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18-07-2008, 10:35 AM   #21
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cheers all,,,,,,,,,soon as theres any porogress ill pop it up,,,
 

18-07-2008, 11:50 AM   #22
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This is shaping up to be an awesome piece of kit

I read your T5 engined bug thread over on VZI too and that was awesome. Looking forward to reading about more of your crazy shit
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20-07-2008, 12:04 AM   #23
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This is shaping up to be an awesome piece of kit

I read your T5 engined bug thread over on VZI too and that was awesome. Looking forward to reading about more of your crazy shit
cheers mr big lol ,while ive been waiting for parts ,done a little more this afternoon

had to make a head spacer needed the compression lower ,,

then its start chopping the rear axle to size

rewelded it up in place

then got a bit ampage on the go ,,i dont want these snapping off

axle shorternd

next antiroll bar needs shorterning so instead of choping welding ,i decided to heat and bend it



sorted
double checked measurement

just a mock up with the caddy tailgate ,and it should fit,,
 

20-07-2008, 09:05 PM   #24
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made a return pipe ,had to weld it in 5 places to get it right

 

24-07-2008, 11:52 PM   #25
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so carried on with may home head spacer lol


once the runing gear is sorted ,its caddy modifying time

untill i got a nice vist of the planing manager ,ive 7days to remoe empty and take the garage down ,dam ,just when things were starting to take shape,,
 

25-07-2008, 05:04 PM   #26
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come on, get a move on we're all dying to see it finished
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25-07-2008, 11:10 PM   #27
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come on, get a move on we're all dying to see it finished
,haha was till the planing officer payed me a vist ,ive to apply for planing ,drop karb etc so looks like nothing gunna get sorted grrrrrrrrrrrr
 

17-09-2008, 07:37 AM   #28
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oh guys we have a few updates for those ive havent heard ,after all the messing with the vr6 turbo ,i deceded i wanted more power lol so ,ill sell the other , and ive bought this ,a nice 2002 mk4 golf 4motion 24valve ,,which u gessed its getting turboed,,,
ive stripped rebuilt it ,homemade turbo manifold ,still fitted the 6speed ,and ripped old caddy lump out and ill modify the mk4 cradle to suilt,,,as these engine are better flowing ,,
 

17-09-2008, 07:53 AM   #29
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oh guys we have a few updates for those ive havent heard ,after all the messing with the vr6 turbo ,i deceded i wanted more power lol so ,ill sell the other , and ive bought this ,a nice 2002 mk4 golf 4motion 24valve ,,which u gessed its getting turboed,,,
ive stripped rebuilt it ,homemade turbo manifold ,still fitted the 6speed ,and ripped old caddy lump out and ill modify the mk4 cradle to suilt,,,as these engine are better flowing ,,
Dont blame you, you need all the power you can get to shift those big heavy caddy's along
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17-09-2008, 09:29 AM   #30
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Dont blame you, you need all the power you can get to shift those big heavy caddy's along
lol cheers i reckon the runing gear weighes more then the shell ,,,,
 


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