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If you think for one minute this is like strapping a block of wood to your foot then perhaps you should remove the block of wood from your head and read my posts carefully. Or not.Originally Posted by PhilMart
Volvo S60 RD T6
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corey i think you should drive an R with a sprintbooster before you make a comment. you are entitled to your opinion and thats fine but I have one in my R and a GIAC flash and its fking fantastic. you can quote the website all u want but bottom line is you dont have one. i do
It does increase the intial acceleration but I wouldnt say that having a sprintbooster is the equivalent of mashing the pedal? It reduces the drive by wire lag and it and acceleration has more urgency and punch
Last edited by stephen8512; 29-05-2011 at 11:57 AM.
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Yeah good comeback. I'm sure that the VWWatercooled forum owners would prefer it their moderators encouraged positive reviews of products that SHOW SUCCSESSFUL RESULTS AS TESTED BY PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE ONE.
Or perhaps I'm wrong.
That's ok, I guess you know better than the 24 people on vwgolf.net that have placed an order for one in a group buy.
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Volvo S60 RD T6
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thezoneR32, please tone it down and stop resorting to direct insulting of other members.
Sprintbooster say it. Hence why they say that it "does not increase Horsepower, does not reduce your 0-60mph times, DOES make your car 'FEEL' faster, is not for everyone."
Btw, whilst it makes it feel like the lag has been removed when you put your foot down due to the change in the 100% position of the throttle, the opposite also applies. When you take your foot off the throttle, it actually introduces "lag" whilst your foot is coming back through the 100% to ~66% pedal position, which is made all "100%" by the use of the Sprintbooster.
I remember having a discussion on this previously and some people were making claims of it doing all sorts of things which it's not possible to do (like having direct effect on the ECU and DSG programming, which as you know it can't do, because it plugs in between the gas pedal and the existing wires, not further up the chain). Someone posted a link to a white paper on the device where the writer had produced logs of how it was working and the effects it was having, though I think they used Mercs. It really did back up what Sprintbooster themselves said it does and disproved the "additional things" that some Sprintbooster customers claimed it was doing. I thought it was in the MK6 section, but I can't find it now.
After that thread, I went out to find someone who had it. I couldn't find anyone I knew with a Golf who had it but a friend had a Mini Cooper S did. He also had the switch to turn it on and off. Don't get me wrong, I do understand the change it feel it provides (at least with the Mini) and I can see the attraction to it. To me it's just like the "M button" on a BMW M (if the owner has set the sports pedal response), or the SI button in a Subaru etc. I wish our Golf R's had a button like that from the factory. I just don't feel the need to spend US$330 for it. If others do, then that's good for them.
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How does it increase the initial acceleration? And how does it reduce the drive by wire lag? It's all smoke and mirrors, you're not replacing the pedal, the pedal doesn't have problems with delays or this would be seen in the sprintbooster so apart from decreasing the range of the pedal (and thus reducing the control of the accelerator as you're reducing the accuracy by 33% by removing the final 1/3 of the pedal travel).
Does the same device sort out the molecular structure of fuel by aligning the molecules and save fuel? Or this an optional product?
A spring on the pedal would be more effective I'd think if people are having problems pushing the pedal down.
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As has been proven so many times before just because people are suckered into buying something doesn't mean it's worth it.
Peter Brock Energy Polarizer promised huge fuel savings but .......
Earthwise Power Savers promised 40% power savings but actually used power ......
and the list goes on....
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all i'll say is that it will go well with your apr tune, or any stage 1 tune for that matter
im not technically gifted so unfortunately i wont be able to provide a scientific answer. but it'd be like comparing 0-100 times, track times, etc of a car based on its figures and what the company has said about the car on its factsheet. real world applications may differ. so thats why i find it funny when those who dont have one can comment and say "oh its the same as mashing the pedal down" etc. All i'll say is that the DBW lag is GONE (not that there was a huge amount of lag to begin with) but with the sprintbooster turned OFF and ON, its like night and day
Last edited by stephen8512; 29-05-2011 at 12:34 PM.
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I was writing my previous post whilst you wrote this, so I didn't see this until now.
I love seeing customers feedback on products they have purchased and I encourage everyone to do so. I enjoyed reading your opinion on the product in your first two posts. I have simply responded to something which I believe is a factual inaccuracy in your third post because it goes against what the manufacturer of the device claims.
You have since taken offense to this (and maybe FJ Steve's "spoiling for a dust up" has inflamed it a bit more) but I am not trying to put you down, or anyone else that has purchased the product. I am not trying to discount your positive opinion of the benefit it's had in your car. And I'm quite happy to see that people have organised a group buy to benefit Australian VW enthusiasts.
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I would like to formerly appolgise to PhilMart for an apparent verbal attack regarding a block of wood, I was a little fired up at the time.
As for the rest of you statistic quoting non-believers I am going to state here right now that my cars 0-100 times are faster as a result of this device, in fact my cars 30- 60 times are faster, in fact my cars (insert any velocity here) to (insert any velocity here) times are faster as a result of the pedal being more sensitive and reactive to input whch gives me A BETTER RANGE OF CONTROL OVER THE CARS MOTION (ACCELERATION AND DECLERATION).
Seriously I dont usually get so excited about mods especially to an na but go and borrow one (it takes 5 mins to install) and try it. And btw the group buy price is around the $250 mark which is not expensive given how much difference this thing makes.
Volvo S60 RD T6
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I'm still not understanding how not only is your car faster (how by just reducing accelerator range), but control has been enhanced (despite reducing the control over the throttle), lag has gone (how, it's still using the same pedal and the same ECU) none of which is possible if you look at how the accelerator pedal and ecu operate.
It seems more like there is a placebo effect occurring here, I get the same thing if I drive my wifes car and jump into the GTI afterwards.
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