the build of the Blue Bayou, 99 NSX-T

[truckadsjoe]

New name,
the Blue Pearl,
thks Ross

I have waited to create this thread until I had the car done. For fear of the naysayers. I bought this car back in November of 09, from a shop in Sacramento. Yes I know I did not do my homework. I should have carfaxed it. But I knew I was buying a car that had been in a "recent Freshwater flood" So figured yes I know what I was doing. Well when it arrived on the transporter with a broken rear hatch glass, which of course he denied any involvement. I soon was heartbroken to learn that my freshwater flood was actually a hurricane saltwater flood that had happened nearly 5 yrs prior. This car had been in who knows how many hands since, partially torn down, reassembled, auctioned off again. to some other shmuck. Well I have been called stubborn, and I do not like to admit failure or even worse that I had been screwed. But . so anyway.
I first brought the car up to my shop in Traverse City, MI and put it up on jack stands.
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Then proceeded to pull the engine and transmission out. My thoughts were that I was going to overhaul the engine. Ha Ha Ha, the salt water had sat inside it so long that it had nearly eaten through a couple of the cylinders. Drats. Ok, so I found an engine from one of the members, then continued stripping .
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Moving on now to the interior, what a piece of toast. The seats were quite a challenge to remove, as they did not operate of course, and were absolutely rotted together. So I tunneled through them and got the bolts out of the floor. As there was no way the seats were ever going to be fixed. I was not hesitant to slice and dice them to get them out. I had given up all hopes of any piece of the car being reusable at this point. The seats were like leather bricks. Anyway.
The interior of the car as I stripped it out.
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So I got the interior all stripped and washed, cleaned etc... I set out finding all the new parts and pieces, more on this later. Now I put the transmission up on the bench and started tearing into it. Holy Crap, it was a feat of creative disassembly getting it seperated and all the shafts , bearings pressed out.
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So the transmission was the only real mechanical part on the car that I was able to bring back to life, I did replace the counter shaft, all bearings of course, seals and other little stuff that could not be dremell tooled back to life.
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Yay, well it was about this time that Johns Engine arrived, so I was able to find a new clutch, pressure plate, bearing and assembled the engine and trans, and began putting all this part of the subframe assembly together to begin bringing Blue back to life. my Frankenstein was going to get her new heart.
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Oh yes check out the exhaust, as it came off the original engine
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now as it sits on the new engine
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Now to put it into the subframe
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Well on to other things for a bit, I put the nose area of the car together electrics, harnesses, rad, heater Evap unit.

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Well months into this now, and how the time flies. well here is the subframe back up in the car and the nifty Comptec exhaust on it, that Ross from STMPO helped me out with the correct adaptors to make it all work. Sweet.

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Check out this STMPO adaptor
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So moving on, the engine is up in the car, I have started putting the rear bulkhead back together as well as the hundreds of other parts and pieces that go into this car. It was incredible the mountain of parts and pieces that came out and inch by inch piece by piece crawled back into the car. Well not the same pieces but there replacements. And these came from as far as Guam, Scottsdale, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Brooklyn, Detroit. and who knows where else some of them drifted in from , I am sure I missed someone, but for the most part all members.
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Well so now this is together I begin to massage the body, Again parts and peices from all over the U.S. come together for this. The original was rough everywhere, The parts were all useable for a good body man, I am not that. So I opted to find body parts that I could just touch up. with a little surface prep to use. As I planned on wrapping the car with FLX paint, not actually painting it. The body could be just a hair not perfect.
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It was about this time June 1st that I initially tried to start her up. And discovered that with all the missmatched electronics that the immobilizer circuit did exactly what it is supposed to. Well I tried every trick in the book to make this work, but in the end had to buy the key kit from Acura with a new immobilizer box. Then wait a couple of weeks for my neighbor locksmith with his magic box to come over and Voila it started up and ran like a hot japanese kitty. I was beaming. for about 2 minutes till the oil starts oozing out of both sides of the rear side of the engine. SFD . I was bummed in the extreme when I realized it is the VTec shafts that were leaking. I did not think that someone would have taken them out and put them back in finger tight. but lo . They were. and as anyone of you know that has opened up one of these engines, the drivers side is no big deal. the timing belt side is a major big deal. So I started on it Sunday morning of Memorial Day weekend , dropped it stripped the timing cover , belt etc off. pulled the plugs, checked for gaskets, put them back in and tightened them down. Reassemble all again and stick her heart back in. done monday morning Whewee, it starts right up and runs DRY as a popcorn fart.
well now I am pumped and really start to throw all I have at it to get her done by my 4th of july deadline that I set back on Thanksgiving day. So here are my finish up pics.
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Now my carbon fiber DINOC wrapped pillar garnishes.

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Blue is starting to take shape eh?

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A little plug for Ross,
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start to finish,

 

[StmpoRaceProducts]

The boat in the pirates of the carribean was the Black Pearl...

Joe... you own the Blue Pearl my man....

Congrats again

Regards

 

[shawn110975]

Wow you did a great job. if you ever sell it make sure to include the pics, as to show the detail you did to bring her back to life. you should be proud.

I salute you for bringing back to the road a Beautiful NSX. you are the MAN...

are you gonna drive her to NSXPO in Vegas this year I would like to see it.

again great job.

how did the dash work out no pics of that, and stereo components did you go OEM or after market? pics pics we like pics

 

[truckadsjoe]

Love it.
she has been christened the Blue Pearl

yes perfect.
thanks Ross

The boat in the pirates of the carribean was the Black Pearl...

Joe... you own the Blue Pearl my man....

Congrats again

Regards

 

[ekin95]

Great job and a very unique shade of blue. Nice to see another NSX in Michigan. Now you need to see Mr. Lovefab just around the corner from you.......:wink:

 

[Mugen NSX-R]

Very nice work, very stunning and well documented, so glad to see one of the Katrina victims brought back to life, if it was a hurricane katrina victim. Now you know everything inside and out about nsx's and you can prove it, lol

 

[StmpoRaceProducts]

Wow you did a great job. if you ever sell it make sure to include the pics, as to show the detail you did to bring her back to life. you should be proud.

I salute you for bringing back to the road a Beautiful NSX. you are the MAN...

are you gonna drive her to NSXPO in Vegas this year I would like to see it.

again great job.

how did the dash work out no pics of that, and stereo components did you go OEM or after market? pics pics we like pics

He is going completely stock with a working bose system.

I've known Joe for months and I can answer this as I think he missed the question... He is the type of guy who says " two broken parts make's one good part"

He has been buying parts from me in the condition of 1/10 all the way to 9.5/10 based on what was needed and what he could do... when he saw the price of a tranny... he decided to keep his 1/10 and build it to a 9.5... those pics he is showing is more impressive that the final eposode of "americas biggest loser".. which I never have seen since I never leave work.. but I'm sure they post before and afters that day....lol

Regards

 

[StmpoRaceProducts]

Hilarious.... I never saw this pic the first time I looked...



EVERY NA2 NSX owner should read this....

If your wondering why no company ever made NA2 test pipes without forcing the owner to buy adapters... possibly buy them twice because the r&d was so bad by the companies that made exhaust adapters and header adapters...



NA2 owners should thank Joe for being a guy in MI that could recieve a set of test pipes and actually cut and weld them back together if they didnt fit since ZERO owners of NA2's have ever stopped by our shop... but we see them staring in waiting at the red light out front almost daily....

Coming soon if we sell more RSTB's that fix your targa's factory rigidity defect.... fact!


lol... and if you think thats vendor bashing.. you have never been on the phone with a guy who ownered a targa.. bought test pipes.. waited a week to get them... goes to insatll them only to learn that he had to get adapters... spends another 250-270 adpaters.. waits a week to get them... finds out he has na1 headers on his na2.. and has bought the wrong adapters... now he needs to sell those adapters and buy the other adapters... THEN YOU GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE NEW OWNER OF THE ADAPTERS JUST SOLD TO HIM... GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THE THE FIRST PHONE CALL WAS!

Regards

 

[BlackWindEXE]

Awesome restoration!

Glad to see these abandoned cars getting a new lease on life! It's always nice to see this.

 

[Ella'sDaddy]

If this was not a labor of love, I dont know what is.... I envy you for having the ability, knowledge, and patience to do something like this!! Congrats... That is an awesome project!!!

 

[Santorican]

Wow that car is insanely beautiful and that color a-freaking-mazing. Is that a matt finish or a satin finish to the paint?

 

[truckadsjoe]

Thanks, the color is called ultra matte bello blue, it is not paint, but a wrap. I am in that business and thought it would be a great showpiece for my company. Instead of painting it.
thanks again for the compliments

 

[shawn110975]

A wrap you say? Ok, can you get any other colors, I mean could you get Berlina Black for my Front bumper and rear Bumper? or (enough wrap) to cover those areas? I would be interested in buying some if it cam black, and then i just squegee it on ya know

PM me

 

[red_nsxt]

Hilarious.... I never saw this pic the first time I looked...

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EVERY NA2 NSX owner should read this....

If your wondering why no company ever made NA2 test pipes without forcing the owner to buy adapters... possibly buy them twice because the r&d was so bad by the companies that made exhaust adapters and header adapters...

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NA2 owners should thank Joe for being a guy in MI that could recieve a set of test pipes and actually cut and weld them back together if they didnt fit since ZERO owners of NA2's have ever stopped by our shop... but we see them staring in waiting at the red light out front almost daily....

Coming soon if we sell more RSTB's that fix your targa's factory rigidity defect.... fact!


lol... and if you think thats vendor bashing.. you have never been on the phone with a guy who ownered a targa.. bought test pipes.. waited a week to get them... goes to insatll them only to learn that he had to get adapters... spends another 250-270 adpaters.. waits a week to get them... finds out he has na1 headers on his na2.. and has bought the wrong adapters... now he needs to sell those adapters and buy the other adapters... THEN YOU GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE NEW OWNER OF THE ADAPTERS JUST SOLD TO HIM... GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THE THE FIRST PHONE CALL WAS!

Regards

Thanks buddy for telling the community about my hilarious run around with my H/E nightmare , I would like to give you a personnel "Thank you" for all the help with this as I am now well educated on H/E installation for all year NSX's ! and boot you sent me my second set of adapters at no charge !

 

[MvM]

THAT IS ONE AMAZING JOB !! :smile:

Really, very extremely well done !!
Congratulation on the end results and every hat off for your determination to get this car back on the road again.

Have one question though.
You did not mention if there was any salt water corrosion on the NSX body at all. From the pictures, it looks like the chassis had not been damaged at all (or not much) by the salt water.
Could you comment on the state of the car any further ?

 

[4AU4LIFE]

What an amazing job !!! Very well done and documented.
I do have one question. I noticed that the engine coming out was obviously a 3.2L but it appears, going on the color of valve covers, that you went back in with a 3.0L. Is that correct? If so, did you run into any complications on a car designed to run on one engine yet was provided another?

 

[truckadsjoe]

The chassis was in fine shape, I flushed everything with a pressure washer and inspected the insides of the frame tubes with a camera, all looked good, No damage to any frame components at all.

In my opinion any damage at all was caused by the different auction houses shuffling the car around with their forklifts.

THAT IS ONE AMAZING JOB !! :smile:

Really, very extremely well done !!
Congratulation on the end results and every hat off for your determination to get this car back on the road again.

Have one question though.
You did not mention if there was any salt water corrosion on the NSX body at all. From the pictures, it looks like the chassis had not been damaged at all (or not much) by the salt water.
Could you comment on the state of the car any further ?

 

[truckadsjoe]

The engine I put back in is a 3.2.


just had to use the black valve covers, my red ones that were on the original engine were too corroded to reuse.

What an amazing job !!! Very well done and documented.
I do have one question. I noticed that the engine coming out was obviously a 3.2L but it appears, going on the color of valve covers, that you went back in with a 3.0L. Is that correct? If so, did you run into any complications on a car designed to run on one engine yet was provided another?

 

[truckadsjoe]

Yes
Black is available, I do not know if it will match the Berlina Black, You could email your address ([email protected]) and I should be able to get a sample to send out to you to match up to.

A wrap you say? Ok, can you get any other colors, I mean could you get Berlina Black for my Front bumper and rear Bumper? or (enough wrap) to cover those areas? I would be interested in buying some if it cam black, and then i just squegee it on ya know

PM me

 

[Veleno]

So when you open the doors, trunk, hood, and engine hatch the body color is red?

Great rebuild for sure!

 

[truckadsjoe]

Yes it is Red.

it does not bother me. I will be changing the color of the car during its life as different graphics materials become available and I am far more interested in the outer appearance and how the material lays on the surface and installation, it is a test bed for my company to use for different wrap substrates.

So when you open the doors, trunk, hood, and engine hatch the body color is red?

Great rebuild for sure!

 

[cwood1388]

All the props in the world to you sir for rebuilding this thing!

 

[jorligan]

Joe
Looks great and truly an amazing restoration. Come join us some time down south.
Tim

 

[nsx_2k]

Unbelievable. I think you did a magnificant job! Getting it all apart and then subsequently putting it back to together is remarkable. As others have said, you now truly know your car.

One facet that I also find fascinating is that you got the entire project done in relatively short order. Did you work on this car everyday?

 

[Santorican]

Do you have anymore pictures of it?