Originally Posted by BrianBrave
I used to design electronic circuits - (DC to DC power converters).
Open your booster up and take a high resolution picture.
If possible, I'll be glad to open it up and show you what it is constructed of. But, I do not yet have it in hand so I'm not sure if I can crack it open safely.
Originally Posted by BrianBrave
I will tell you exactly what's in it and price it out. There are what?, two or three wires on the connector it goes between? that rules out any externally powered IC's (requiring a external voltage reference) thus limiting the types of amplifiers available for use.
You are over my head there...as I know very little about the 'small' parts of electrical circuits. While I can wire up a simple light, switch, etc...when you get into the micro scale it is all foreign to me.
Originally Posted by BrianBrave
The company that makes this device makes one for every drive-by-wire car known to man. So it is not a "MB" thing.
Do they make them for mustangs? If so, they'd probably sell like hot cakes...just last weekend alone I spoke with 6 guys who were complaining about their drive by wire. From what they said, the ONLY way to help it is with a Diablo tuner or an ECU tune by a third party. I spoke of a sprint booster or some type of inline chip and they said they had never heard of such a thing for a stang.
I'm really not sure if it is an MB thing or not. The 'MB thing' I was referring to was the fact that I wouldn't be surprised if MB did 10 things differently just because they do it with all of the other parts of their car.
Originally Posted by BrianBrave
If it makes you feel good do it. That's their marketing genius - they sell the sizzle - not the steak.
I've had some steaks that didn't sizzle...as well as a lot of sizzle with crappy steak, so we'll see which way this goes.
Originally Posted by BrianBrave
I wanted to add one more thing - this device now becomes a single-point-of-failure. if it goes "poof" - your crossfire goes no-where.
It is pretty simple to take it off. I'm not concerned with this. I guess if the thing caused a car fire, I'd be concerned...
Originally Posted by BrianBrave
One more thing - if you wire two sprint boosters in series - will you get twice the "boost"?
No idea...but, I thought you said the last one was "one more thing"?
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It really seems like you wont believe it until you try it for yourself, which is typically how I am. If I receive it, and like the results - I'll let you know. If you are interested, I'll ship it to you and let you try it in return for the helpful work you did on the resonator removal. How does that sound?
I feel like I'm selling/pitching the thing and I've never even tried it! lol
So, once again - I'll be sure to let you all know what I think of it.
SQ