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  1. Parts Price

    by , 18-06-2011 at 10:47 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Honda Parts in Japan has announced that they are going to increase the price from 1/Jul.


    They used to update the price in Spring and Autumn but for this year, they increased the price in January and now July so it seems to be every 6 months.


    As long as you place the order within June, the existing price will be used even if the parts didn’t arrive until after 1/Jul.


    I don’t have any information ...
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  2. TB/WP/Valve 07

    by , 17-06-2011 at 11:29 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



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    The 20 years old WP.


    It was not seized yet but the bearing was tired and not smooth.



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    It is normal to see trace of seepage but with this old design, the leaked coolant was actually landing inside the TB cover which is not good.


    Later, Honda modified the design of WP and TB lower cover for this very reason.



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  3. TB/WP/Valve 06

    by , 17-06-2011 at 11:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


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    It was also noticed on the WP as well as on the TB tensioner.



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    The colour and the material looked to be the same one as the melted potting from the CRK/CYL sensor which is normal on all of NSX but can’t remember seeing so much debris on the cam pulleys.


    WP and tensioner will be replaced with the new one and will try to clean the cam ...
  4. TB/WP/Valve 05

    by , 17-06-2011 at 11:25 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




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    Despite the dirty valve covers, the internal engine components such as camshaft holders, holder plates, etc were reasonably clean that is very good news.


    Backed off all of the valve adjusters and removed the TB.



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    Unfortunately, all four camshaft pulleys showed some sort of black residue on the ...
  5. TB/WP/Valve 04

    by , 17-06-2011 at 11:23 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)
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    While removing the Eng oil cooler, noticed that one of the two coolant hoses was already deformed and fattening.


    Sooner or later, it would have busted so glad that we decided to replace all of the coolant hoses this time.

    As seen on other NSX, upper two bolts on the oil cooler didn’t have enough sealant.

    Looks like it was not reapplied during the last TB service.
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    Updated 18-06-2011 at 02:19 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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