And I 3rd the mudflaps. I have the RallyArmor UR universals. They look great!
AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 12:03 am
by amd is the best
Thank you guys. This was my first time doing this in depth of a detail. A coworker does professional detailing on the side so he came over with a ton of products and equipment, gave me a 30 min crash course on how it works and to town I went!
The 200's paint was REALLY in need of love and this made polishing take FOREVER.
Here were my steps for those interested:
1: Clean car 2: Clay bar 3: Tape molding/trim off 4: Polish with Meguiars 105 on Griot's random orbital with a orange pad. (4 passes on the hood and roof, 2 or three on side panels). 5: Polish with Meguiars 205 on Griot's RO with a orange pad (one pass on each panel). The two polishing steps took approx 13 hours almost nonstop! 6: Poorboys Black Hole glaze applied with RO on a gray pad. One pass and let cure for 30mins per panel. 7: Collinite 845 sealant/wax applied with RO on gray. 8: Poorboys trim cleaner/dressing 9: Cleaned the windows.
Then moved on to the interior. 10: wiped down the entire interior with Poorboys interior cleaner. 11: Vacuum 12: Windows
See you guys in Carlisle!
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:49 am
by WOMBAT
awesome work on that paint, looks new! It's about time a T44 got a real detailing!
AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 10:04 am
by amd is the best
WOMBAT wrote:awesome work on that paint, looks new! It's about time a T44 got a real detailing!
Thanks man! Was a ton of work but def paid off.
Here's a quick pic leaving this morning:
AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:27 pm
by amd is the best
Achieved 29mpg highway on the trip home from Carlisle!
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:19 pm
by ChrisAudi80
amd is the best wrote:[/quote]
Achieved 29mpg highway on the trip home from Carlisle![/quote] Not bad. What kind of avg speed?
AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:26 pm
by amd is the best
ChrisAudi80 wrote:
amd is the best wrote:
Achieved 29mpg highway on the trip home from Carlisle![/quote] Not bad. What kind of avg speed?[/quote]
No excessive speeding. Probably like 72 in a 65 and 62 in a 55. It's very hilly terrain between Carlisle and Albany though. I'm sure it could get an easy 32+ on flat land and lean it out a bit more.
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:31 pm
by loxxrider
damn man I can't get near that. I got 26 as a best on the way up and that was leaning out to about 1.15 lambda. I dunno how you are getting better than me.
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:39 pm
by EDIGREG
loxxrider wrote:I dunno how you are getting better than me.
must be a more efficient turbo
I leaned out the cruising map before riding home and was getting much better mileage...didn't calculate it tho. AND my 044 decided to die as I was pulling INTO MY DRIVEWAY. sucks but sooo lucky it didn't happen earlier. all of a sudden it sounded like a chainsaw in my trunk and then the car died.
From the 40's in a Bag meet in Upstate, NY. Enjoy the drunken commentary [/quote]
Nice dude...did you just sidestep the clutch ? I'm afraid to break stuff...
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:00 pm
by apavlov13
EDIGREG wrote:
loxxrider wrote:I dunno how you are getting better than me.
must be a more efficient turbo
I leaned out the cruising map before riding home and was getting much better mileage...didn't calculate it tho. AND my 044 decided to die as I was pulling INTO MY DRIVEWAY. sucks but sooo lucky it didn't happen earlier. all of a sudden it sounded like a chainsaw in my trunk and then the car died.
Sounds stupid, but maybe it's out of gas...
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:08 pm
by gtn116
EDIGREG wrote:
loxxrider wrote:I dunno how you are getting better than me.
must be a more efficient turbo
I leaned out the cruising map before riding home and was getting much better mileage...didn't calculate it tho. AND my 044 decided to die as I was pulling INTO MY DRIVEWAY. sucks but sooo lucky it didn't happen earlier. all of a sudden it sounded like a chainsaw in my trunk and then the car died.
My 20vt got around 30mpg on the trip home by my best guess. Used much less gas than the trip to Carlisle. Of course, 7 mins from home my drivers front CV shaft came unbolted... AGAIN. Locked the center diff and drove to the nearest parking lot to fix it. I thought it wasn't torqued last time it happened but this time I decided it's because of the bad ball joint on that side. I went to torque the bolts to put the wheel back on and the whole stut and everything was going back and forth...
Re: AMD's 91 200q Project
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:20 pm
by EDIGREG
apavlov13 wrote:Sounds stupid, but maybe it's out of gas...
They do get noticeably louder when the tank is low, but the pump died. I have a half tank of gas, and as soon as I heard it I knew. VERY loud, in a bad way. Plus I have a fuel pressure gauge in my engine bay to confirm.
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