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

Considering the very little temperature difference between day and night, gradual temperature increase/drop of the garage oil heater and low humidity, probably I could have just used the fresh Mobil 1 instead of using the ...

Tags: assembly lube, assembly paste, cam disc, cam holder, cam seal, cam shaft

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Was planning to attend the Donington Historic event this weekend but
with so many things to be done at the moment and my boss flying back
from Japan on Wednesday, decided to work on the eng through the
Bank holiday weekend.
Sad......




Regardless of whether you have NA1 or NA2 engine, it is always ...

Tags: cam disc, cam end disc, cam holder, cam holder plate, cam shaft, crk/cyl sensor, cyl/crk sensor, exh mani gasket, exh manifold

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Kept the oil heater on inside the garage due to cold and wet weather
forecasted as well as in order to stabilize the digital torque wrench.




Cleaned the back side of the TB cover plate and replaced all six seals.



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Tags: cam cap, cam disc, cam seal, red sealant, tb back cover, tb back plate

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TB/WP/Valve Service

New CRK/CYL sensor installed and carefully torqued the fixing bolts.






All four cam shafts ...

Tags: cam disc, cam holder, cam seal, cam shaft, crk/cyl sensor, cyl/crk sensor, tb cover, tb cover plate, tb mid cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Wow, what a mess around the rear bank cam shaft seal disc.




Proof of the old original WP design from the factory.
You can no longer get this design for the WP as well as for the
TB lower cover. ...

Tags: cam disc, cam disc seal, cam seal disc, eng removal, engine removal, oil cooler, tb lower cover, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA