my mk1 caddy 4motion project

[darrenr]

Originally Posted by rabidDubs

if i caught someone doin that to my caddy they's have a couple dozen fresh bleeding holes in em.

A thats the way it should be my friend.

powernut your mate next door is a good man

keep up the good work mate.

[powernut]

Originally Posted by darrenr

A thats the way it should be my friend.

powernut your mate next door is a good man

keep up the good work mate.

lmao that he is a she its under wraps for a while now , due to dam pikeys

[fella]

to be fair this thread is probably one of the main reasons why my dissertation is so poor, so this could help me out, too much time spent oggling this nutty truck!!

[powernut]

well not too mutch to add at the moment
so snap off , steering wheel arrived ,and fits spot on with the electronic steering



and thought id chop the ecu loom to fit a contector to try match standalone to stock mk3 golf wireing plug and what a stressful job ,, lol mind finaly all cut ,colour colourd and wired up ready for re fitment

[christian]

that wheel looks ace. what steerig colum did you use in the end ?

[powernut]

nice one christian , its a bit of a mix and match tbh corsa c power coloum modifyed to the mk2 top half , with mk3 igition , mk3 vr6 storks , and mk1 removeable boss with that steering wheel only thing was the colowing were differnt so had to modify it a bit , but colwing sits a bit forward so the igitions sits inside the cowling , but im not fussed ,, long as it works

[HARVEY1]

nice one powernut, its your mission in life to make thing work love it lol

keep it up dude!

[powernut]

haha cheers harvey ,, mind i forgot to add evern got the clutch bleed up too and works a bloody treat ,,lol

[HARVEY1]

Originally Posted by powernut

haha cheers harvey ,, mind i forgot to add evern got the clutch bleed up too and works a bloody treat ,,lol

lol do you ever stop/sleep ha ha

cant wait to see and hear this in the flesh one day

[benji09]

haha nice display pics powernut

[christian]

deffinatly going to have to modify a pugsport to fit this . will bang and pop and flame like a mo fo

[powernut]

Originally Posted by HARVEY1

lol do you ever stop/sleep ha ha

cant wait to see and hear this in the flesh one day

in a word nope its .been up since 5am , bit of stress with wireing , so ill grab a coffee and hit it head on , lol

Originally Posted by benji09

haha nice display pics powernut

think its ok for a bit of geus work seems to blend in with the trim i reckon

Originally Posted by christian

deffinatly going to have to modify a pugsport to fit this . will bang and pop and flame like a mo fo

go on you know u want to , this nice 4.2 tvr lump would go well in the rear lmao

[christian]

i meant youl have to do it htere alota money for cutting about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dd6XhfCXcU

[powernut]

no pic there just the odd blue flame
but nothings inpossible to make fit with a bit of will power

[christian]

its the noise and flame you need but with the vr6 i bet it wont be hard

[powernut]

Originally Posted by christian

its the noise and flame you need but with the vr6 i bet it wont be hard

, haha i was blowing flames flames on the first start up video ,,

[powernut]

still struggling ......anyone ...............as it must run thew other componants other then just the clocks for the gauges to work ,,,as im not getting mutch done at mo

[RST]

I was catching up on the pics of this on the golf forum. Looking sweet dude.

...But can I ask a dumb ass relative newbie question? I've had 4x4's and pick-ups for years and aways kept them in RWD mode for the road, actually all the time because I prefer the feel most of the time. I love RWD though and while all my colleagues were complaining about crappy handling, I thought they were awesome because I could handle tail slides properly and hasd enough clutch control in the rough not to need 4WD so far (it's all mud stuff). I have a 4wd "sports coupe" and it's pants because you just point it and shoot and it goes, no effort requored whatsoever.

Why did you go 4wd? -was it for "****s and giggles" or did you prefer it over fw/rwd?

Fantastic project build, apologies for asking prev. asked questions?

[Dub_Monkey]

It's a haldex system which is not the normal 4x4 setup.

In the golf 4Mo, audi TT, S3 etc think of it as FWD with rear wheel assist when required. There's a computer controlled clutch on the rear diff to engage the rear wheels as required when a wheel begins to slip.

You couldn't drive it as you've descried above as the front wheels can never be disconnected from the drive.

Powernut has ditched the factory controller in favour of one he made himself to control the clutch at the rear.

As to why he went 4x4, i dunno, makes a cool project though

Monkey

[sitrials]

I spose if planing on running 450bhp best to have 4x4 just to keep it on the road!