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  1. TB/WP/Valve 12

    by , 21-06-2011 at 11:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Finally, the engine cleaning process is almost done.


    Not much photos for the day as my hands were covered in chemical, old engine oil and so on that I didn’t want to touch my camera.



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    Cleaned the front and rear cyl head as much as possible before the re-assembly process to create oil free surface.




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  2. TB/WP/Valve 11

    by , 20-06-2011 at 10:40 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




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    So, something looked like this is now cleaned to this level and valve cover gaskets as well as the spark plug seals are replaced with the new ones.




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    Installed the new gasket on the new TB Lower cover.
    And one of the most important gaskets replaced on the IGN coil covers.





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  3. TB/WP/Valve 10

    by , 20-06-2011 at 10:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Yes, you guessed it right…
    I’m still cleaning the engine components even after spending hours on them.



    And I haven’t even started the cleaning process on the cyl head side….



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    In the process of cleaning the cam holders and plates.

    Once they are washed and residue of old liquid gasket removed, each oil jets will be inspected to make sure nothing is blocking ...
  4. TB/WP/Valve 09

    by , 18-06-2011 at 11:45 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    While leaving the cooling system under vacuum, started to remove the camshaft.




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    Looks like these cam holders were never washed in the past.


    Most of the grooves for the oil jet were covered in black sticky residue.


    Needs really good wash up…


    Even under this condition, all of the oil jets were not blocked.


    Another very ...
  5. TB/WP/Valve 08

    by , 18-06-2011 at 11:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



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    New WP, new bolts with the red sealant and the original dowel pins.


    In the process of cleaning the old red sealant from the 9 bolt holes and oil at one hole.



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    After carefully resurfacing the mating cyl block, installed the new WP.



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    Time to carry out the ...