Originally Posted by crossfirefrank
I think this thread speaks for itself, the only negative comments come from those who don't have one. Love my sprint booster.
Had one, it sucked, I sold it. Is that better?
I bought a Sprint Booster and installed it on my '04 with a MANUAL transmission (yes, I even got the "less sensitive" automatic version).
The ONLY effect it had was to change WOT to somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 throttle.
I think most of this praise is coming from drivers with automatics - if you drastically change the distance the pedal has to travel to achieve WOT, it's going to FEEL like the lag lessens or goes away. If you have an automatic and you don't have a sprint booster, just floor it all the time... you'll get the same effect.
It does NOT make your car faster.
It does NOT make your throttle snappier or smoother.
It does NOT "remove throttle lag" - this is a misconception
ALL IT DOES is change the travel of the pedal from this: |----------------------|
to this: |-------------|
Oh yeah... one other thing it does is make you post on this board about how great it is so you don't feel like a total chump for blowing $300 on two bucks worth of Radio Shack parts.
But hey.. if you want to act like a chump, buy a cheap aluminum intake tube, stick a K&N knock-off cone at the end of it and tell everybody you just installed a "cold-air intake" and talk about how it's boosted your power by at least 20HP... nobody here has done that, either.