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  1. TB/WP/Valve 09

    by , 18-06-2011 at 11:45 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    While leaving the cooling system under vacuum, started to remove the camshaft.




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    Looks like these cam holders were never washed in the past.


    Most of the grooves for the oil jet were covered in black sticky residue.


    Needs really good wash up…


    Even under this condition, all of the oil jets were not blocked.


    Another very ...
  2. TB/WP/Valve 08

    by , 18-06-2011 at 11:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



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    New WP, new bolts with the red sealant and the original dowel pins.


    In the process of cleaning the old red sealant from the 9 bolt holes and oil at one hole.



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    After carefully resurfacing the mating cyl block, installed the new WP.



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    Time to carry out the ...
  3. Parts Price

    by , 18-06-2011 at 10:47 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Honda Parts in Japan has announced that they are going to increase the price from 1/Jul.


    They used to update the price in Spring and Autumn but for this year, they increased the price in January and now July so it seems to be every 6 months.


    As long as you place the order within June, the existing price will be used even if the parts didn’t arrive until after 1/Jul.


    I don’t have any information ...
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  4. TB/WP/Valve 07

    by , 17-06-2011 at 11:29 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



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    The 20 years old WP.


    It was not seized yet but the bearing was tired and not smooth.



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    It is normal to see trace of seepage but with this old design, the leaked coolant was actually landing inside the TB cover which is not good.


    Later, Honda modified the design of WP and TB lower cover for this very reason.



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  5. TB/WP/Valve 06

    by , 17-06-2011 at 11:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


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    It was also noticed on the WP as well as on the TB tensioner.



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    The colour and the material looked to be the same one as the melted potting from the CRK/CYL sensor which is normal on all of NSX but can’t remember seeing so much debris on the cam pulleys.


    WP and tensioner will be replaced with the new one and will try to clean the cam ...