The Best $300 Mod Available!
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by TVT_DESIGN
This is what we offer in that range:
Sprint booster: 315.00
Intake: 325.00
74mm throttle body: 250.00
All prices including shipping. All three will improve throttle response, the intake and TB will improve HP and Torque as well.
If you don't mind slightly used parts we've got some intakes laying around.
Sprint booster: 315.00
Intake: 325.00
74mm throttle body: 250.00
All prices including shipping. All three will improve throttle response, the intake and TB will improve HP and Torque as well.
If you don't mind slightly used parts we've got some intakes laying around.
I am looking into doing some mods again. I now have about $600 saved up. I was going to buy a 7" popup DVD player/receiver, but they are too damned expensive to get one that works with the iPhone.
What would you recommend for someone that had $600 to spend?
BTW: I just can't stomach spending $500 to have someone plug my chip into a computer and run a program to flash it. Surely, you could do this piece for less for your good ole buddies on the site.
Why is this so much anyway? There do not seem to be any parts or labor involved. Am I missing a key part of this process?Thanks.
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Why is this so much anyway? There do not seem to be any parts or labor involved. Am I missing a key part of this process?
The only part of the process you are missing is the experience and the equipment
. As the old saying goes; If it was easy everybody could & would be doing it.These cars aren't easy to tune. It takes a lot of experience to know what can be done and how to do it. And the biggest thing you need to remember is that "You" are expecting "them" to do it right AND stand behind "their" work.
My advice to you is if paying for a remap of your ECU is too much you can choose to either leave it stock or buy one of the performance chips on eBay. ~ either way You'll get what you pay for.
We could also look at your statement from another perspective. Let's take this view;
I don't know what you do for a living but given your post I am sure you are over charging for you services based upon the fact you have $600 of disposable income.
How does that sound to you?
Please, you expect a decent wage for your services so don't belittle the services of one of the few vendors that we do have. I'm sorry if this comes off a bit strong but -
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but good ole buddies on the site
JMHO - Thanks TVT, NeedsWings & EuroCharged. End of MisterTaz's Rant!
Stay safe...
Respectfully,
Paul (MisterTaz)
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Crazy:
It would be helpful if you gave some more information on where you want to go with your car. Such as: are you interested in drag racing? canyon carving? autocross? or just plain perfomance? which is more important to you handling or horsepower? or would you prefer some appearance mods?
Also it would be helpful to list what mods you already have.
It would be helpful if you gave some more information on where you want to go with your car. Such as: are you interested in drag racing? canyon carving? autocross? or just plain perfomance? which is more important to you handling or horsepower? or would you prefer some appearance mods?
Also it would be helpful to list what mods you already have.
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If you are asking for a deal it is so much easier to PM so that not everyone gets the same one. Just a heads up.
We are currently offering tuning and injectors for 850.00 though. That's a big bang for the buck if you have a CAI.
We are currently offering tuning and injectors for 850.00 though. That's a big bang for the buck if you have a CAI.
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by Hands
Yes i did , i was thinking about getting one myself and everybody that i talked to said nothing but good things about it. I was at the dragon this year and talked to alot of people that liked it. So i thought i would get one, but being a auto tech i wanted to know how it worked and what it did, had found some info about it and thought i would check it myself, So i got ahold of a buddy of mine that had one, So i scoped the tps and watched other sensors to see if it did anything else. What i found was it open the throttle to full open with the gas pedal about half way down, The responce time had a very small improvement so small theres no way you could tell it. it does make the car feel different but if you push the pedal to the floor it does the same thing. If it had changed lag time to the ecm or opened the throttle more at wide open throttle then yes it would be worth it but it doesnt the only thing it does it it keeps you from pushing the pedal all the way down to achieve full throttle so for 300 buck to push the pedal half way or all the way down. It doesnt change timming curves injector pulse width, It just simple changes how far you push the pedal. ECM, BCM, CAN, The computers in cars have gotten very quick with com times(talking to eachother) So if i had seen that had changed there Then yes... but it doent Yes it makes the car feel different, but you can do the same thing by just pushing the pedal to the floor. Belive me when i say i was going to buy one, thinking it changed more than the pedal travel but it doesnt. The file i added had the charts and did pretty much the same thing when i tested it myself. i have what it called a verus scanner made by snap-on very expensive but very good i can watch in real time what every sensor in that engine is doing so what i am saying i promise is true, and i do agree it does make your car feel different but for 300.00 bucks and i can do the same thing without it. well that just my thought about it and im sure theres quite afew that would differ with me, But the numbers dont lie. the only reason i posted it is its what i found and i was going to buy it, so i choose not to. i think you could spend the money somewhere else for a better and real improvement, Theres really nothing that compares to real HP...Tunning a ecm Yes ..timming curves ,injectors,temps, air fuel, But sprint booster NO . But thats just my opinion and dont forget you asked LOL... Sorry if that was too much , but its what i found
Thanks
Mike and Kathy
Thanks
Mike and Kathy
Thank you, Mike and Kathy, for your excellent investigation into the factual virtues of this little $300 gadget.
Regards.
BTW: for anybody that really gives a hoot about 'green', I wonder what this thing does to fuel efficiency.
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
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BTW: for anybody that really gives a hoot about 'green', I wonder what this thing does to fuel efficiency.
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by dwightdmagee
BTW: for anybody that really gives a hoot about 'green', I wonder what this thing does to fuel efficiency.
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by Hands
Yes i did , i was thinking about getting one myself and everybody that i talked to said nothing but good things about it. I was at the dragon this year and talked to alot of people that liked it. So i thought i would get one, but being a auto tech i wanted to know how it worked and what it did, had found some info about it and thought i would check it myself, So i got ahold of a buddy of mine that had one, So i scoped the tps and watched other sensors to see if it did anything else. What i found was it open the throttle to full open with the gas pedal about half way down, The responce time had a very small improvement so small theres no way you could tell it. it does make the car feel different but if you push the pedal to the floor it does the same thing. If it had changed lag time to the ecm or opened the throttle more at wide open throttle then yes it would be worth it but it doesnt the only thing it does it it keeps you from pushing the pedal all the way down to achieve full throttle so for 300 buck to push the pedal half way or all the way down. It doesnt change timming curves injector pulse width, It just simple changes how far you push the pedal. ECM, BCM, CAN, The computers in cars have gotten very quick with com times(talking to eachother) So if i had seen that had changed there Then yes... but it doent Yes it makes the car feel different, but you can do the same thing by just pushing the pedal to the floor. Belive me when i say i was going to buy one, thinking it changed more than the pedal travel but it doesnt. The file i added had the charts and did pretty much the same thing when i tested it myself. i have what it called a verus scanner made by snap-on very expensive but very good i can watch in real time what every sensor in that engine is doing so what i am saying i promise is true, and i do agree it does make your car feel different but for 300.00 bucks and i can do the same thing without it. well that just my thought about it and im sure theres quite afew that would differ with me, But the numbers dont lie. the only reason i posted it is its what i found and i was going to buy it, so i choose not to. i think you could spend the money somewhere else for a better and real improvement, Theres really nothing that compares to real HP...Tunning a ecm Yes ..timming curves ,injectors,temps, air fuel, But sprint booster NO . But thats just my opinion and dont forget you asked LOL... Sorry if that was too much , but its what i found
Thanks
Mike and Kathy
Thanks
Mike and Kathy
Any seconds?
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by dwightdmagee
Seems that this topic comes up often enough to warrant Mike's hard work and excellent analysis of the Sprint Booster gadgets be made into a Sticky.
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Any seconds?
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by dwightdmagee
Seems that this topic comes up often enough to warrant Mike's hard work and excellent analysis of the Sprint Booster gadgets be made into a Sticky.
Any seconds?
Any seconds?
Mike and Kathy
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too bad you didn't explain this way in the first place, but the device does exactly what you said it does, and if you want to spend the bucks to take out the lag for casual driving, then spend the $300 on the sprint booster or a tune. The tune is the better bang for the buck, but sprint booster makes a great change to everyday driving. Had I known the tune could have done the same thing, I would have gone that way. It's just information, and an opinion, not personal as it was made the first time. The lag sucked big time...and I really didn't want to cram it to the floor everytime I wanted to get away from it. So tune, or sprint booster are your choices, both cost $$$...from the tuners, its better not to have the sprint booster in line, but they can work around it. Just my .02...
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Absolutely correct, you could change the geometry of the pedal and get the same result for next to free.
Originally Posted by Hands
Yes i did , i was thinking about getting one myself and everybody that i talked to said nothing but good things about it. I was at the dragon this year and talked to alot of people that liked it. So i thought i would get one, but being a auto tech i wanted to know how it worked and what it did, had found some info about it and thought i would check it myself, So i got ahold of a buddy of mine that had one, So i scoped the tps and watched other sensors to see if it did anything else. What i found was it open the throttle to full open with the gas pedal about half way down, The responce time had a very small improvement so small theres no way you could tell it. it does make the car feel different but if you push the pedal to the floor it does the same thing. If it had changed lag time to the ecm or opened the throttle more at wide open throttle then yes it would be worth it but it doesnt the only thing it does it it keeps you from pushing the pedal all the way down to achieve full throttle so for 300 buck to push the pedal half way or all the way down. It doesnt change timming curves injector pulse width, It just simple changes how far you push the pedal. ECM, BCM, CAN, The computers in cars have gotten very quick with com times(talking to eachother) So if i had seen that had changed there Then yes... but it doent Yes it makes the car feel different, but you can do the same thing by just pushing the pedal to the floor. Belive me when i say i was going to buy one, thinking it changed more than the pedal travel but it doesnt. The file i added had the charts and did pretty much the same thing when i tested it myself. i have what it called a verus scanner made by snap-on very expensive but very good i can watch in real time what every sensor in that engine is doing so what i am saying i promise is true, and i do agree it does make your car feel different but for 300.00 bucks and i can do the same thing without it. well that just my thought about it and im sure theres quite afew that would differ with me, But the numbers dont lie. the only reason i posted it is its what i found and i was going to buy it, so i choose not to. i think you could spend the money somewhere else for a better and real improvement, Theres really nothing that compares to real HP...Tunning a ecm Yes ..timming curves ,injectors,temps, air fuel, But sprint booster NO . But thats just my opinion and dont forget you asked LOL... Sorry if that was too much , but its what i found
Thanks
Mike and Kathy
Thanks
Mike and Kathy
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by oledoc2u
too bad you didn't explain this way in the first place, but the device does exactly what you said it does, and if you want to spend the bucks to take out the lag for casual driving, then spend the $300 on the sprint booster or a tune. The tune is the better bang for the buck, but sprint booster makes a great change to everyday driving. Had I known the tune could have done the same thing, I would have gone that way. It's just information, and an opinion, not personal as it was made the first time. The lag sucked big time...and I really didn't want to cram it to the floor everytime I wanted to get away from it. So tune, or sprint booster are your choices, both cost $$$...from the tuners, its better not to have the sprint booster in line, but they can work around it. Just my .02...
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by VALKRYDERGUY
No change....just got back from 1500 mile round trip to Carlisle and averaged 29.8 mpg overall.
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Originally Posted by oledoc2u
too bad you didn't explain this way in the first place, but the device does exactly what you said it does, and if you want to spend the bucks to take out the lag for casual driving, then spend the $300 on the sprint booster or a tune. The tune is the better bang for the buck, but sprint booster makes a great change to everyday driving. Had I known the tune could have done the same thing, I would have gone that way. It's just information, and an opinion, not personal as it was made the first time. The lag sucked big time...and I really didn't want to cram it to the floor everytime I wanted to get away from it. So tune, or sprint booster are your choices, both cost $$$...from the tuners, its better not to have the sprint booster in line, but they can work around it. Just my .02...
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Re: The Best $300 Mod Available!
Originally Posted by Hands
Are you comming to the fall dragon ?
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Originally Posted by Osofast2
Hello Hands ! This Ray down in Lexington . Nice work on SB Thing ! But it all about feel and i like what it dose for me . Ha! i well be at Dragon , We need to get TVT or sombody to come and do some tunes and show some of there stuff off , Look forward to seeing you in the fall and having BEER OR TWO. Ray (OSFAST2)
How ya been.. not sure if i can make it to the fall dragon but trying to...if i do i will take ya up on that beer or TWO everybody seems to think i just wrote the sb post but that was the very first one i wrote, all before it got nasty... but thanks... i guess the sticky is a attaboy and is very appreciated
Thanks Mike
