Britludes NSX story

[britlude]

September 2008 with the new headers on, and declared to the insurance that it had non standard exhaust, I had a play with the rest of the exhaust system! Well, it would be rude not to! as I mentioned earlier, the original box was showing some stress one end…. This was replaced with a custom system I knocked up over a weekend! I initially made with steel boxes, just to prove the concept, and later replaced with stainless boxes once I found some for a reasonable price in the ’muffled’ , rather than ‘chambered’, variety
Boxes mocked up
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basically 2 separate systems
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that interlink
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Here’s the full thread…. http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...my-new-exhaust

to be continued........... once i write up the next bit!..........

[Senninha]

Excellent thread Jonathan ...

I didn't appreciate quite how much you've already done

Looking forward to the next updates ...

regards, Paul

[britlude]

neither did i! And another 4 years to go

[AR]

Great write up. Is amazing the amount of work that one can put into a car just sorting bits out.

[paulc]

You are a bloody genius, amazing!!!

[britlude]

the ongoing saga…….

After the excitement of the new exhausts, and subsequent change in tailpipes (2 simple slashcut round tips this time, instead of the 2 ‘halfords special’ twin tips) it was down to enjoying the car and doing the routine stuff….

90000 oil change (yawn!)

91000 HID head lights and sidelights! As part of a DTA special offer (and as Christmas present) I received a Hid kit, 6000k (blue/white colour) with matching side light leds. Fitted without too much issue, and the evenings were now bright and clear! No separate thread as it was quite boring!

5/1/09 sorted petrol flap spring… the petrol flap stopped springing out like it should, almost getting to the stage where a 2 person manoeuvre would be needed to open it, so the spring was refreshed! Well, replaced with a bit of spring steel, fashioned to be a little bit more robust!

15/2/09 ABS fluid change… the abs pump decided it wanted to run a bit more often than usual, so a quick fluid change was done, to give it a bit of a refresh, hoping it would sort it out….





… it didn’t!!!!

20/2/09 ABS pump service… the pump and abs system was given a flush, and the solenoids exercised, cycled a few times to clear any debris in the solenoids
(very short thread on the matter http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...nge&highlight= )

april 2009, 930800, refurbish wheels and new tyres… the problem with chromed aluminium wheels, and that’s ALL chromed aluminium wheels, is that chrome doesn’t really like aluminium! And that’s what had happened to mine! The rims were first copper plated, then the chroming process added on the top of that, unfortunately the corrosion had set in between the aluminium and copper layers, so it all had to come off!
After a lot of searching, a firm was found that could chemically strip the copper, and once the rims were clean, they were polished, and anodised. A far more durable finish. Curiously, by then Evox had dropped the chrome plating from their range, adding instead the anodised finish on their new wheels. shame they hadn’t done it sooner!

While the wheels were all stripped to their component parts, the centres were also repainted, in a dark grey metallic, paint code ‘dark grey metallic that looks nice’ … and all done just in time for Japfest

then i decided 'It’s the summer', so I had a rest!




(that post looks quite dull, i'll add some pics to the next one, jazz it up a bit )

... see even that smiley helps!

really, there is some fun stuff coming up.....

[britlude]

Aug 09… the double din dash mod! Now it’s always been a source of irritation that, although there’s a CD changer in the boot, there’s a cassette player in the dash.

Now I know mine is a early car, so it is forgivable, but to still have it fitted on later ones is just odd! What that means is there’s no factory ‘steal it out of a later car upgrade’ option, so more radical solutions are needed!

My basic requirements were no motorised screen (not sure why, just didn’t want one!) a cd player, and GPS! I had a 7” screen thing in the hotrod, and wanted the GPS as the radio/CD screens are sooo boring!

Anyway, I found a unit that fitted the bill and chopped things up until they all fitted! (ok maybe a little more careful than just attacking it with a chainsaw!)

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Anyway the upshot is NOOOO cassette ! hurrah! Ironically, as the unit has a SD card slot, I’ve not even used the CD player part!!!
Image1247640x480 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

Here’s the full lowdown! http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...nit&highlight=


...see told you i'd jazz it up a bit