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Just thought I would say hello and introduce my Caddy to the non VW world  I started building this one about 3 years ago and it been driven daily for about 18 months and covered over 20k miles in that time. The turbo is a new addition (Nov) and it flew before  now its just bloody scarey ;D its not been on the dyno yet but should hopefully be in the region of 350bhp  It started life as a 1.6 N/A Diesel and cost me £75 off ebay  the whole original front section of the chassis has been removed and re-designed to accept the whole front subframe & suspension from a MK3 Golf, whilst I was there I added power steering and ABS. Interior mods include a Golf MK3 dash with working climatronic adjustable steering column, heated leather seats, EW, CL, rare opening 1/4 lights & sliding rear window. Suspension wise, it has front coilovers and the axle was modified again by myself to reduce ride height by 110mm, and whilst I was there I also modified the axle ands to accept rear disc brakes. As all projects they are never finished  I still have more turbo pluming I want to sort out and a few little niggles, anyway heres some pics in chronological order This is where it all started  Things were growing in here   Diesel engine junked  Subframe after paint  Fresh Paint      Interior now   Some Toys  Toys installed  Well thats enough for now |
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hawt diggidy damnnnnnnn!!! Gotta love that! Get me some videos NOW! Looks like a tight squeeze under there, ive got a hankering to make a carbon bodied version of one of these, flat six goldwing engine turbocharged, RWD, all the trimmings to make it a drift machine  J |
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bstardchild
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Kwality install!!!!!!!!!
Just gone to find my jaw it fell under the seat somewhere!!!
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Wow that is way cool If it was mine I would have left it looking stock and had a diesel badge on prominent display for the ultimate sleeper Any idea on what kind of 0-60/ quarter mile times it runs? |
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Rearrange the following into a well-known phrase or saying.
1.B0ll0cks
2.Dog's
That is the absolute t1ts, I love it.
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tigran
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In rust we trust. Amen.
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Simply stunning, loving it! On a side note - 'sit FWD?
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bryn
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THAT ROCKS.
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Volvo, Buggy, Discovery and an old tractor.
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Stu
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Hang on... yes... just soiled myself Awesome work that man - more pics and info please! What gearbox are you running and does it have an LSD in it? Surely it's a bit of a handful! ;D |
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Wow! now you're talking. What an amazing machine, fantastic! What did you do for engine management when you boshed the turbo on? was it on the standard eng management beforehand or have you got a new mappable ECU?
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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VWDan
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Fantastic Perfect colour too. Very jealous ;D |
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If only everything in life was as cool as a retro VW racer.
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Thank for the heads up and kinds words guys I will try and answer all you questions if I forget any give us a nudge Not yet, not had the chance yet, but I'm sure I will in the near future, I'm hoping for a sub 5 second 0-60 and a 1/4 mile in the 13s, we will have to wait and see on that one Yep, copes with it suprisingly well too ;D The Gearbox is from the VR6 donor car, infact everything is! Nothing is left of the Caddy mechanically No LSD as yet, you would imagine that it would light up the tyres everywhere, but because of the larger turbo fitted it hits higher in the revs so wheelspin has not been much of an issue for me It can be a handfull but its quite well behaved tbh. I curse word the life out of a Bentley Continental GT just before Xmas ;D ;D he must have been like "WTF"   ;D At the moment the fueling is controlled by an FMU which is not ideal and I'm not a fan of it, but this was only used in an emergency due to being let down by a tuner Lots of plans to come on the turbo route, 1st thing is to move over to standalone management, rework the boost pipes, move the I/C and fit a shortrunner inlet manifold once thats all done I can then crank up the boost a little I will dig out some more pics, and llater on once I'm happy with the tuning there will be some vids to come |
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Well thats enough for now No its not! Moooooore!! Love it! |
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What a transformation!!!  Stunning work, looks absolutely fantastic! |
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I love the way it looks smart and subtley modern without giving too many clues! Top marks! its easy to get carried away when modding the whole thing! spot on. so if i see a silver caddy in my mirror in what ever i'm driving, i'll shift over! |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Hang on... yes... just soiled myself It's not just me then!! Absolutely spot on! Colour is just perfect for it How the hell did you squeeze that engine into it for gods sake? A couple of shoe horns and a large tub of vaginal lube??? |
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Last Edit: Feb 8, 2007 17:04:09 GMT by waterboy
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hammoj28
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Thats mental! I love it.
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I love the way it looks smart and subtley modern without giving too many clues! Top marks! its easy to get carried away when modding the whole thing! spot on. so if I see a silver caddy in my mirror in what ever i'm driving, i'll shift over! I tried to go for the "as if it were built by VW" kinda look, it actually doesnt turn many heads in the VW world due to its subtlety, I want to change the wheels for something a bit more "retro" but now that I have converted it to 5 stud it make wheel choice more difficult  plus the wheels have to be practical coz I used this pickup every day as a pickup Most people think its a MK1 golf when I'm behind them ;D |
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that is very ;D |
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now its just bloody scarey ;D its not been on the dyno yet but should hopefully be in the region of 350bhp 
the whole original front section of the chassis has been removed and re-designed to accept the whole front subframe & suspension from a MK3 Golf, whilst I was there I added power steering and ABS.
I still have more turbo pluming I want to sort out and a few little niggles, anyway heres some pics in chronological order 
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plus the wheels have to be practical coz I used this pickup every day as a pickup 
