1988 VW Caddy with McLaren 650S engine

[KernowSid]

Amazing work! Enjoying the updates.

[House86]

Would love to have the skills to do something like this, its mental!

[P. ONeill]

Utterly bonkers but very, very impressive.

[Couchwarrior316]

This is absolute madness, i love it!

[McL.VW]

Hi all

Apologies I neglected to update this thread, but progress has been made in the meantime.

We’ve had it sat on the ground and pushed out of the workshop with working steering and suspension. That was a big moment.

The engine and gearbox are now back in and will remain there until after we’ve shaken it down.

Over the Christmas break we got a lot done.

Cooling and LTR systems complete (connected but still need some brackets to secure the hoses and the coolers)
Gear lever fabricated, installed and working well.
Fuel tank designed and made
Fuel lines completed
Suspension fitted
Wiring harness installed and most of it now terminated (a few bits at front end and all wheelspeeds are still to be done).
All hardlines for brakes installed. HEL Performance are coming to visit to make up the flexis we need.

A few pics but since these we’ve got the harness properly dressed and routed.

[Pflanzgarten]

Excellent I’d forgotten about this one.

[K5tealth]

Thanks for the update - great to see the progress of this!

[dom9]

Pflanzgarten said:

Excellent I’d forgotten about this one.

Me too! Great to see progress!

[triple5]

[TheJimi]

How the heck did I miss this?!

Damn, what a thing.

What's the projected weight of the thing?

[McL.VW]

TheJimi said:

How the heck did I miss this?!

Damn, what a thing.

What's the projected weight of the thing?

Thanks!

It won’t be light. If it’s under 1,300kgs I’ll be pleased.

[sherbertdip]

McL.VW said:

TheJimi said:

How the heck did I miss this?!

Damn, what a thing.

What's the projected weight of the thing?

Thanks!

It won’t be light. If it’s under 1,300kgs I’ll be pleased.

Just seen this brilliant thread, thankyou for keeping it updated. I would think that the weight isn't that much of a problem with 700BHP, in fact it might help in the traction stakes, I had a car with the same BHP/Tonne and it would spin the rears in any gear, admittedly with less weight over the back end.

[r5kdt]

Amazing! more updates please