View RSS Feed

All Blog Entries

  1. Eng Refresh, Health Check, etc 18

    by , 11-12-2014 at 12:42 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)









    No eyesore excessive liquid gasket usage, please.
    The area should be clean and shiny.

    New crank seal installed.



    ...
  2. Eng Refresh, Health Check, etc 17

    by , 11-12-2014 at 12:33 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)










    Forgot to post the photo of cam shaft.
    As reported earlier, no abnormal scratch and just the coating wear.


    Considering the mileage, quite normal and being driven regularly with long distance journey helped a lot in keeping good condition inside the engine.



    ...
  3. Eng Refresh, Health Check, etc 13

    by , 01-12-2014 at 04:42 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)

    I now know why the valve covers were so dirty yet the internal engine parts were so much cleaner.

    Apparently, the previous owner used to drive long distance regularly so the annual mileage was high but only changed the eng oil like once a year. So, just circulated ...
  4. Eng Refresh 08

    by , 21-02-2014 at 10:36 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Before backing off the valve clearance adjuster,
    I always check the current clearance.

    On this engine, I was quite surprised to see imbalance of
    compression data between the cyl on such low mileage and
    late model NSX so decided to measure the existing clearance
    even more carefully.

    #1 IN: 0.19mm, 0.19mm just at the limit
    #1 EXH: 0.21mm, 0.21mm just at the limit

    #2 IN: 0.16mm, below 0.15mm too tight
    ...
  5. Eng Refresh 07

    by , 21-02-2014 at 01:20 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Started opening the engine.




    As expected, very clean TB back plate with no melted potting from
    the CYL/CRK sensor.




    Even at this low mileage and very late model, still the TB tension
    ...
Page 7 of 9 FirstFirst ... 56789 LastLast