Cambo's '91 Formula Red Refresh Build from Oz

[Cambo]

Thanks all! Ball joints didn't have any play at all so replacement wasn't really necessary yet

Late last week I finished rebuilding my steering rack. The rack itself was still quite good so I just cleaned out the old grease and applied some new grease, replaced rack ends and tie rod ends and of course the dust boots.

Reinstalled yesterday with new ScienceofSpeed poly rack bushings.

The car steers and drives!

Refreshed my shifter mechanism with new bushings which had a small amount of play.

Windscreen should be going in this week sometime! Starting to feel like things are coming together.

 

[Cambo]

Some panels started going on tonight

Not all adjusted yet so don't pick me too much about the gaps Still, I'm excited.

 

[Madhatter10-6]

what an awesome project sir!

 

[Cambo]

One of the smaller details I had to address was the black area on the rear quarter panel where it meets the engine hatch. We didn't paint this part at the time as it would have been a very fiddly masking job and risked causing imperfections in the finished product. So I decided to get it vinyl wrapped in gloss black.

Vinyl applied.

Rear quarter reinstalled

Very happy with the results.

Spent some time on alignment of the passenger door to the rear quarter and got it in place with the B pillar cover and side duct installed. Super happy with the panel fitment!

Oh and how could I forget - reassembled the mirrors! So happy with the results of the CF work done!

 

[JoseJA1979]

awesome...

 

[scammy]

Did the shifter bushings improve the play very much?

 

[nikey22]

Did you get the "steering knock"-bushing from that guy in Australia for the passenger side part of the rack?

 

[Cambo]

awesome...

Thanks Jose!

Did the shifter bushings improve the play very much?

Yeah they took out some of the free play that was there so it does feel nicer indeed

Did you get the "steering knock"-bushing from that guy in Australia for the passenger side part of the rack?

I didn't - My rack didn't exhibit any of the worn housing symptom at all. My rack has some wear on the rack teeth itself so I will probably replace it completely in future.

 

[Supercar]

You sonofa..... Haha. Great job man. This is how a refresh job should be done!!!

 

[Cambo]

You sonofa..... Haha. Great job man. This is how a refresh job should be done!!!

Thank you

I think the NSX is a very special car that deserves the opportunity to be made like new again. Hopefully I can go close to achieving that goal.


Here's the latest. Got both doors on now and aligned with the rear quarter panels & front fenders. Also got the bootlid / spoiler installed.

Put the passenger sideskirt on, but broke a clip in the process so I've ordered a bunch of new clips before I do the other side.











This is the bootlid & engine vent behind the hatch glass.















Tail lights in!





Wiring hardness secured including retrofit ABS harness, fuse & relay boxes mounted, radiator installed.





Honda must think opening the Passenger door is funny?

 

[SarcasticaLy]

Lol, man, what a thread. This is amazing. Great work! Cambo......are you....Cambodian??

 

[Cambo]

Lol, man, what a thread. This is amazing. Great work! Cambo......are you....Cambodian??

Haha thanks Nope I'm Australian, it's just a nickname. My name is Cameron

 

[Jhillen86]

Cant wait to see more of this build, such high quality and inspiring!

 

[Cambo]

Cant wait to see more of this build, such high quality and inspiring!

Thanks Glad you're enjoying it!!

So through the week I got the windscreen installed!

Installing genuine Honda windscreen dam (spaces the screen off the body correctly).

Urethane goop being applied...

Done!

Installed cowl trim and lower windscreen trim piece. New OEM clips used.

Installed bonnet today...

That's it for this week.

 

[scammy]

Wow mate, this realy is a nice rebuild

 

[Cambo]

Wow mate, this realy is a nice rebuild

Thanks scammy Glad you like it! I am enjoying the process and learning a lot along the way.


So I finally got the rear bumper assembled and on the car.

All new genuine fasteners used. The rubber washers fell apart when removing the old ones so I could have just got those separately but anyhow.

Cleaned up the alloy bracketry that holds the upper and lower parts together.

Glued the number plate surround to the bumper cover as these commonly 'sag' and I didn't want that! Yes I'm using the spare bedroom to assemble car parts... lol

Installed!

Fitment check. Looks good.

Found some nice OEM bolts for the strut brace.

Bosch Aero wipers arrived and installed.

Next mission... front bumper!

 

[Jhillen86]

Hell yeah, almost done! Such a good job

 

[NZNick]

Hey Cambo - nice work fella!

Could you give me the Bosch order numbers for those wiper parts - I had a look on http://au.bosch-automotive-shop.com/ but couldn't find them for the NSX.

Also I noticed a Bosch battery - for the future, what is the Bosch part number on yours?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MexiRicer]

Wow so much attention to detail. I love how you are checking for perfect panel fitment. Keep up the awesome work!!

 

[solidol]

Do it right or don't do it at all - great restoration.

 

[whrdnsx]

Looking Good Cam

What Radiator is that?

 

[white98sh]

Great job, thanks for sharing. The bare aluminum looks almost too nice to cover with paint. I wonder if anyone's ever considered the Delorean look on an NSX?!

 

[Cambo]

Sorry it's been so long since an update guys..!

Just been so busy lately.

I got new fender liners from and installed them all. The Yahoo Japan seller must be rather OCD as he supplies not one but TWO sets of gloves with each part.

All new OEM clips included.

Got the AC receiver drier and lines mounted up correctly and just need to finish tidying up the other one of the condensors to reinstall them.

Gave the car a sneaky wash to see the paint in daylight.. makes me so happy!

Front bumper is completely assembled ready to go including new fasteners throughout. The lower lip has 13 speed nuts alone!

Headlights installed and aligned with panels :

Reunited with the DC2R which was at a friends place while I repaired another friends failed headgasket in a Prelude...

Blower fan refresh :-

The blower fan for the air conditioning had 24 years of accumulated dust and filth and needed cleaning. I decided to just completely dismantle it and thoroughly refurbish it.

Before pics:

This is the door that controls fresh / recirc air. It was filthy of course and the seals were perished so fresh air could sneak past when on recirc mode.

Progress pics and final result...

Testing the recirc flap seal against the housing...

Applied new seals for the blower to seal against the firewall and to the cowl.

Much cleaner!

 

[NSXGB]

Nice work! Now would be a good time to install a filter to the body for the air box intake, underneath the cowl, to stop all that muck getting back in there.

 

[Cambo]

Nice work! Now would be a good time to install a filter to the body for the air box intake, underneath the cowl, to stop all that muck getting back in there.

Absolutely will be doing that!

Cheers!