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  1. Eng Refresh, Health Check, etc 15

    by , 06-12-2014 at 02:11 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)











    Finally, happy with the cyl head cleaning.

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    Updated 06-12-2014 at 02:16 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (typo and probably still there)

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    TB/WP/Valve Service
  2. Eng Refresh, Health Check, etc 10

    by , 28-11-2014 at 01:28 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    Mixed feeling about the engine oil maintenance......

    At one point, I think this NSX was used for frequent short distance journey and possibly the engine oil was not replaced regularly. The build up of gunk from the blowby was serious behind the valve covers.
    I'll need to soak it in the cleaning solution
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  3. Eng Refresh 25

    by , 08-05-2014 at 01:14 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)







    3rd round of valve clearance adjustment done.
    Finally, the engine is ready to be closed.



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  4. Eng Refresh 16

    by , 01-05-2014 at 11:53 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    After leaving the head bolts over night, carried out the final torque check and
    as expected, a few of them moved just a few deg.






    While installing both heads, I was in the middle of cleaning the
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  5. Eng Refresh 17

    by , 06-03-2014 at 02:40 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    [Edit:] Message to the owner
    Forgot to mention this in the previous post.

    Despite having the later spec LMA, to my finger, the one at
    the Inlet side of the #4 cyl felt tiny bit weaker than others.
    It is possible that it's just my imagination as I didn't measure
    the spring rate and just felt with my finger.
    Nothing to concern and won't cause noise issue probably even
    after the next TB service.

    It's the same on any
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