Hi guys
the latest stage in making my NSX more unsuitable for the road is the removal of the a/c condensers & fans and front foglights and the redesignation of the vacated spaces as brake duct housings.
I photgraphed the work as I did it this morning - took me 3 hours from start to finish.
here's the lovely c/f brake ducting for both sides
here's some closer views of the ducting for each side
here's the o/s side ducting arranged (almost) in the configuration it will have when installed - 2 views
so, onto the job of installation....
step 1 - get the car up on the lift
step 2 - remove front wheels
step 3 - remove the vented sections at the front of the inner wheel arch liners - here they are removed
step 4 - unscrew and pull back the front section of the inner wing liner - here's a relevant pic from the offside
step 5 - then you need to unbolt the bracket holding the condenser & fan in place - there's 3 bolts, 2 at the top as shown below in a pic from the offside, and another one at the bottom which I forgot to photograph
now the whole unit is only connected by one electrical connector and 2 refrigerant pipes - see the below pic of the nearside unit
step 6 - unclip the electric fan connector as shown in the below pic of the nearside unit
step 6 - disconnect the refrigerant hoses from the condenser units - see below both nearside and offside connections - strangely they are different sizes from one side to the other
step 7 - now you can remove the whole condenser unit together with electric fan and mounting bracket. See the void left behind in the nearside below
step 8 - remove the front foglight - real easy job in 2 parts. Part one, just undo the connector shown below in the nearside view from the front
and part two, remove the 2 bolts shown in the below nearside rear view
here's the bits removed from the nearside
while I'm in here I need to remove my earlier cooling solution, the Dali deflectors, as they are no longer needed and not compatible with the brake ducting kit
so now we have a lovely big hole for airflow where we used to have a foglight and a/c condenser
step 9 - we need to remove a few of the lower bumper bolts in order to bend it forward a bit to get the ducting in and connected before bolting it back into place again
step 10 - put the front and mid sections in situ and connect them together - practice connecting them out of situ first, it seems like they do not go, but insert the long edge of the mid section into the front section and it all becomes clear. this is how it should look when put in place
step 11 - flex the new duct hole in your lower bumper with your fingers sufficiently to get the front section in the right place like in the nearside pic below
once you have got it fitted in there snugly it should look like this
step 12 - replace the bolts you removed from the lower bumper to make it all tight again like so
step 13 - fit the rear section around the other side of the suspension piece and cable tie securely to the upper wishbone - as the suspension moves up & down the rear section 'hinges' where it fits against the mid section
here are a couple of pics of the whole thing now installed in the nearside
Then do the same again for the offside - a few pics of the offside bits below
here's a front view all finished
and here's all the bits that are no longer needed (I weighed them - they are 13kg in total)
I hope some of you find this helpful and possibly inspirational for your own modification programs, if you want to do this mod yourself you will of course need to get youself the c/f ducting kit which is available for just $425 from Dali Racing
if you fancy some additional cooling for your brakes but don't want to go to the extreme measures of the ducting install above, then you may want to go for the Dali c/f deflectors at $125 a pair or the Dali Aluminium deflectors at $45 a pair instead - both mount in place of the weedy oem deflectors using the oem mountings & bolts.
the latest stage in making my NSX more unsuitable for the road is the removal of the a/c condensers & fans and front foglights and the redesignation of the vacated spaces as brake duct housings.
I photgraphed the work as I did it this morning - took me 3 hours from start to finish.
here's the lovely c/f brake ducting for both sides
here's some closer views of the ducting for each side
here's the o/s side ducting arranged (almost) in the configuration it will have when installed - 2 views
so, onto the job of installation....
step 1 - get the car up on the lift
step 2 - remove front wheels
step 3 - remove the vented sections at the front of the inner wheel arch liners - here they are removed
step 4 - unscrew and pull back the front section of the inner wing liner - here's a relevant pic from the offside
step 5 - then you need to unbolt the bracket holding the condenser & fan in place - there's 3 bolts, 2 at the top as shown below in a pic from the offside, and another one at the bottom which I forgot to photograph
now the whole unit is only connected by one electrical connector and 2 refrigerant pipes - see the below pic of the nearside unit
step 6 - unclip the electric fan connector as shown in the below pic of the nearside unit
step 6 - disconnect the refrigerant hoses from the condenser units - see below both nearside and offside connections - strangely they are different sizes from one side to the other
step 7 - now you can remove the whole condenser unit together with electric fan and mounting bracket. See the void left behind in the nearside below
step 8 - remove the front foglight - real easy job in 2 parts. Part one, just undo the connector shown below in the nearside view from the front
and part two, remove the 2 bolts shown in the below nearside rear view
here's the bits removed from the nearside
while I'm in here I need to remove my earlier cooling solution, the Dali deflectors, as they are no longer needed and not compatible with the brake ducting kit
so now we have a lovely big hole for airflow where we used to have a foglight and a/c condenser
step 9 - we need to remove a few of the lower bumper bolts in order to bend it forward a bit to get the ducting in and connected before bolting it back into place again
step 10 - put the front and mid sections in situ and connect them together - practice connecting them out of situ first, it seems like they do not go, but insert the long edge of the mid section into the front section and it all becomes clear. this is how it should look when put in place
step 11 - flex the new duct hole in your lower bumper with your fingers sufficiently to get the front section in the right place like in the nearside pic below
once you have got it fitted in there snugly it should look like this
step 12 - replace the bolts you removed from the lower bumper to make it all tight again like so
step 13 - fit the rear section around the other side of the suspension piece and cable tie securely to the upper wishbone - as the suspension moves up & down the rear section 'hinges' where it fits against the mid section
here are a couple of pics of the whole thing now installed in the nearside
Then do the same again for the offside - a few pics of the offside bits below
here's a front view all finished
and here's all the bits that are no longer needed (I weighed them - they are 13kg in total)
I hope some of you find this helpful and possibly inspirational for your own modification programs, if you want to do this mod yourself you will of course need to get youself the c/f ducting kit which is available for just $425 from Dali Racing
if you fancy some additional cooling for your brakes but don't want to go to the extreme measures of the ducting install above, then you may want to go for the Dali c/f deflectors at $125 a pair or the Dali Aluminium deflectors at $45 a pair instead - both mount in place of the weedy oem deflectors using the oem mountings & bolts.
