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  1. A/C Evaporator 01

    by , 20-07-2011 at 11:17 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


    Time to wash the A/C evaporator.




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    When I first looked at the evaporator on this NSX, it looked not too bad for the age and the mileage of the car.


    Any way, nothing new or special so wore the protective gear and gave the shot of air gun as usual.


    Bad idea….


    There were 100’s of small pieces of leaves left at the bottom of the evaporator container. ...
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    Heater, A/C
  2. Slowly... 02

    by , 20-07-2011 at 12:42 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)








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    Took out the Front camber adjuster bolts to apply silicone grease before visiting the alignment platform.




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    Unfortunately, both R & L Caster adjuster were seized so we’ll see how it goes during the alignment session.





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    During the ...
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    Steering , Suspension , Alignment , Body
  3. Slowly... 01

    by , 20-07-2011 at 12:35 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Slowly recovering from the flu like symptom so decided to focus on the easy bits before moving onto the interior noise issue that will be a big task.




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    Painted the ‘NSX’ logo on the brake calliper in Very High Temperature (VHT) spec silver paint.


    Not easy to show the true colour with the digital camera and the effect of the flash.


    In this photo, it looks like
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  4. Is stiffer better? - 02

    by , 17-07-2011 at 12:03 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    Back to the original story.



    After repeated back to back test of parts combination, the only thing remained on this NSX was the Type-S rear anti-roll bar for me.


    (Depending on the country spec and year model, your NSX may already have this thicker anti-roll bar from the factory.)


    Again, this is just my test result and as all we know, one setup doesn't cover everyone's target
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  5. Is stiffer better? - 01

    by , 17-07-2011 at 12:02 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    On several occasions, I was asked about the chassis stiffness between different NSX models and also about some of the well known modification to ‘stiffen up’ the chassis that ‘seems’ to sharpen the handling.


    Followings are my personal view based on some test sessions carried out under several different conditions/timings at the twisty mountain road, a certain circuit and normal A-road in Japan.


    There are lots of ...