project--rustowagen mk1 caddy

curtis_caddy wrote:

this is on the wrong car mate!

thermal wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

this is on the wrong car mate!

its on a freezer actually

still debatings if the cam cover will be sold or not yet

keep the cover Joe

Lupton_20vt wrote:

keep the cover Joe

for the time being i will


any bright spark guess what the plan of action is today?

Paint?



Get that engine in son, I want to see a vid of it ticking over this eve

top hose is just a bodge atm, will be a simular idea but will tuck more to the rad and side of the head. bottom hose still needs addressing, rad will be smack in the middle of the bay and ile make hoses to fit it. but for now im a happy chappy and gives a good idea what its going to be like.
cooments please peeps?......

All looking nice and snug dude, very nice indeed. RS fitment looking pretty dope too, man. Pics.

simples.

and dont sell the camcover m8, thats alot rarer than them HTN 1s

f*****g love it :D keep the valve cover for sure man its so sick.

ahhhhh i want to see this f*****g done!!!!!

cheers for all the positives dudes. got a fair bit of fabrication to get the rad plumed in and mounted, engine will stay into then too.

and the cover is defo staying, so pleased i didnt win the htn one in the end too matty

looking good joe u got the head off then

thats looking so sick Joe, the golf looked rather rude today too.

caddyman wrote:

looking good joe u got the head off then

cheers man, yeh went round to shoeis but he didnt have a tool so nipped into town and got one

Lupton_20vt wrote:

thats looking so sick Joe, the golf looked rather rude today too.

cheers man, needs a good clean though! you should have popped over man!

Looking good joe

Looks good dude! That rad fits a treat under the ram pipes

They look perfect !


Are you going to put a dam or plate ontop of the rad to stop heat soak and drive the cold air directly to the trumpets ?

Where did you get your rad made ?
Could they make an a/c one too ?

I want to do exactly this when I put my vr on throttle bodies into the mk2.

CustomChris wrote:

Looking good joe

cheers man, pop over next week end

VW Mike wrote:

Looks good dude! That rad fits a treat under the ram pipes

yeh man, not a bad fit at all. really chuffed. got the lugs on the bottom dam made and there at full height so can machine upto 7mm off to get it a little lower to then alow for the rubber gromments too.

guy wrote:

They look perfect !


Are you going to put a dam or plate ontop of the rad to stop heat soak and drive the cold air directly to the trumpets ?

Where did you get your rad made ?
Could they make an a/c one too ?

I want to do exactly this when I put my vr on throttle bodies into the mk2.

cheers Guy, i was thinking about making a scoop that fixes on the rad and hooks up under the carbs, but wont tell until i have the rad mounted in its final position. it is a nice snug fit so dont want to make it a bit too crammed. will defo be thinking of it as an option though, will it be overly benificial?

we made the radiator at work, my boss got me the core from wayne and alex at pro alloy, very good chaps and very helpful!

what do you mean an a/c one?


corr thats going so sounds awsome mate! nice to meet you the other day at dans by the way

Sounds like guy wants an air conditioning rad...normally much thinner than a normal rad.

The air scoop for the carbs will make a massive difference...just remember that your car with carbs on loves cold air....that is where it makes most of it's power. That is the reason people go for cross flow heads, as on a normal 8v the carbs absorbs some of the heat from the exhaust manifold and this saps power.

curtis_caddy wrote:

and the cover is defo staying, so pleased i didnt win the htn one in the end too matty

I was bidding on that htn one too

VW Mike wrote:

Sounds like guy wants an air conditioning rad...normally much thinner than a normal rad.

The air scoop for the carbs will make a massive difference...just remember that your car with carbs on loves cold air....that is where it makes most of it's power. That is the reason people go for cross flow heads, as on a normal 8v the carbs absorbs some of the heat from the exhaust manifold and this saps power.

may have to make one then i got the rad in, maybe have it so it comes in and out easy so i can still get to other parts of the engine if needs be. hows yours coming along dude? at least we no the carbs fit with this manifold now

thermal wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

and the cover is defo staying, so pleased i didnt win the htn one in the end too matty

I was bidding on that htn one too

did you win it? i lost it in the last 3 seconds!

one from the other side

very much in your work is paying off joe. I would hve popped over but we were on the way to that thing at st ives.

curtis_caddy wrote:

did you win it? i lost it in the last 3 seconds!

Na

301 euros is just too much cash

curtis_caddy wrote:

VW Mike wrote:

Sounds like guy wants an air conditioning rad...normally much thinner than a normal rad.

The air scoop for the carbs will make a massive difference...just remember that your car with carbs on loves cold air....that is where it makes most of it's power. That is the reason people go for cross flow heads, as on a normal 8v the carbs absorbs some of the heat from the exhaust manifold and this saps power.

may have to make one then i got the rad in, maybe have it so it comes in and out easy so i can still get to other parts of the engine if needs be. hows yours coming along dude? at least we no the carbs fit with this manifold now

thermal wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

and the cover is defo staying, so pleased i didnt win the htn one in the end too matty

I was bidding on that htn one too

did you win it? i lost it in the last 3 seconds!

Still doing planning for mine. Not got the cash to carry on with it at the moment. Got loads of body prep and other stuff to do before i need to buy anything for it though so it's all good.

The manifold looks good in the bay...i think mine will need to be painted black though! Let me know when you want to have a look at the block and head for where it needs to be welded up...are you getting that done before you get the head ported and polished?

VW Mike wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

VW Mike wrote:

Sounds like guy wants an air conditioning rad...normally much thinner than a normal rad.

The air scoop for the carbs will make a massive difference...just remember that your car with carbs on loves cold air....that is where it makes most of it's power. That is the reason people go for cross flow heads, as on a normal 8v the carbs absorbs some of the heat from the exhaust manifold and this saps power.

may have to make one then i got the rad in, maybe have it so it comes in and out easy so i can still get to other parts of the engine if needs be. hows yours coming along dude? at least we no the carbs fit with this manifold now

thermal wrote:

curtis_caddy wrote:

and the cover is defo staying, so pleased i didnt win the htn one in the end too matty

I was bidding on that htn one too

did you win it? i lost it in the last 3 seconds!

Still doing planning for mine. Not got the cash to carry on with it at the moment. Got loads of body prep and other stuff to do before i need to buy anything for it though so it's all good.

The manifold looks good in the bay...i think mine will need to be painted black though! Let me know when you want to have a look at the block and head for where it needs to be welded up...are you getting that done before you get the head ported and polished?

fair enough dude, at least it should come together as a hole in the end then.

yeh will pop up soon mate and have a looky, ive found a 1.9 8v for cheaps so going to use that instead of rebuilding one i still struggling to find atm. but yeh will get the head welded and redrilled before port and polishing begins