1988 Mk1 Caddy - adaptormans turbo project ....

[cruisin]

You have some serious fab skills. I was thinking the whole time i was scanning through this thread, that you have massive potential to make a nice living doing what you love to do. I don't know if you mentioned what you do for a living in the thread??? I did see at the end though that you've said that you've just lost your job. Is there anything that you've made on this build that you could easily repeat to make that anyone who was doing the same conversion benefit from? you could sell them all day long on ebay and a small website could also do this.

Why not do some welding jobs for people on here and being the person to go to for fab work? Its not a retro ride without it needing a new battery tray or a sill welding.

What you did to your turbo was amazing bit of fab work, you're wasted working for someone else.

If what i've said sounded off it didnt mean to be, you have serious skills.

I remeber someone telling me about a guy that drilled a hole and a welded a nut, on to a gearbox pan and plugged it with a bolt so that people could completely drain the oil out of gearbox quickly and easily. You had to give your old one for the modified one plus cash obviously. He couldnt make them quick enough.

[LAndy]

I agree with the above posts, I'm sure you'd be able to make a decent little business out of your skills.

[pyromania]

evening , gotta agree with the two posts above your skills are well worth looking in to . if your any where near doncaster i could use a spot of welding and fabricating doing on my motor ? . hope you find a job that pays the bills and uses your amazing skills soon fella

[adaptorman]

well dropped on a little bargin , evern throw caddys runing well I'm going to remove it and fit something a little bigger and use it for a bit of summer fun , which is mk5 r32 golf which is 250bhp std but thats no good to me ill turbo it lol
so far stripped the lump , added a mk4 r32 forged crank to safe
headspacer,
modifyed some 530cc injectors,
made a alloy welded manifold
modifyed a mk5 fuel into a mk4 style
rewired the engine for ms3x and vvt wired up
added ls2 coils
trail started on the floor
ive got the gearbox in bits changeing ratios at mo,
then need to make a exhuast turbo manifold
then add hx40 turbo
quick pic

[adaptorman]

new manifold arrived arrived and thought id do a trail fit ,all seems good,,,..but hit a issiuse
didnt realise these manifolds are for t25 turbos , and mines a t3 ,, sdue to were external wastgate is shown, its in the wrong place , so that turbo intake is wrong way as well ..
so bit of adapting is needed first manifold

then chopped t25 flange off and welded a cast t3 flange on along with ,moving external wastegate too


notice now the intakes on the left and not on right ,

notice were old wastegate is now , ill just make a blanking plate , so then manifold can be used both ways


trail fit time

fits good , also i can now not only fit a turbo either way , but also spin the intake snail 360deg for any pipe angle ,,

[skodarew]

some people are just to good.....

you sir are one of those people ;D

awesome build, i always get excited when i see this topic has been updated.

keep up the excelent work

[kilroy]

Mate.
Out here on the edge of the planet, we have made an art of preserving things - because they all come from so far away that they cost a lot.
This has taught us all to modify stuff so that we can get extra performance without buying exotic machinery.
Then I see your work on this site.
I feel eclipsed by your skills and your innovative approach.
Thanks for sharing it all with us, and I wish you every luck with your work and your projects.
I am on the opposite side of the planet and unable to assist in any way - but if I could give you one thing it would be this.
Decide what you want and where you want to be, and hold it in your mind. A lot. The totally best outcome.
Its the first step towards it being real.
We have just endured 7 months of really serious earthquakes here that have flattened our city and turned our lives upside down.
Personally, we have lost our work premises and our home in one 20 second event - and yet everything is going absolutely great, and all the things we were feeling good about are still totally cool.
Make that your reality too.
You're worth it mate.
Dig.
Kilroy and Red.

[adaptorman]

thankyou for the detailed replys , unsure if some of r/r members have noticed but differnert foruims have totaly differnert veiws , ie any foriums that have vauxhalls,golfs mk1/2/3 aircooled or basicly classic old aged type of vechicals on them , ive noticed,everyones likes ideas and things i do,which i supose long as its keeps u bisy reading or you just like to veiw the thread,its always good to hear your thoughts,
but say i go on a forium were money is no option and they throw 1000s into c,they will pay custom ,parts etc , i basicly get pulled to bits , yet i build a intake from scrap alloy for 50.00
450/600 for the same idea and think because it has a name on it from that company , its better,am i missing something here?

[j4mes]

Don't worry about them, your skills are not something that can be purchased!! It's a no-brainer, you're saving money and doing things the exact way you want them.
Much respect, keep it up!

[cianha]

^^ Exactly, if those others had your skills they wouldn't need to splurge on the labels. and bonus cool points to you sir, for a VRT installation. Legend!

[adaptorman]

cheers guys I just have a go tbh, I build vr6 with my eyes closed (not been a big head , but you,ll understand via the thread lol)

ps if anyone needs alloy/stainless tig welding /bit of modifying ,intakes,driveshafts,headers ,wheels;D ,worth a ask
mig/tig/stick/ all my work ,mods are on this thread

[will]

Cracking work as ever adaptorman

[Brigsy]

I'm all for home built parts adaptorman, keep up the good work! Power on a budget is the way forward!

[adaptorman]

May 14, 2011 11:08:34 GMT Brigsy said:

I'm all for home built parts adaptorman, keep up the good work! Power on a budget is the way forward!

yep i totaly agree with you there pal ,,lol

[pyromania]

good evening adaptorman . the work you do is amazing not one post on your thread is disrespectful or discurtiose perhaps that tells you just exactly how high you are held in esteem with everyone on here i'd ignore the other forums they just don't understand the effort and skill involved . with regaurd to that have you considerd contacting a magazine about your achivements i know for a fact that a publication called practical perfomance cars would be very interested in it . they sound like your kind of guys too one of them has a 27liter (not a misprint 27litre ) spitfire enigine nailed into a rover sd1 . the mag can be found in any good corner shop or asda altough of course you may wish to keep your anonimity . in any case keep up the good work . a few things you might be interested in supercharges , nitrous oxide , watercooling . just a tought

[rotapug]

I signed up to this forum just to tell you that, what you have achieved is a thing of beauty. as for the other forums, I say embrace the haters! they are the best bit of modifying cars, its great when people love your work and its just funny when they don't, especially in this case when it is done really well.

[gt]

how can anyone not appreciate your work, your skills are amazing i don't post a lot but i do enjoy reading your thread, long may it continue

[dean924s]

May 13, 2011 21:58:06 GMT adaptorman said:

ps if anyone needs alloy/stainless tig welding /bit of modifying ,intakes,driveshafts,headers ,wheels;D ,worth a ask
mig/tig/stick/ all my work ,mods are on this thread

I so wish you were local.

Keep up the good work!!!! Don't let the haters get you down. What you can do with $10 of steel a welder and a grinder is simply amazing!!!! I have learned allot reading your posts.

Now when faced with a problem while working on the 924ssc project I will often ask myself "what would adaptorman do?".

All the best!

Respectfully,

Dean

[adaptorman]

well I'm always amazed by replies ,from everyone here , speechless are my thoughts, ps regards a car feature i have had james emailing regards instrest in the thread , so might end up with something unsure tbh ,, ive a nice flue(man flue at mo lol )so nothing mutch to had I'm affraid

[ruishy1]

just a thought mate, why not rattle up some turbo conversions and ebay them ?
there are plenty of people wanting to turbo there cars but off the shelf kits are normally very expensive, make one, sell it for price of parts and consumables + a couple hundred quid for your time etc and see if you get any more interest. if so you could be onto a nice little earner