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i forgot to say that preeny's caddy on KW's drives very nicely indeed - i drove it in the wet a month back and really enjoyed myself. like driving a transporter again, but agile and nimble! LOTS of corner speed, nice amount of stick! even managed to get the fuel consump to read about 7.6l/100km which means i must have been up it!
There you go.. Proof is in the postvan. Get onto Dragan and purrrrchase some KW's.
Then get a more free flowing exhaust and tell me what difference it makes..
KW V1 adjustable suspension with adjustable rear rebound valves.. Improved the handling out of sight and still rides great. Some of the other guys here that have been in the caddy can vouch for that.
There's a few engine management upgrades available from Oettinger, GIAC etc. I've got a TDI (turbo diesel international) piggyback module on mine.
You've given me inspiration mate!
So aside from suspension work (Which after driving mine for a week, I'm convinced it needs) is there much point to doing exhausts etc on the TDI? I know that there will be benefits in getting the gases to escape more efficiently, but won't it make the car too loud on the inside? TDI's don't exactly have the nicest engine / exhaust notes
I was also reading on this forum that doing things like ECU reflashes etc can drastically reduce the life of various components on the car (Clutches, flywheels etc)... Does this stand true with the Caddy, or is the Caddy a bit more robust as it is a commercial veihcle?
Very new to VW's & TDI's, so you'll have to excuse my ignorance.
the other option would be to get a golf rear subframe setup and run regular golf coilovers. Preen's caddy is pretty sweet though, i've spent a few hours in it now.
So you and Preen huh?
2014 Skoda Yeti TDI Outdoor 4x4 | Audi Q3 CFGC repower | Darkside tune and Race Cams | Darkside dump pDPF | Wagner Comp IC | Snow Water Meth | Bilstein B6 H&R springs | Rays Homura 2x7 18 x 8" 255 Potenza Sports | Golf R subframe | Superpro sways and bushings | 034 engine mounts | MK6 GTI brakes |
So aside from suspension work (Which after driving mine for a week, I'm convinced it needs) is there much point to doing exhausts etc on the TDI? I know that there will be benefits in getting the gases to escape more efficiently, but won't it make the car too loud on the inside? TDI's don't exactly have the nicest engine / exhaust notes
I was also reading on this forum that doing things like ECU reflashes etc can drastically reduce the life of various components on the car (Clutches, flywheels etc)... Does this stand true with the Caddy, or is the Caddy a bit more robust as it is a commercial veihcle?
Very new to VW's & TDI's, so you'll have to excuse my ignorance.
Cheers
Matt
The caddy runs basically the same core engine and gearbox as the Polo TDI. The only reason flashing/chipping a vehicle reduces component life in that respect is the way it is treated. If you beat the balls off it and give the clutch a really hard time, sure things will fail.. But that'll happen anyway if you don't treat it with some respect. People who damage things like that are leaning on them too hard and just have no mechanical sympathy.
I'm running a TDI piggyback chip in the caddy and haven't had ANY problems apart from a smoother engine, more grunt and better fuel economy..
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