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  1. Dishwasher

    by , 29-08-2012 at 10:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Installed the TB and checked and checked and checked like 10 times that
    the valve timing is 100% correct.
    After that, carefully tensioned the TB to the spec and installed the lower TB cover.


    When I just started the 4Hr marathon valve clearance adjustment session,
    my boss told me that something is not right with our
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  2. Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA 11

    by , 28-08-2012 at 10:28 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    Despite the poor oil maintenance by the previous owners and
    human errors by the previous services, the condition of
    the camshafts were surprisingly very good.

    There was no noticeable marking on any of the cam robes and
    just tiny marking on some of the journal area.




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    Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:03 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

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    Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA
  3. Audio Head Unit 02

    by , 28-08-2012 at 10:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    Time to test the repaired head unit.
    Used two Bose AMPs and the real Bose speakers from NSX for the testing.

    Managed to find ancient cassette tape and played it for a while to
    check the tape deck features.

    Then, made simple ANT to check the radio features.

    As I didn’t have spare iPod adaptor,
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    Audio
  4. Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA 10

    by , 27-08-2012 at 10:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    New design LMA installed in the pocket.





    New O-ring under the #1 cam holder.










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    Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:02 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

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    Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA
  5. Audio Head Unit 01

    by , 26-08-2012 at 10:40 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    While carrying out the Engine Refresh,
    spent some time on the Audio head unit for another owner.

    Several years ago, he noticed intermittent cracking noise from
    all speakers and at that time, someone disconnected one of
    the Bose AMP and that seemed to fix the issue.

    However, the issue came back later and the
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    Audio