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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: vwjones on August 20, 2009, 10:53:10 am
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okay, I know you have heard a story like this a hundred times, but this time it happened to me. Once upon a time I was in lowes and i over heard a woman ***ing at her husband about his grandpa's truck that was in her garage and wouldn't run. Well, he says, "It isn't worth fixing, it's a diesel for crying out loud" I ambled over and recognized that he works at the same hospital that I do so I said hello and asked what kind of truck it was and he said a VW. It had been his grandfathers and he had visions of fixing it and driving it and she had visions of getting it the hell out of her garage. She pipes up that i can have it if i get it today. He said 200 dollars. Well, I jumped the bus bar to my tracker battery and it fired right up and i drove it home. I got her home and looked her over good and there was only 3 small spots of rust. none in the towers or underneath. it was undercoated since new and now had 165,000 miles. I took the camper shell off, hadded a DIY tonneau and drove it for a couple months. But alas I longed for power and since one of the cylinders of the old NA 1.6 had low compression. So I bought a GTD engine and had it shipped to my house. Not cheap, but then again, with a 200 dollar truck, it still wasn't breaking the bank.
2.75 turbo back exhaust, 1.6 GTD with oil and water cooled turbo. Mazda RX7 intercooler topmounted with fresh air scoop for the intercooler and cone filter. (I know, I know it's not stock but that is just how I roll) MK2 springs and rear air shocks. I actually use the truck and needed some ground clearance. Two tanks for WVO and WMO setup with lift pump. EGT, boost oil pressure and temp gauges. That's about it. A couple peeps wanted me to post a pic. thanks to everyone who has helped me sort out my boost issues and put up with all of my inane questions.
just posted a bunch of webshots pics and they won't come up so here are the links manually
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2577805040105492179BBiqXS
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2994817980105492179tEGRtf
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2482009470105492179fUQCGU
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2844978160105492179XRKalo
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2898723060105492179QLWDnv
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2577805040105492179BBiqXS
ps. stop laughing at my pvc intercooler piping it's temporary until my 2.25 pipe gets here. ::)
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PICS! i wanna see the TMIC all rigged up. and another thought, put your air filter in the rain tray, then it will be even colder air. putting my air filter in the rain tray gave me almost as much power as it did adding an intercooler. plus it sounds sweet at idle.
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aw rabbit! where were you when i needed you? already cut two big holes in the hood now
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that truck is ***in, but the interior is hideous, thats my least favorite rabbit interior. the brown/tan on wood grain? can you say eew? lol, but the rest of the ride is ***in.
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yep, "baby poop brown" isnt it. it will look better once i get the flat black sprayed and the interior done
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lol flat black, heres some inspiration!
http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=19534.msg147917#msg147917
by the way, my car was nice and cheap like yours too. it was free-ninety-nine! i figure i have almost a grand into it and it will do 140 mph. and that was with a boost leak and i could only spool to 15... now i spool to around 25 most of the time.
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my blow off valve is set to blow at 10 psi, which is okay for now since my pvc intercooler pipe probably won't take much more anyway ::) but i have some tubing on order and i'm going to plug my BOV as soon as it gets here....as soon as I find the BOV. it doesn't seem to be in the location that it is supposed to be in, but push it up over 10 psi and it makes itself known
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That is one sweet Caddy but the hood scoops are ghastly, sorry.
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That is one sweet Caddy but the hood scoops are ghastly, sorry.
Great Caddy, I too wounder about those hood scoops. I never would have thought to put the IC there. Are you sure you are getting enough air through it? The bottom of it might be a high pressure area. Guess a few temp probes would answer this.
I like the gauges you added. Reminds me of what I did to my Caravan diesel ;-)
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ghastly? hmm. i don't think i know anyone who uses the word "ghastly". let alone can spell it. oh well, form follows function, at least in this case. I used a top mount intercooler because the old girl had factory air that still works and i'm getting old and the thought of not having AC does not work for me.
arb, I have a fan underneath that runs all the time the key is on. I also have highdensity foam around the hood that connects to the IC when the hood is closed so the air has no choice but to go through the IC. Aircraft spruce says ....EGTs are 700 at 75 mph with 95 degree ambient temp. here, and that is with 1.5 inch temporary intercooler pipe. So i think the air is going through....must be. Took her out and ran her hard up a couple long pulls today and when i stopped i let it idle and the radiator fan didn't come on for a couple minutes so i'm pleased with overall cooling
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lol, sorry. Maybe if you painted them to match the hood they would look better? Anywho, if you like it then that's all that matters. The exterior paint color is awesome.
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lol, sorry. Maybe if you painted them to match the hood they would look better? Anywho, if you like it then that's all that matters. The exterior paint color is awesome.
hey its okay, really. it is all getting a coat of flat black soon.
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yep, "baby poop brown" isnt it. it will look better once i get the flat black sprayed and the interior done
I actualy like that color interior and it looks to be in pretty good shape too. I like the Beige color they use in todays interiors and the dark colors show dirt a lot easier too, it's a real nice looking truck but please do something with those hood scoops. I am thinking about an I/C for my Rabbit too and where to put it, I like how yours is set up but I imagine it is hard to come up with a way to get air to it. I have been thinking about a front mount with one of those duckbill type valances but from what I've read they cause a good bit of wind resistance also. I'd like to see one already done using the rain tray area to get an idea what needs to be done, the lines would not have to be very long either. Again you have a very nice truck and a hell of a good price on top of it all.
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I like everything about it except the purple steering wheel cover. How big is the cone filter? That is what I want to run in mine and looks like it fits well.
The only thing that needs done in the engine area looks like you need to put that valve cover breather away and route it into the intake tube behind that nice big dual cone air filter. Dakotakid has told me time and again that the oil vapors need to be in there for the valves to be lubed and not wear as fast. It makes sense and that is the way VW always did it, so you might want to think about that before your valves tell you to :D
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I like everything about it except the purple steering wheel cover. How big is the cone filter? That is what I want to run in mine and looks like it fits well.
The only thing that needs done in the engine area looks like you need to put that valve cover breather away and route it into the intake tube behind that nice big dual cone air filter. Dakotakid has told me time and again that the oil vapors need to be in there for the valves to be lubed and not wear as fast. It makes sense and that is the way VW always did it, so you might want to think about that before your valves tell you to :D
My dead grandfater game me the purple steering wheel cover and asked that I put it on my car and he would protect me when I drive.
I couldn't agree more about the valve cover. I realized that was a bad move when i saw all the exhaust vapors that were comming out of the valve cover breather. I am planning on doing that asap. I don't know what size the cone filter is, I got it off craigslist for a song. I think it's probably about 8 inches. Just kidding about my grandfather. He thinks the steering wheel cover looks like *** too. ;)
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I like everything about it except the purple steering wheel cover. How big is the cone filter? That is what I want to run in mine and looks like it fits well.
The only thing that needs done in the engine area looks like you need to put that valve cover breather away and route it into the intake tube behind that nice big dual cone air filter. Dakotakid has told me time and again that the oil vapors need to be in there for the valves to be lubed and not wear as fast. It makes sense and that is the way VW always did it, so you might want to think about that before your valves tell you to :D
My dead grandfater game me the purple steering wheel cover and asked that I put it on my car and he would protect me when I drive.
I couldn't agree more about the valve cover. I realized that was a bad move when i saw all the exhaust vapors that were comming out of the valve cover breather. I am planning on doing that asap. I don't know what size the cone filter is, I got it off craigslist for a song. I think it's probably about 8 inches. Just kidding about my grandfather. He thinks the steering wheel cover looks like *** too. ;)
Your Grandfather obviously has good taste ;D What does he think about the scoops? No really you have a nice truck, have fun with it anyway you can and as long as you can. Hoods are cheap for these things if you want to change it back anyway. Maby a wider and lower scoop in the middle ;D
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Nice caddy! I have same one with the "baby poop brown", and the wood trim interior. Except I paid about 1500 dollars more than yours and has rust because I live in a salt state. I wish I could have found a good deal like you did but oh well. I think you should keep the color. you could probably just give it good buff job and if you dont like the interior replace it with a black one it might save you some time and money. I also have some similar plans for mine but I am currently "restoring it" piece by piece. ( some floor rust and passenger side rain tray leaking into the fender wells put a big rust hole in it.) Yeah I've been finding out that "restoring" takes a hell of a alot of money and time. Both of which I don't have. So good job on your progress. :)
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I like everything about it except the purple steering wheel cover. How big is the cone filter? That is what I want to run in mine and looks like it fits well.
The only thing that needs done in the engine area looks like you need to put that valve cover breather away and route it into the intake tube behind that nice big dual cone air filter. Dakotakid has told me time and again that the oil vapors need to be in there for the valves to be lubed and not wear as fast. It makes sense and that is the way VW always did it, so you might want to think about that before your valves tell you to :D
My dead grandfater game me the purple steering wheel cover and asked that I put it on my car and he would protect me when I drive.
I couldn't agree more about the valve cover. I realized that was a bad move when i saw all the exhaust vapors that were comming out of the valve cover breather. I am planning on doing that asap. I don't know what size the cone filter is, I got it off craigslist for a song. I think it's probably about 8 inches. Just kidding about my grandfather. He thinks the steering wheel cover looks like *** too. ;)
Your Grandfather obviously has good taste ;D What does he think about the scoops? No really you have a nice truck, have fun with it anyway you can and as long as you can. Hoods are cheap for these things if you want to change it back anyway. Maby a wider and lower scoop in the middle ;D
i would have liked a wider and lower one in the middle, kind of like the scummins has, but I figured I needed the fresh air over the intercooler and of course there is no place in the center for the cooler. Of course, factory air aside, the best place is in the front. My wife didn't have a problem with me spending a couple thousand on the truck, as long as it had ac ;D
There is an air dam attached to the underside of the hood that seals off the intercooler from the engine bay and forces the air through. It works pretty good for a hillbilly. (yeah, those are the ozarks mountains in the background of the photo's. I'd imagine hillfolkr would approve, i'm starting to think we are birds of a feather.
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Nice caddy! I have same one with the "baby poop brown", and the wood trim interior. Except I paid about 1500 dollars more than yours and has rust because I live in a salt state. I wish I could have found a good deal like you did but oh well. I think you should keep the color. you could probably just give it good buff job and if you dont like the interior replace it with a black one it might save you some time and money. I also have some similar plans for mine but I am currently "restoring it" piece by piece. ( some floor rust and passenger side rain tray leaking into the fender wells put a big rust hole in it.) Yeah I've been finding out that "restoring" takes a hell of a alot of money and time. Both of which I don't have. So good job on your progress. :)
thanks for the kind words. I live in a salt state somewhat too and this is probably the only 81 caddy in this state that isn't rusted. I asked about that and he told me that the old fellow just refused to drive until the snow was gone so the truck sat in the garage and didn't see any salt. still doesn't explain why the paint is oxidized ::) I don't think I will keep the color though. I saw rabbit on roids flat black paintjob and i saw my future. I do think i'll add a flat clearcoat and avoid the constant cleaning chores
I have the rain tray problem as well. I just spotted it while I was moving my fuel filter into the wheelwell. They are clogged up and holding water. It's always something. I'm wondering if I will ever get it all sorted out. Please post some pics of your resto. we are all curious