Project Caddy TDi.........the search for boost

[foxyjay]

Bought a set of golf gti mk5 clocks and after a fortunate liaison with Eddie-NL in Leicester today - they are now fitted and working 100% in the caddy.

[dubvan]

Nice work, bud. It's good to have guys who know what they're doing!

Jonesy

[t5jay]

that is some impressive work so far mate , the wiring would confuse the life out of me
j

[reggy_vw]

Clocks look the nuts dude, great thread!

[foxyjay]

Had to grind off a fair bit of plastic around the fascia to get them to fit the caddy dashboard.

[86drift]

Some nice work goin on there.those dash clocks look sweet.nice touch.

[van cleef]

Reading through all of the posts ales me wish I was a bit more capable with electrics.

Keep up the good work.

[Dr Dent]

How does the rev counter work ? Does it just stop early at the correct rpm? Looks great

[Limbsy]

Mega project! Loads of work in there, great stuff

[dreads6]

Clock's look sweet bud! Are they midline?

[Rubber12]

Sweet as, great work!!

[foxyjay]

Cheers guys.......

Yes the clocks work seamlessly and the speedo / tacho all display the correct information.

The tacho does only rev to the TDi capabilties but that's what you'd expect I guess.

Fuel computer works fine and seems accurate too.

The only hassle was trimming the GTi clocks bezel to fit the caddy dash aperture.

Trial and error and a bench grinder or belt sander is the easiest way!

[foxyjay]

Right well after a good few months of settling into Caddy life - I am happy to report that it's been a hoot.

The BXE engine and 5-speed gearbox are ok but the van isn't setting any speed records, nor is it fantastically economical.
I'm getting around 41.5mpg long term which in my mind aint fantastic.

I was in two minds about remapping the ECU and swapping out the 5-speed for a 6-speed but this seems like it might over-burden an already challenged engine (BXE known for throwing rods.......perhaps 2% of BLS/BXE fail this way).

So I decided to go down the BKD 2.0TDi PD140 route.......and DSG......

I've bought a donor car today with 50k on the clock and am going to set about looking at wiring diagrams in readiness for when it arrives.

The BXE engine is going into my 58 reg Passat 1.9Tdi BXE which is sitting in the yard with a rod through the block !

Looks like I will have a low mile 5-speed gearbox going spare (68k) and driveshafts to suit.
Will likely have a BXE turbo, injectors, top end, de-immo'd ECU too.

[nickymurtagh]

Fair play mate. Thats alot of work.

Were did you get the Caddy Life seats?

[foxyjay]

Fair play mate. Thats alot of work.

Were did you get the Caddy Life seats?

Cheers
Got the seats off a guy on eBay who's company does conversions for disabled.