving session.

Front brake disc is still new but the pad is being re-used so for the next several 100s miles, please brake gently unless it’s necessary to apply hard braking.
No special bedding in process required for street driving environment.
You will be scraping off the pad material with street driving any way.


70mph cruising for about 30min and during ...

Tags: rear view mirror, test driving

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Brake , Personal View/Self Talk

After many test driving sessions under different temperature conditions,
I was not happy with the noise from the following places;

• The metal rattling noise from the glove box lock
• The floppy noise from the A/C vent at the door arm rest
• The right side seat belt anchor trim
• Rear upper trim
• Still some noise from the rear view mirror
• Clock unit
• Wind noise from the door upper weatherstrip (already known to the owner)
• Leather squeaking

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Tags: interior noise, rear view mirror

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Body

With the recent heatwave, my partially broken camera decided to
go on holiday and erased the header info of all of the photos that
I took for the last several hours so looks like I need to format the
memory card..... Great.....


So, no photos for some of the items that I tried to show the
before/after comparison.



Removed the tiny narrow frame around the rear view mirror and
planted tiny felt wool ...

Tags: cat, condenser, condensor, front lip, front lip spoiler, rear view mirror, security, spoiler, wheel arch

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Body

Took lots of photos showing the multiple security devices and all these wires
so hope the owner can see them in his web photo album.

And because I had to re-route so many wires and
with this hot and humid weather, it really slowed me down.
I think I spent more time dealing with all these security related wires than
re-installing the dashboard, interior panels, etc.

Also, I had to install one parts at a time and then ...

Tags: ceiling, dashboard, rear view mirror, sun visor

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Body

So, carried out the test driving session and activated the ABS several times
until the ABS pump kicked in and adjusted the fluid level afterwards.

This NSX is AT model and due to its torque characteristic,
always enjoy driving it.

Reset the ECU and confirmed that the idle rpm is at the spec.






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Tags: rear view mirror, reset ecu

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Personal View/Self Talk