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  1. Crank Pulley

    by , 30-04-2012 at 10:25 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)
    Started to work on another NSX from this week.
    It’s quite close to the final production year model so I hope everything goes smoothly....

    The main service menu is to refurbish the drive shafts, replace the crank pulley, TH butterfly cleaning, etc.

    Due to the recent strange weather, it was too wet and windy so not much point in carrying out the pre-service test driving session.
    Decided to start the service immediately.


    I was hoping to wash at least ...
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    Engine/Tyre
  2. Advan Neova AD-08

    by , 30-04-2012 at 10:11 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)




    After installing this on all four corners, I covered over 8,000miles and the rears are about 1mm to go before starting to hit the wear limit.

    As my chassis setup is quite different and while I don’t accelerate hard (WOT in lower gears), I do use really hard braking so my comment may not be the same for your setup and driving condition.

    For OEM wheels, even with the today’s latest technology, I still felt the OEM NSX specific tyres suited
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  3. Frame Repair

    by , 28-04-2012 at 12:39 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)



    In the past, I showed the example of chassis frame repairing work and recently, several NSX in Japan went through the similar services.
    You can find the past example here; http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/entry.php?40-NSX-Repair-01



    (All of the photos in this post are from Mr Toyoizumi at KSP Engineering in Japan.)


    The following examples are carried out under the insurance work so the owners were very fortunate to be covered with
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  4. Final Touch

    by , 27-04-2012 at 10:12 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)




    Collected the air cleaner element from my local Honda dealer.

    The owner bought this NSX recently with lots of service histories from the main dealers and it was even serviced within the last 6 months…..

    Yet the air cleaner was in this state.....

    After test driving more than 60 NSX based in UK and looking at the
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  5. Cooling Sys 05

    by , 26-04-2012 at 10:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background)





    Parts from Japan arrived.
    This is how the inside of heater core pipe and the bleeder plug should look like even after many years……





    Vacuum leak check.
    Left the system for about
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    Updated 27-04-2012 at 01:13 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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    Cooling