Thanks. She decided to remind me this morning, that her Mustang is faster than mine. She then proceeded to ask me what it would take to swap my Shaker 1000 for her Shaker 500, to which I promptly responded with "Hey screw you!"

 

correct answer!

 

To which she promptly replied "No, that won't be happening anytime soon".

 

Lulz, my wife pretty cool. She actually responded, "Will that get me your stereo? Cause I was thinking about offering up some really good sex if it'd get me that stereo."

I tried to tell her she'd give up the good sex anyway, but she just rolled her eyes at me saying, "Yea ok"


My stereo is literally the only thing I have over hers. Hers is a manual, better sounding, better looking, and faster. She also has the leather, power seat, pony package, etc. Hell I don't even have fog lights.

 

How is hers faster?

-Matt

 

I admire what you and your wife are doing for that car.

 

Pmed you about the parts you were asking about.

wow what was it like to drive a Lamborghini?

 

For one it's a manual transmission vs automatic, which seems to make a rather large difference in the torque. Then she has steeda CAI, some cheap shorty headers, Borla dual exhaust, 70mm throttle body, intake spacer, and then was race tuned for all that. My only consulation is that after her tune, her mpg is complete and utter ****. She mostly drives city, and she gets like 12-13mpg.

Lol, that's cute. My wife sits in a chair next to my buddy drinking beer and talking while they watch me clean. But thank you sir.

Got the pm, some of those interest me. Will get back with you soon.

Driving lambo was pretty fun. The acceleration... throw you into the seat. The handling was fantastic. I would think, I should be on the other side of the track for this turn, and about the time I started turning the wheel I was there. Seats felt like normal racing seats. The car felt surprisingly wide. The whole time I was in it I felt like I was driving the widest car ever. The car had so much power that you have to actually roll off the gas. You can't just let go of the gas, or else the sudden loss of power makes it feel like somebody just slammed on the brake.

 

Unacceptable... sending PM

 

still waiting fro gross under hood pics

 

Ask and ye shall receive. See below!

 

Well I didn't accomplish everything I wanted to yesterday, but I did make some progress.

Stopped to get some cleaning supplies on the way.


Got there, checked out the seats I cleaned last week to see how they turned out after they dried. Not too bad.


Time to mix up some chemicals. I did some research, and it turns out the white vinegar is really good for neutralizing and killing mold.
So I poured some vinegar in a spray bottle and pulled the carpet out.




First thing to do is Purple Power that carpet and let it sit.




While the Purple power is soaking into the carpet, I thought I'd go check under the hood. Not concerned with the dirty yet, just want to make sure it isn't leaking oil.





So I got some Deep Purple from my old boss and went to town on it. It still needs to be scrubbed with a small brush, but for now it isn't caked in dirt and I'll be able to see if it's leaking anything anywhere.




Now that the carpet has sat for a while, it's time to cover it in vinegar. Both front and back.




Now that's gotta sit for 30 - 60 minutes while it kills the mold spores, so in the mean time I decided to do some other stuff.

Mix up the Dawn & Peroxide to make a good carpet cleaner. FYI, this makes a great carpet cleaner for your home too.


So in the mean time I decided to get back to work on the inside. You may remember how there was something on under the stereo/climate control I couldn't get out. Looks like whatever it was, was superglued almost.
(previous pic for reference)


So I decided to take that whole piece out.


Since I needed to let the vinegar sit for a little longer I took a look at the shifter. Remember how it was super gross inside with ketchup packets and stuff? Well it was because the cover for the top of the shifter was broken.
(previous pic for reference)


Well it turns out that the cover piece was just stuck back up in the shifter. So with some needle nose pliers I was able to pull it out. Unfortunately you can see I nicked the silver plaster trim a little bit, but I think I can take some fine sand paper and sand it down softly so that it's not even noticeable.


The good news about that is that the top cover also controls the little red piece that tells you what gear you are in, so it won't be permanently stuck next to the P now. I think 2 tiny dabs of Krazy Glue and I can attach it back to where it goes.

Now that I'm done with that, I threw the carpet in the trunk of the Saturn and drove it up to my work.

Pulled out the pressure washer and a scrub brush. Soaked the carpet front and back in the "home made carpet cleaner" (dawn+peroxide) and used the scrub brush to go to town.


For some of the parts I had to break out the poly bristle brush and really scrub it good.


Pressure washed it all down.


Then laid it out to dry.


Pretty much done for the day.

Got home and pulled out the pieces I gotta sand down. That's the trim that goes around the stereo/climate control as well as the trim that goes around the shifter. Unfortunately I broke two tabs on the trim pieces, here's to hoping I can make do without them.

Gonna sand these down and paint them later this week. And what car project is complete without a good beer.


Will find out how the carpet turned out shortly when I got flip it over.

 

Just flipped the carpet! Came out great!



And incase you've forgotten how gross it was.

 

Nice! Keep up the good work.


After seeing the engine bay and the interior I really am thinking the car was under water.

 

I see dust and pine needles. High desert?

AMAZING!!

 

I'm thinking Fl. or extreme south Ga. or Al. Lots of dirt roads in rural areas and ****tons of pines trees. That under hood really has that look of cars that are driven down there and not taken care of.

 

You're correct. South GA. That GA red clay! The pine needles are mostly from sitting under a tree at my buddy's house.

 

The only thing I have to add to this thread is that Hoegaarden is absolutely the greatest beer ever created; great taste austinkli.

 

Hey man, what is the ratio on the Dawn/Peroxide mixture?

 

I figured as much, that red clay dust looked mighty familiar.