Volkswagen Caddy Power Plug
VW performance tuning chips

The VW Caddy is completely redesigned for today's all-round lifestyle, because nowadays, there's no such thing as one-thing-at-a-time.

We're business people, entrepreneurs, parents, bosses, suppliers, chauffeur services, movers, carers, coaches, all in a single day, and the new Volkswagen Caddy is designed with all that in mind.

From delivering wood for a beach braai to delivering people to a party, from road trips to grocery runs, from carrying the kids and all their paraphernalia, to carrying employees and all their gear - the new VW Caddy is equally at home wherever you take it, whatever you use it for.

And Steves Auto Clinic have the perfect add on for this completely versatile vehicle, a reliable Power Plug upgrade that sees this highly fuel efficient turbodiesel machine become even better as a daily drive.

Built on the cutting-edge platform of the new Golf, SAC’s enhanced Volkswagen Caddy isn't shy about performing on the open road.

With power now up from 77 kW and 250 Nm to 92 kW and 290 Nm respectively, you can expect to make fewer gear changes and use even less fuel than before when out and about.

The Power Plug is not to be confused with the mostly, overseas sourced and local condition non-specific, re-flash methods of tuning that most performance enthusiasts seem familiar with in which the OEM ECU code is simply generically re-written with a hand held programmer via the vehicle’s OBD port.

With the Power Plug, all the changes occur within this unit and are electrically communicated to your vehicle’s engine control system.

No changes are made within the OEM computer, and thus all the engine safety parameters as set by the manufacturer remain in place.

And once the Power Plug is installed, it leaves no electronic “footprint”, and this also applies should you want to remove the unit, unlike when you program the OEM ECU with a re-flash programmer, the ECU knows and records that it has been reprogrammed.

Even if you re-flash your OEM back to stock prior to service work, the OEM ECU dutifully reports how many times it has been re-flashed whenever the dealer checks via their diagnostic equipment, and if it reports something different than what the dealer’s records reflect, some difficult questions could arise.

The Power Plug comes as a complete stand-alone product, complete with a wiring harness that plugs directly into the OEM ECU via connectors that are perfectly matched to the factory connectors on your vehicle.

There is no dangerous or complicated cutting into of wires on your vehicles existing main wiring harness and there is also no room for errors by wiring the wrong wires together.

From start to finish, most installation times are less than five minutes (depending on the options you choose) and everything stays as is in your vehicle.

No extended and inconvenient vehicle down time, no long hours spent on the dyna, and no stripping and modifying of parts.

As already mentioned, the Power Plug is completely removable, and this means that you can choose to remove the unit from your vehicle when you want to sell it or you can transfer it to another vehicle of the same model type should you upgrade your vehicles.

The basic Power Plug kit comes in the form of a unit that has only one performance option fitted and is non-switchable to other performance maps.

But you can also opt for the more flexible multi-map unit, which includes a two-position option via which you can change between a standard map and the upgraded map, or you can configure that same unit to allow you to choose from up to five different map settings for your vehicle.

So now you can have an everyday traffic map, a map for towing, a map for open road performance but to name a few of the options that can be tailor made for whatever motoring requirement you might have.

At this stage, this technology and switching capability is via a neat and functional unit supplied with the Power Plug, but Bluetooth switching is currently being developed so that you can change the performance map on your car via your cell phone in the future.

This flexible and local condition and vehicle specific method of tuning can in layman’s terms be likened to an artist painting his own renditions of what he sees as opposed to someone merely photocopying a picture of something not quite the same as what the artist sees but still hopes that it will work and look almost like the artist’s efforts.

Steves Auto Clinic are well aware that any motor manufacturer reserves the right to cancel your vehicles factory warranty and / or motorplan / service plan should you modify your vehicle, be it from mild to totally wild.

But it is worth noting that this not only applies to tuning upgrades, a little known fact is that this scenario can extend to something as the simple fitting of aftermarket alloy wheels, to even sound system upgrades that are not authorised.

But in SAC’s 25 years as the country’s leading aftermarket performance enhancers and over the course of thousands and thousands of performance upgrades, history has shown that most manufacturer service outlets treat their clients with the same respect that their clients treat them, and this includes those that have had their vehicles responsibly upgraded.

For further peace of mind, SAC is the only aftermarket performance enhancing concern in South Africa to have a dedicated and stand-alone Research & Development Centre.

This centre is responsible for the development, via their own specifically purchased vehicles, and the subsequent comprehensive testing of these vehicles under local conditions, for all the performance upgrade packages as undertaken by the entire SAC Group of outlets situated countrywide.

So besides knowing that your vehicle is not being used a test mule to fine tune some companies claimed performance capabilities, you can be assured, no matter which SAC branch you take your vehicle to, the quality of the upgrade will be the same

So should you want to know more about this specific upgrade, contact a SAC Branch near you.