Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

What are you getting instead Rob?

well #chrisrea

That was totally a missed opportunity to post another photo of your lotus.

VW Caddy!
(Want T5, but they are just so god damn expensive)

(Still sort of considering one tho)

ACTUAL LOLz.

Do u even giuliaquadraplegic?

I'll see your impractical car, and raise you with this:

Must get it taxed and tested for next year. The last tax disc on it is dated 2013.

Mirror looks a bit grubby, do you need to give it another wash?

Yeah. Deffo needs a wash.
And at least 8 photos of the wash process.

look at this place:

enough to make you porsche wankers jizz in your sleep

porsche warehouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w359Y9c25dc

Latest development in the super charger vs turbocharger series.

As much as I'd like to flex my tig welding skillz and tryout the new machine by making turbo manifolds this has tipped the balance and made me want to go supercharged 998 even though turbo 1275 would cost me less and make far more power but this is more about a nice reliable street car.

Thinking 998 a+ block (I have a 998+ engine going spare anyway) rebored +060 and decked, forged pistons (dished) and rods, all balanced, bigger valved 5 port head, kent 276 cam, 1.4 rockers, duplex timing chain, podifold, eaton m45 off a BMW mini blowing through a metro turbo HIF44 carb and plenum, intercooler off a renault 5 turbo, LCD exhaust manifold and single box rc40 pipe. Megajolt ECU.

Rebuild gearbox with straighcut gears from swiftune and a crosspin diff.

Gonna terrorise everyone by sounding like I'm constantly in reverse because of the gears + the wine of dat supercharger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1tsMtmjg60

Edit: not looked at suitable dump valves yet so suggestions welcome.

If you're doing all that work, then surely it would be rude not to add a quick BMW K-series 16v head swap at the same time. Make the most of all that 'charged air.

I didn't feel it'd be worth it for a 998 as it adds loads more complication, I'd need custom manifolds, mounts, conversion kit, cams, and it'd take up loads more space making everything a bit hard not to mention the cost. looking at nearly 2k for that conversion without the forced induction bits.

I did consider a 7 port 8v head but I don't think even that would be worth it as it'd put the inlet ports facing forwards and that makes it hard to fit a plenum in the front of a roundnose mini and for once I don't really fancy bits sticking out the front. Gotta keep it stealth.

Money no object mini would be a 1275 bored and stoked to 1460, KAD 16V head, twin turbos and EFI... but unless I win the lottery and build a sick machine shop that won't happen.

Why would you use two turbos for that? Single would be the way to go

where exactly are you people driving these cars that can evidently go faster than the speed of sound?

Just packaging really, there's a fair bit of space either side of the mini engine but not much in front or behind. 2 small turbos would mean 2 pipes from the rear facing exhaust ports, merging before the turbo flange, through turbo then one pipe on each side to tiny intercoolers and then into the plenum.

Especially with a 16v head there's even less space front and back, a 16v head with twin webers won't fit under the stock bonnet with any sort of velocity stack. Assuming throttle bodies take up less space by doing it this way I'd be able to use slimmer pipes and give it a greater chance of not protruding.

This is a single turbo 16v setup.

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With the bonnet on...

I'll admit it looks mean as fuck but I couldn't drive a car that looked that flash/fast/crazy.

I like minis without flared arches, on 10" wheels and no extra bodykit.

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Driving the 850R and the 911 back-to-back I'd keep it high compression NA, much simpler, much lighter, and will suit the character of the car better.

The pipe-dream 1460 or the practical 998?

I do have the stock 850 I'd also keep on hand.

Nyone know anything about VW Caddys/vans in general.

A lot of them seem to be modded. I've always avoided modded second hand cars like the plague, but i guess people mod vans to suit their needs. Are they a pain to insure?

I want to go an look at this one mostly because it's had a bench seat from a Touran put in the back to make it into a combi... It's had other stuff done too though which I'm not keen on, but I'm sure can be rectified to make it less 'chav waggon'.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201610188903352?model=CADDY&sort=distance&postcode=bs59ns&advertising-location=at_vans&make=VOLKSWAGEN&radius=1500&supplied-price-from=500&page=3

Should I avoid?

It's worth saying that this will be my only transport, so i dont just want a crappy run of the mill white van to knock about and not care about.

vw campers are high on the discerning car tea-leafs hit list.

topped only by defenders :(

I though that was Transporters, not Caddys?