I like this!!!!

[lovelydubly]

[Grizzle]

First pic has been my desktop on my macbook for a few days now think it looks brilliant.

[dubvan]

Who needs a front snazzy bumper - nice rimmage and dumped it all looks good!

Jonesy

[Liam]

serious camber on those front wheels , love it !

[chas71]

Looks good without side loading doors on either side.

I want.....

Alex

[hedge]

Always loved the racing caddys
mad tho, that look (minus suspension) could be done so cheap and would look ace
I wonder how many stupid comment you would get from people that didn't understand!

[chas71]

I hope to see it race this year at Brands Hatch.

Alex

[dubvan]

The exhaust looks cool - anyone know what she's putting out - Did the Caddy racing silver van put out about 260 horses and a million lb/ft torque?

Jonesy

[chas71]

According to this article 260hp and over 500Nm of torque.

http://www.whatvan.co.uk/index.php?opti ... 71&Itemid=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But look at this 292bhp!!! But they race at 260bhp.

http://www.volkswagenracing.co.uk/conte ... 0Caddy.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Alex

[AndyA]

Looks good, made me seriously consider lowering, but then I remembered the state of the lanes around here! Shame.

[Matt a]

Who needs a front snazzy bumper - nice rimmage and dumped it all looks good!

Jonesy

I was going to mention that too, they just need a drop!

[lovelydubly]

[dubvan]

Do any colour Caddys actually come with black plastic bumpers, instead of grey like I have on my white one? Look way better IMO.

Jonesy

[Baddy]

I took a photo of the spec list cos it was at the Autosport International. 270ps, it's the 140bhp-spec 2.0L TDi out of the Caddy / Sportline / Mk5 Golf GT with standard internals, a remap and the turbo off a 3 litre Audi diesel engine. Apparently it's a blast todrive on the road



I spoke to the bloke in charge of the technical side of the Caddy race programme at the show because i wanted to know about the rear suspension. Apparently its a custom beam axle with coilover struts and a panard rod. He was nice enough to open the tailgate up so i could see inside:



As for the exhaust, sorry to spoil the illusion but they're a dummy the actual exhaust is a race milltek system that has a downward end pipe like the standard Caddy, behind the bumper. Those twin pipes chucked out too much soot when they rigged them up properly, not handy for visibility for other racers so they left them on for effect

I also sat in it made my day that, sad as it is. I'm 5'9 on a good day and couldn't see out, the seat was mounted so low. Standard Caddy dash, flocked like race cars, with standard later model dials too complete with the normal warning lights etc, metal GTI pedals.

[dubvan]

Excellent write up mate....should have left exhausts like that for a 'James Bond smog cloud escape'!

Jonesy