| | |  | | PRESS RELEASE | WE PLUG, YOU PLAY
Roadworks Publishing cc - Editorial: Adrian Burford | | Plug ‘n play has become one of the catchphrases of modern tuning, and has made it easier than ever before to optimise the performance of modern cars without affecting any of the electronic safety parameters built into the engine’s electronic control unit (ECU) by manufacturers. | | The Steves Auto Clinic group is the local leader in the field and offers PowerPlug plug ‘n play modules for the vast majority of turbodiesels on the South African market. | | By utilising the acclaimed Dastek Unichip, the PowerPlug improves engine efficiency by optimising various engine parameters to a new base map researched and developed in our local conditions for that specific vehicle and engine type. | | This requires no cutting and rejoining of wires, and no dynamometer tuning either – it is literally a situation of plugging it into the harness with a pair of male/female connecters so that play can get underway immediately. | |  | | | The PowerPlug interacts with an engine’s ECU to optimize the air/fuel mixture, timing, boost and injector pressures under various loads and driving conditions. | | This can be done safely as the standard ECUs have been developed to suit world markets, and therefore have been set with wide tolerances. | | Because it has a Unichip piggyback computer at its heart, the benefits of the PowerPlug can be further enhanced on a dyna by fine-tuning the installation for the particular car to which it is fitted. | | Unlike the more traditional uploading/downloading and ‘burning’ of new settings for an ECU, there is no tampering with the original safety parameters (including cold start and knock sensors, water and air temperature sensors, and oxygen sensors) or the inadvertent altering of these as sometimes occurs due to operator error. Instead, the PowerPlug simply intercepts the information from the standard engine ECU and adjusts the signal – usually a voltage -- to enable the engine to reach its full potential in terms of power, fuel consumption, and drivability. | | Other advantages of the PowerPlug are the speed with which it can be installed (literally a couple of minutes on most cars), the fact that the car can be returned to its original form even more quickly, and that its presence is untraceable in the majority of installations. | | The Unichip has been optimising cars here and abroad for almost a decade, and the PowerPlug is the latest development of this revolutionary locally-developed, globally-proven tuning tool. | | It has turned aftermarket tuning into an exact science, making it possible to simultaneously achieve what were always considered to be disparate goals: more power and better economy. | | Call 016 981 1033 for contact details of your nearest SAC branch or visit www.steves.co.za. | | Issued by Roadworks Publishing on behalf of SAC Holdings. For media enquiries contact Adrian Burford on 083 274 1139 or Steve Fischer on 016 981 1033 | | | | Click Here to get an SAC consultant to advise you! | | Click here for more about our conversions | | Performance / power conversions, modifications, engine upgrades available for Alfa, Audi, BMW, Chev, Chrysler, Colt, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Jeep, Kia, Mazda, Mercedes, Mini, Nissan, Opel, Toyota, VW and more... | | | |
