John's 3.6L VR6 Mk1 Caddy | Owner Spotlight

Today at ShopDAP we interviewed our Shop Mechanic John about his Vr6 Swapped Mk1 Caddy Pickup. This is the first episode of a new series were we put a spotlight on Unique builds, story's, and experiences. John has put a lot of time into his Pickup and still has more plans for it in the future. Be sure to tell us if you like videos like this and if we should make more!
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[Deutscheautoparts]

This is the first episode of a new series were we put a spotlight on unique builds, story's, and experiences. Be sure to leave a comment telling us if we should make more videos like this in the future!

[raiink]

You can feel true love and passion for cars from this guy. He reminds me little bit of me, my life is turning around cars only, Ive builds cars since i dont even know. Lot of money put into bad projects, lot of into good projects, no regret at all. I will build cars until I will die. Doesnt care how my car looks to other people, how they like the way it looks, just care about how I see it. It doesnt even matter, which car do u drive, which engine. Its all about passion to these things on 4 wheels :). Sorry for my english. Cars for life <3

[lemons]

This guy needs to be on more videos 100%

[freddaniali]

That sure beats the 1982 Diesel Caddy that I had. I was lucky to do 75 on level grade! Great mod!

[toffeerado]

that was pretty funny "it gets a little scary at 140"

[Eurospec]

Awesome swap that's for sure! Great job on the conversion!

[MegaZakks]

Man, ive wanted a vr6 caddy ever since i got in to VWs

[the_OCD_Garage]

No one was doing it but yeah there was a kit already made for people to do just that interesting…

[spnxhoi]

I’ve wanted to do this for twenty years.

[ceridricks]

Ayyy, I know both Marty and Dave in New York! Nice truck, John!

[iseceepcool]

A rwd R32 caddy mk1 is probably my dream project. Too bad they don't really make trucks like these anymore. It's the Skoda Felicia pickup and the Dacia logan pickup at least in Sweden.

[mastaflex]

Hell yes, just barn found a 81 diesel for 50$ cant wait to build it

[borisbadenov]

Man this is awesome! A Vr6 is not the most common swap in Europe where I live (due to the caddy only being available as 4 cylinder versions, there are laws preventing it from being legal which is checked on a yearly basis). So seeing this, I really love it!

You are probably aware of this yourself, but I thought to share a little info anyway. The 1.8 20vt are AMAZING engines with endless possibilities for mods, I have one myself too (not in a caddy).
When you talked about the clearance in the engine bay, when you swap for the 1.8t (which is smaller already I assume) there are different build versions depending on what car it came from.

The intake / outlet setups can differ in placement which could help with placement of cooling and turbo. Of course there are many ways to switch it around, but why not start with everything already close to where it needs to be and save yourself the headache.

Cheers mate!

[obidavekenobe]

Holy cow! Just a little scary past 140. I had a '81 caddy once with the stock 1.8

[thestig]

Shout out to turbo Dave. Great work. Sounds amazing

[jordanjoestar]

400-500 will be no sweat on a good bottom end with the 1.8t, using the stock AEB head. Boost chugging monsters for sure.

[ekindt]

Dream car right there, beautiful little monster

[frederickhasselbrinck]

Love the truck brother, awd swap it and turbo it 👍

[South_f_Heaven_]

Had a Black/Black 1982 VW Rabbit 🐇 Pickup, always wanted to do a VR6 in it.

[timothyferrell]

BADASS I love vw’ s I had a mk2 gti vr6 swap know I drive a Vw cc 3.6 4 motion and boy do I miss my mk2