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  1. Please check your carpet

    by , 09-08-2011 at 11:39 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    If you are using some sort of extra carpet or material on the floor, please check it very carefully.





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    Unlike the properly designed ones, this one didn’t have any fixing point and thus, sitting under the TH pedal.

    On inspection, it was not allowing the TH butterfly to fully open.


    Depending on the position of the carpet, it could even keep the ...
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  2. Seat Leather

    by , 09-08-2011 at 11:38 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





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    The owner had the seat leather treated in the past but looking at the condition, it didn’t look nice.


    Some sort of sticky material was covering the area to hide the issue.


    The owner asked me to apply liquid leather but without removing the sticky bits and inspecting the real condition, it will just hide the issue so recommended the owner to first look at the current status. ...
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  3. Main Relay 02

    by , 09-08-2011 at 11:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




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    The biggest surprise was the poor crimping work carried out by someone in the past.


    It tapped into the wire from the Main Relay connector and attached fuse block.


    The fuse block was positioned in a very strange way that it looked as if it was trying to hold the wire in place.


    Now I understood why.


    The crimping was so poor that both wires ...
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  4. Main Relay 01

    by , 09-08-2011 at 11:35 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Started to work on another NSX.


    Once again, it’s the Silver NSX. Somehow it is believed to be the fastest colour but couldn’t feel the difference….

    There were lots of aftermarket parts installed on this one so I knew it will be a time consuming tasks even for a simple job but here we go….




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    The owner already told me that ...
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  5. Exhaust Photo 02

    by , 09-08-2011 at 09:06 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)












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    Took photos for the request from the owner.

    NA1, 2002, Rear bank.


    Kaz

    Updated 09-08-2011 at 09:08 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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