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Old 07-10-2007, 02:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Sprintbooster fitted

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What a difference So it does wotk on a 98 with TB under hood

No wonder people rave about these things, car is all it should of been.

Maybe a little sensitive at the moment but certainly restores any lost feelings

Ive driven for one day, slow and fast, had to turn onto "W" mode to keep things honest.

No lag like Subby, connector housing on throttle body cracked up due to age but still plugged ok into Sprintbooster socket.

Car is no faster overall but just gets up and goes with earlier throttle, SC seems to come in earlier too

Will see how I feel in about a week after the initial thrill wears off

Easy to fit. Mine is under hood at throttle potentiometer.
Press tangs in on side of plug and wiggle off. Mine was stuck and one tang broke off, bugger. Didnt matter as it is a snug fit into adaptor socket, then plug SB where you removed plug.

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Old 07-10-2007, 02:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Did some research on SprintBooster and it sounds awesome. I could only find it on ebay for about US$300 including shipping. Does that seem about right? It ships from Hong Kong...makes me nervous.

Are there any U.S. distributors that you know of?

Thanks for sharing...your posts are always reliable.

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Old 07-10-2007, 02:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Where is the US?
Isnt Ozzie the only country in the world

Got mine from UK. Took 4 days postage.

See my other Sprintbooster thread.

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Old 07-10-2007, 05:54 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Hey Baz great to hear... i think it might have been my car.

I got a scan tool today and reset all my codes. after doing this my car goes COMPLETLY diff. it looks like the supercharger was engaging before but not giving any boost, if it did it wasnt full. sort of like "safe mode" if a fault was triggered? it turned the S/C system off. now it actually feels like a forced induction car.

I will pop my sprintbooster back on tomorrow and let you know... im hoping for good things
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:14 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 07-10-2007, 09:02 AM   #6 (permalink)
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ok, so when people say "you don't need a sprint booster, just push on the pedal harder if you want it to go faster" is that statement incorrect? does it do more than just simulate the throttle pushed further/faster?
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Old 07-10-2007, 09:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I'm surprised that there are no pics... Cmon Bazzle, I want to know what's inside, and I thought you did too! I'm still wondering what makes it tick (resistors?). Still seems kinda pricey but if the cars learning procedure does not learn the new signals and get slow again it may be worth it. The thing I really hate about this car is the disconnected feeling.....

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Old 07-10-2007, 10:35 AM   #8 (permalink)
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ok, so when people say "you don't need a sprint booster, just push on the pedal harder if you want it to go faster" is that statement incorrect? does it do more than just simulate the throttle pushed further/faster?
Call me lazy. It does feel more than the lead foot approach.

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Old 07-10-2007, 10:47 AM   #9 (permalink)
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any EE's willing to reverse engineer this thing for us forum pals?
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Old 07-10-2007, 11:00 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Why dont we all chip in a few bucks on paypal to bazzle, To buy one to rip apart
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