Glyn M Ruck

This is BS. Anyone can cobble up a POS like this. No parameters are stated - repeatability is probably +- 20%

LILBENZ230

Love it when Glyn calls it like it is.

XsuperbeeX

somebody just lock this thread already... :facepalm:

Midnight Koop

old news, but i was pleasantly reminded this morning:

i reset my throttle this morning on the way to work... and in combination with the sprint booster i almost forgot how much of a difference this makes.

when i just reset the throttle w/o this thing, i could barely tell the difference. its much more dramatic with it.

bump for fellow manual mb drivers...

tommy

Shhhhhh - don't wake up the naysayers; we'll then be deluged with 10-15 posts of them congratulating each other on how the SB could never work.

Gynecologist MD

Who has a Sprint Booster kit on their w203?

Does it actually make a difference?

capt_paul

Did you do a search? This topic has been discussed. All the questions you may have may already have been answered.

LILBENZ230

This has been discussed millions of times and no, it does nothing - do not waste your money. Press the gas harder.

tommy

Don't listen to him. He knows nothing.

Generally, the choices are:
A) I have never tried it, but I will sh*t on the idea just because I want to
B) I have it, realize that it won't make my car faster, but it does make my car a little more fun to drive

Not too many people who have gone through the purchase regret it. That should tell you something.

Now I wait for Glyn to do the "not this sh*t again" image in his follow-up response.

XsuperbeeX

who need gln..

NOT THIS **** AGAIN

LILBENZ230

No need to try something that is well understood and proven to do nothing but amplify a signal. $300 is a lot to pay for an amplifier. I can achieve the same result by simply pressing the gas harder all the time. Pressing the gas harder (aka the SprintBooster effect) does make my car more fun to drive. It also increases tire wear and hurts fuel economy, but that's okay because I have that $300 and it buys a lot of fuel. This is not an opinion. I can think of a lot more productive ways to spend $300 on a W203 than that.

What is an opinion is that I think it's borderline con-artist to charge $300 for something that is arguably going to be even less effective than the completely ineffective tornado contraption you put in your intake. At least that is probably $39.95, and they'll double your order and give you a free flashlight. Since neither are going to make your car faster, what is the case for buying them? Placebo effect? Not for that kind of money.

You know what makes my W203 feel better and more fun to drive? A thorough detail. That's my kind of placebo - and it's a damn sight cheaper than a $300 signal amplifier.

tommy

No one is going to convince anyone else that they are wrong on this issue.

Matt, have you tried it?

W203E35

Sprint Booster is a waste of money. I use to see a lot of these sold on the classifieds. I guess people regret buying it or should I say getting ripped off.

Here stright from the Sprint Booster Website

http://www.sprintboostersales.com/whyitworks.cfm



Now you see why this thing is a piece of crap??? Save you money..just my 0.2 cents

W203E35

Yipee, I press 1/4 throttle and now my car thinks I'm pressing 3/4 and all for 300 bucks...I'm such a winner

Words from a wise man

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r170...ml#post2495994

LILBENZ230

Yes.. all the time. I regularly press very hard on the gas, both from a stop and when rolling. You know, you'll get a faster take-off if you don't floor it from a stop.. rather, you should roll onto the gas hard but not all the way to the floor. But I digress. Anyone can physically do what the SB does, just press harder and faster. Therein lies the problem.

But you know, I concede the C-class has terrible throttle response - the worst I've ever experienced. I wish there was something that could be done. But I'm not going to be conned into something cheap amplifier that has a 96,000% profit margin, either. And like Karo pointed out, it makes the last 25% of pedal travel pointless.

SB admits that it has no advantages performance wise so there really is no argument. It is akin to buying placebo pills and taking them because you like to take pills knowing full well it'll have no health benefit at all. So, if you like the SB, that's what matters. What I (and Karo) are telling a potential target for this con is that he can find many, many better uses for his money.

I'm not saying anyone who has one and likes it is "wrong", per se. An object is "worth" whatever one is willing to pay for it. I am saying that logically it makes zero sense.

Glyn M Ruck

I have tried it, cast-off from a friend that wasted his money & did not like it. It made my car more difficult to drive smoothly in traffic & I did not like the dead pedal over the last 50% of travel.

It is now deposited in his junk bin containing fuel magnetisers/consumption enhancers & other such crap.

LILBENZ230

Infiniti cars have very aggressive throttle tip in.. I would not want the Benz to behave that way. As Glyn says it does make it more difficult to drive smoothly.

W203E35

Kleemann has some type of throttle crap like that. Anyone know how it works?

http://shop.kleemann.dk/shop/throttle-box-377p.html

Not a lot of info on this.

Glyn M Ruck

& before someone asks - yes it was the SB for automatics. At that time SB made separate units for autos & MT.

If you want to taylor throttle responses. A decent ECU tuner can do it more usefully.

Glyn M Ruck

I think they put a SB in a more expensive box

tommy

To you. It's all about personal taste. I like the instant feel of the response. As with everything, some like it, some don't. Glyn, I have no problem with it being smooth; I'm used to the much harsher clutch in my other car, so maybe that's part of the reason why it works for me.

$300 aint' that much - how many other mods could you do for a Benz in that price range?

LILBENZ230

Personal taste has nothing to do with cold, hard logic. But this subject matter has been beaten into the ground.

IDK about the mods you can do for a Benz for $300 but a little more than double that will get you 60hp and 60tq out of a 135i

W203E35

50 more and you get 10hp and 10tq out of a 350 engine

W203E35

I want a 135i...the more I see them the more I want!!!!!!!

LILBENZ230

No SB needed.. the 135i always behaves like a monster hungry for speed. It's quite ridiculous at times, actually. A Turbo'd Eclipse raced me the other day in the 135i.. I paced him from 0-80 just to taunt then left him as though he were sitting still. Karo, it'll put you in jail faster than any jailbait girl.