Britludes NSX story

I managed to sneak a place at ‘supercar siege’ car show, so, whilst giving the car a once-over, I decided I was fed up with the green tinge to the top of the headlight hardware, the bit just under the bonnet/headlamp panel gap. Where the car lives outside, bits that can have water standing on them can get a hint of green.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/...0414627c_o.jpg2013-05-17-2712 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

Now I did consider some sort of micro organic production facility, but decided a clean up and paint would be easier, so, for the show, the offending parts were coloured in!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4322/...3f7e4362_o.jpg2013-05-17-2720 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

while the paint pot was out, I splashed a little on the ABS wiring bracket…
before…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4305/...01b0ab61_o.jpg2013-05-17-2718 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

after (obviously!)…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4293/...b04b521c_o.jpg2013-05-17-2721 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

And the radiator supports given a quick tart-up! I’d already polished the edges and bright zinc plated them ages ago, but it was starting to show it’s age!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4304/...c4aebcfe_o.jpg2013-05-17-2715 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

So a quick buff up, and quick slop of black!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...324ce4bc_o.jpg2013-05-17-2716 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

post show (it was quite good! We should pencil in a club stand for 2014! https://www.facebook.com/Supercarsiege ) i finished the headlights, removing the covers and lights, to paint the steel frames
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...dcbd3aa0_o.jpg2013-05-20-2798 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/...f6638529_o.jpg2013-05-20-2799 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

see, said I’d been playing since Japfest!!!


then I finally decided to find a solution to something that’s always bugged me about the car….. to be continued ……!

Are the headlights frames steel or alu?

very definitely steel! ali doesn't rust!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by britlude

... post show (it was quite good! We should pencil in a club stand for 2014! https://www.facebook.com/Supercarsiege ) ...

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Make it so Jonathan ... its either this or you are nominated for Japfest 2014 ...

Is Supercarsiege always at the same venue?

regards, Paul

So, apart from the annual new rear tyres, I’ve had a play at an irritating bit of the engine bay to me. Everything in the engine bay is painted/ powder-coated to keep it clean and pretty, except the alternator! So I decided to do something about it… so choices are… clean to aluminium, polish, paint, or something else!


… of course I went to for the ‘something else’ option. Well, I did try the clean to aluminium first, but to do it properly the alternator would need to be stripped as I wasn’t keen on using strong aluminium cleaner with the coils/contacts/electronics still inside! Painting would have been an option but I would have wanted to remove any corrosion first… see above!


I’ve decided to move the alternator to under the engine, driven off a drive shaft. No, not really!!! Here’s what I tried…..


The engine bay as we all know it….
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4297/...eb9107ab_o.jpg2013-05-21-2812 by jon sutherland, on Flickr


the alternator standing out like a dull grey blob amongst a sea of painted bits!


Stage 1… see if I can make a cover that can fit, be easily mountable and do what I want without adverse effects..


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4312/...a1a6e678_o.jpg2013-05-20-2803 by jon sutherland, on Flickr


https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4325/...c65fba6d_o.jpg2013-05-20-2804 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

note the random chrome ratchet accessorisation....

With the basic form sorted, it was a case of now making it look good, with a bit of a ‘return’ to the edges and some slots to mimic those in the injector covers. Obviously the slots would have been a whole lot easier if I’d cut them when the aluminium was flat!!!... anyway, that’s the point of a prototype!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/...ea0a26ac_o.jpg2013-05-20-2805 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/...122c11b3_o.jpg2013-05-21-2806 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4294/...3576b75a_o.jpg2013-05-21-2807 by jon sutherland, on Flickr


the slots were a pain to get neat by hand!

then a bit of primer and paint…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/...65ee1373_o.jpg2013-05-21-2809 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...c6d4db8f_o.jpg2013-05-21-2810 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4318/...821df5e8_o.jpg2013-05-21-2811 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

making sure to get a fabulously poor paint finish to mimic the finish on the surrounding black parts

then it was a case of fitting it on…

before..
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4297/...eb9107ab_o.jpg2013-05-21-2812 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

after…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4328/...19cb4b68_o.jpg2013-05-21-2813 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

and a couple of others…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...11a6e0a8_o.jpg2013-05-21-2815 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4310/...b484007e_o.jpg2013-05-21-2814 by jon sutherland, on Flickr2013-05-21-2816 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

And finally coloured in the mounting bolts… none of the others on the engine are as bright and shiny!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/...c65250b0_o.jpg2013-05-21-2816 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

all done!




hmmm... might tie the cover into the pulley cover bracket.......
...just to close up the end a little more.....
...maybe a couple of other tweaks....

well it is a prototype :)