Nick's 1991 200q Project - QUAT44RO

[peterpeterson]

T44 LUV!

And I 3rd the mudflaps. I have the RallyArmor UR universals. They look great!

[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!

[WOMBAT]

awesome work on that paint, looks new! It's about time a T44 got a real detailing!

[amd is the best]

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 is the best]

Achieved 29mpg highway on the trip home from Carlisle!

[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 is the best]

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.

[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.

[EDIGREG]

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.

[EDIGREG]

amd is the best wrote:[/quote]
Link to video

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...

[apavlov13]

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...

[gtn116]

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...

[EDIGREG]

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.

[Marc]

new pump is on the way.

[gtn116]

I'll post my vid here too...

Link to video

[WOMBAT]

all these T44 videos are making my year 8)

[amd is the best]

Just posting up some pics after my 15+ hour detail job on the 200 for Carlisle.

[WOMBAT]

#winning

*edit* can't believe that's the same car I saw you pick up in VT... unreal man, nice job

*edit x2* you should send the previous owner those pictures and some acceleration/launch control videos hahaa

[loxxrider]

i wanna see a comparo pic from when you picked it up. Looks great

[death 4kqt]

that thing looks great. I can't believe that is the same car that I saw in VT when I went to look at his other pearl 200 20vt.

[amd is the best]

Thank you guys! Here's a few pics from the guys ad:







And a few of mine on it's journey to NY:







Home:

[death 4kqt]

yep, thats how i remember it

[brianspillner]

Awesome job on the detail, paint looks incredible. Sounds sick in the vid as well

[EDIGREG]

fantastic job on the detail nick !!

[pilihp2]

dude. whoa. Purrrrdy