View RSS Feed

All Blog Entries

  1. Health Check 01

    by , 11-06-2012 at 10:47 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Started to work on another NSX from this week.

    The owner bought this NSX recently and although there were lots of documents and stamps related to the previous services, the owner wanted to have the car checked through my Health Check service despite the car was at super low mileage and fairly late model.


    By this approach, we can start working on the common service items while waiting for the parts delivery if I find anything needs to be done
    ...
  2. Goodridge Custom Made Brake Line – Black version

    by , 10-06-2012 at 11:45 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Last year, I introduced the Goodridge custom made brake line for our NSX with OEM calliper/suspension setup as seen in this Blog Goodridge Custom Made Brake Line .


    The original one had the clear finish so that we can see-through the braided stainless mesh.








    One owner wanted ...

    Updated 10-06-2012 at 11:48 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

    Tags: goodridge Add / Edit Tags
    Categories
    Brake , Parts
  3. Final Touch

    by , 08-06-2012 at 10:49 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    It stopped raining for a while so decided to quickly wash the car although I haven’t finished working on the exhaust crack.


    It was Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and I was not sure whether it was fine using my standard procedure of using the garden blower to dry the car or not so in order to keep the noise to the minimum, just a quick dry was done.

    I don’t like touching the paint work of other owner’s NSX especially the later UK models
    ...
  4. Eng Refresh Stage 1 - 22

    by , 04-06-2012 at 10:19 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    The weather was kind to me and much better than yesterday so went out for the test driving session.

    Apart from the buzzing sound from the leaked exhaust and minor noise from the tired and old A/C idle pulley bearing, happy with the result and even the engine response felt better but probably it was just my ears….


    The rear brake callipers need overhaul in the near future and although it just passed the MOT, I felt like
    ...

    Updated 05-06-2012 at 03:40 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

    Categories
    TB/WP/Valve Service
  5. Eng Refresh Stage 1 - 21

    by , 03-06-2012 at 10:58 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)








    Dressed the engine bay.
    Looks nice especially after painting the valve covers.




    ...

    Updated 03-06-2012 at 11:20 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

    Categories
    TB/WP/Valve Service