homemade mk1 golf caddy (4motion 4wd /holset hx40 ,,turbo resto,56k warning

[adaptorman]

Loving this thread...read through it at work yesterday and took me about 3 hours to decipher all the work that's gone into it!  Wow, skills in abundance is all I can say.  Love it when you say "haven't got much time today so fabricated front wing, new bonnet, extra strengthening bracket, steering column, new bed for rear, reprogrammed ECU" etc etc.  Hilarious.  It takes me about as long to read all of that!!!

Everytime I see an early caddy I get jealous but thankfully my lack of skills stops me from getting the wallet out.

Best of luck with this, even though it's obvious you don't need it and I can't wait to see the finished result.  Please keep it in good hands when your done, it looks like you'd have about a thousand offers for this year's "summer project". 

Ed

cheers ed nice write up ,, this was just a daft idea of attempting to do one evern thow adfter the amount of time things seem to be working
tiny update ,, managed to get the dam feul gauge working too lol
(saves buying extra gauges and re wireing)

[adaptorman]

quick spare 10mins this after so thought chuff buying a 13.00 plastic gauge holder ill make one which will fit better too ,

quick grind up bobed gauges in job done , just awaiting the oil gauge to arrive

i reckon 30psi with be plenty full lol

[adaptorman]

bit of changing today , has i needed a bit more room for the downpipe so re cut and alter it

then added the extra senders

uprated fuel pump arrived

quick reline up of bonnet and wings too

[adaptorman]

bit more tuning 2day ,, slow but defo getting there
http://tinypic.com/r/2njzu3l/3
 another quick veiw around caddy
http://tinypic.com/r/svhx7t/3
and a quick rev video , ignore the beeping as i found i had the 2 oil switch wires the wrong way around lol
http://tinypic.com/r/jp9e2h/3

[Organisys]

Sounds evil   

[adaptorman]

fingers crossed it may one day go evil , lol
decided to find some longer plugs with a colder runing as ive had problems finding some but found some

then went hunting for some rear brake compansators as i dint have any and hopeing it will bring the brake pedal up ,as the caddy usely has leaf springs with one fitted with a spring

then when i came to fit the dam oil presure switch /grr would fit so modifyed a oil pipe lol

fits now

gauges all fitted and sorted

and alter a heater pipe as it was straight and thought this may keep exhaust heat of the pipe ,,

quick run down
all brakes/wireing/runing gear/steering/welding/done ,,hopefully next couple of weeks , should be mot able .........,

[Mew]

I know this word is used a lot, and quite often not really justified, but this project is epic!

[jv]

totally agree - just mad!

[Asbo Sovfinger]

Madness and genius are close bedfellows.  I'm erring on the side of genius.  So eager to see the finished result!!

[adaptorman]

nice replys guys ,, god its only a 8month project /homemade idea lol , chop cut measure and weld up lol with a few mods thown in lol