Preludeking's 1995 NSX-R styled conversion -www.teknotik.com CANADA

Hi, I'm new to the form, and wish to own a NSX someday too (love the out come of your build). I have been reading a lot of build on this form, and was wonder how come the NSX-R don't look like the attach pic? Don't get me wrong your NSX is beautiful, and I would pay top $$ for it. Every build I see got the paint, the black top, the rims & the wing, even the back hatch, but the front & the back bumper don't really match. Is it because they don't make after market fro it.
Just wondering BTW keep up the good work.

That is the NSX-R GT not the NSX-R


This is a NSX-R

so nobody try to do a GT version.

^ yes there are three GT replicas in the US i believe? one white the other red and the newest one black.

And one for all the Type R lovers..... Canada's Fastest FWD Time attack car!

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PreludeKing Are you going to add the Type R diffuser?

Nukem said:

PreludeKing Are you going to add the Type R diffuser?

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Yup next up from Downforce!

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Love the car.

Love it!

excellet photos !!!

To me, nothing is more satisfying than taking and old car (or house) and bringing it back to its full glory (in your case beyond its original full glory). I love these threads....

Excellent work.

This was a fantastic read.
Amazing job Eric.
+1 for the black canope.

Lucas

Amazing transformation.

Any plans for this summer?

Awesome !

Here goes the updates to Round 2 of the rebuild....

As you can see from this thread the car was previously Red. When i had the car painted I had the whole chassis painted without the body panels but didn't tear down the engine or front bay. I wanted to do a major engine cleanup and overhaul/maintenance but it was to much to stomach doing that all in one shot, so i took some time this year to go back to where i left off and work towards completing the car and the type R style conversion.

The body shop had painted some sections of the bay white, but there was still some red exposed, so on we went to strop the entire front bay down and remove every component to paint it properly.

I wanted to take this chance to do everything necessary and everything that could possibly present an issue in the future. Some of these things didn't really need doing ( replacing parts that were not broken), but i wanted to do this once...and do it the best i could.









Certain this bay has seen better days. Extremely dirty



Another shot of the bay we were starting with


This car started with a Brown interior. I had converted most of it last year but there will still a few pieces left to do. The rear interior was removed again to pull the engine harness through.



On with the cover and to work we go...






All stock under here. Cant wait to replace this all with the Pride Exhaust components i have been saving.



The engine bay teardown begins










Out it goes....



And off the subframe



Stripped the engine harness off to clean all the plugs and reloom the whole harness.



Dispite the outside of the engine, the inside is very clean of this JDM C30A.



Basic maintenance for good measure







The dirty transmission getting ready to be cleaned







Transmission all cleaned, clutch done and ready to go back on




New axle seals


Removed the intake manifold to replace all gaskets and cleaning




Getting ready to clean all that aluminum back to original look





All cleaned up, pre hoses replacment



Getting ready to sandblast and repaint the alternator bracket



Hand cleaned the rear subframe





Washed/ and or replaced all the old plastic covers



New Coils packs for the front and rear banks and TYpe R style red valve covers with new gaskets



Reloomed engine harness back on




Rebuild the alternator and starter for good measure.



Ready to go back in



Sorry these pics are a little out of order.... Engine going back in after the bay has been painted (pics to follow)









Oil pan had a dent, so got a new one and installed an oil pan baffle and new pan gasket.








Downforce Carbon instal installed in replace of the stock airbox



JDM Coolant res cover installed




Rebuilt axles ready to go in to avoid any future issues.

WOW erik!

Here is some of the paint process and stripping down the engine bay



Sooooo filthy.....



Stripping everything out of the bay



Sanding the bay down



Scuffed and sanded











Ready to be painted



Primer coat on






First coat of black











Start to reassemble the bay



Sanded and repainted the rear cross member













Getting the front bay prepared




Getting ready to be sprayed



First coat of primer



The front bay all primed and getting ready for paint








The first coat of back (mimic the type r prototype)







re assembly of the front bay



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New bearings in the intermediate shaft and seals









Replaced all the steering back bushings



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All set to install Pride Exhaust Headers, test pipes and V2 Exhaust



Pride Exhaust NSX Header Set










Pride V2 Dual Tip Exhaust




Test pipes installed with Resonators



Exhaust installed ( not aligned yet)






Stay Tuned for Part 3 as the car is now off the MS Auto Body Shop for some work.....


Coles notes of what just happened:


BEFORE:



AFTER:

WOW!!!
Well Done!!

wowwwww, thats done right!!

How did you clean the engine/transmission parts?

Looks awesome!

Amazing!

B2FiNiTY said:

wowwwww, thats done right!!

How did you clean the engine/transmission parts?

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A a wide selection of soft/stiff brushes, simple green/ worth cleaners



Here you can see the subframe half done.... very time consuming















Every part that come off, was hand cleaned or replaced before it was put back on.



subframe after cleaning



Engine before and after



beauty is in the details as they say....



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Here was my "replace/repair" list for anyone thinking of doing a freshen up...

Awesome work and behind the scenes that must have taken some time to do. I feel the same on removed parts have to be re-installed after immense amount of cleaning regardless if you see it or not.

I agree, devil is in the details. It's always worth it to go that extra step. I've wasted tons of hours doing the same thing as shown above. But in the end, all of it shows. Maybe not to everyone but at least I know it's done.