Sprint Booster Discussion

[stephen8512]

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.

all i'll say is that it will go well with your apr tune, or any stage 1 tune for that matter

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.

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