Gas light, how many gallons left?
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When I'm low on gas ( below 1/4 ) I switch screen to range.
And must say it is quite accurate.
Few weeks ago I was in a hurry and low on gas I made it to the pump with range showing 3 miles, I filled her up w/ 15.4 gal.
Seems like no place for error
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doesn't realy matter how many gallons are left. All it matters how far to the nearest gas station
When I'm low on gas ( below 1/4 ) I switch screen to range.
And must say it is quite accurate.
Few weeks ago I was in a hurry and low on gas I made it to the pump with range showing 3 miles, I filled her up w/ 15.4 gal.
Seems like no place for error
When I'm low on gas ( below 1/4 ) I switch screen to range.
And must say it is quite accurate.
Few weeks ago I was in a hurry and low on gas I made it to the pump with range showing 3 miles, I filled her up w/ 15.4 gal.
Seems like no place for error
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Hey there:
At Beaverun, I averaged 7.2
My stang on this track was about 4.0
Not bad for doing 125
See yeah
Oh yeah, Lifetime, I have 17.2 for 19,000 miles
At Beaverun, I averaged 7.2
My stang on this track was about 4.0
Not bad for doing 125
See yeah
Oh yeah, Lifetime, I have 17.2 for 19,000 miles
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This has been discussed to death . . .
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Ugh, NO it does NOT keep the throttle open. Yes, it does result in the throttle opening more, but it just makes the car behave more like a normal car rather than a conservative drive by wire. Just because sometimes the sprint booster fools the car into thinking that the pedal is pressed 100% does not mean that the throttle is 100% open. But overall, yes, that does result in a small decrease in gas mileage during a lot of slow stop and go.
This has been discussed to death . . .
This has been discussed to death . . .
sprintbooster which cost like $30-40 bucks to make in China that you guys are paying $250-300 for is a "relay" for the throttle position sensor which is on the gas pedal. It modifies the signal that goes to the ECU telling the throttle to keep it open at a bigger angle therefore the quicker response. The "only" reason that you are getting better response is because instead of waiting for the throttle to open at the normal angle, the SB is modifying the signal to keep the throttle open at a bigger angle.
if your pedal's pressed fully and your throttle body's not opening all the way that means something's wrong with either your throttle position sensor at the gas pedal or something's wrong with your throttle body.
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I took mine down to 0/1 mile. It was going back and forth from 0 to 1 as I was pulling into the gas station. Needless to say it was the most uneasy feeling!! It filled up 16 gallons too.. My light seemed to come on with about 2-3 gallons left and the mileage countdown usually started around 40 miles or so..
I haven't run out of gas since I had a VW squareback with a broken gas gauge.. that was almost 20 years ago.. lol my first German car..
I haven't run out of gas since I had a VW squareback with a broken gas gauge.. that was almost 20 years ago.. lol my first German car..
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sorry to say, but you are not making any sense.
sprintbooster which cost like $30-40 bucks to make in China that you guys are paying $250-300 for is a "relay" for the throttle position sensor which is on the gas pedal. It modifies the signal that goes to the ECU telling the throttle to keep it open at a bigger angle therefore the quicker response. The "only" reason that you are getting better response is because instead of waiting for the throttle to open at the normal angle, the SB is modifying the signal to keep the throttle open at a bigger angle.
if your pedal's pressed fully and your throttle body's not opening all the way that means something's wrong with either your throttle position sensor at the gas pedal or something's wrong with your throttle body.
sprintbooster which cost like $30-40 bucks to make in China that you guys are paying $250-300 for is a "relay" for the throttle position sensor which is on the gas pedal. It modifies the signal that goes to the ECU telling the throttle to keep it open at a bigger angle therefore the quicker response. The "only" reason that you are getting better response is because instead of waiting for the throttle to open at the normal angle, the SB is modifying the signal to keep the throttle open at a bigger angle.
if your pedal's pressed fully and your throttle body's not opening all the way that means something's wrong with either your throttle position sensor at the gas pedal or something's wrong with your throttle body.
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and when the throttle body stays open at bigger angle you are constantly using more fuel. it is equal to heavy throttle input from your pedal all the time. that's why the SB user are noticing the mpg lost in town.
when I said that the post he made doesn't make any sense is because he argue that the SB doesn't make the throttle opening at higher angle at all time which then in his own post in the second sentense said the opposite.
when I said that the post he made doesn't make any sense is because he argue that the SB doesn't make the throttle opening at higher angle at all time which then in his own post in the second sentense said the opposite.
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But he's right...the SB DOESN'T make the throttle open all the time. When your foot is OFF the gas.....the throttle is closed. The SB only has an effect when first pressing on the throttle. After that split second that it does what it's supposed to do, the drive by wire does what it's supposed to do.
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if that's the case, why sprint booster? you can achieve the same thing by pressing the throttle deeper. I don't think you need a SB if you just want to go fast off the line. After all the advertising for it states better throttle response at all time.
this is just an hypothesis based on what you explained, say there's 10 position on the TB. When you take your foot off the pedal it returns to Zero, with the SB when you first step on the gas it tells the throttle instead of starting from 1...it quickly opens to 2. BUT without the sprint booster you can achieve the same by stepping on the gas pedal a little more. it would do the same thing, so there's the question why sprint booster?
other than keeping the throttle opening at high position at any time other than maybe just idle I really don't see how else you can achieve quicker throttle response as the claimed. I was just talking about the throttle response at idle.
this is just an hypothesis based on what you explained, say there's 10 position on the TB. When you take your foot off the pedal it returns to Zero, with the SB when you first step on the gas it tells the throttle instead of starting from 1...it quickly opens to 2. BUT without the sprint booster you can achieve the same by stepping on the gas pedal a little more. it would do the same thing, so there's the question why sprint booster?
other than keeping the throttle opening at high position at any time other than maybe just idle I really don't see how else you can achieve quicker throttle response as the claimed. I was just talking about the throttle response at idle.
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the SB only does ANYTHING when you tip into the throttle. When at steady throttle, it's not doing anything. SO...like I said....it's only doing what it's supposed to be doing when you first press the gas. Whether from idle or not. After that first few moments of pressing the gas, it's not doing anything because the regular throttle has "caught up" so to speak.
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if that's the case, why sprint booster? you can achieve the same thing by pressing the throttle deeper. I don't think you need a SB if you just want to go fast off the line. After all the advertising for it states better throttle response at all time.
this is just an hypothesis based on what you explained, say there's 10 position on the TB. When you take your foot off the pedal it returns to Zero, with the SB when you first step on the gas it tells the throttle instead of starting from 1...it quickly opens to 2. BUT without the sprint booster you can achieve the same by stepping on the gas pedal a little more. it would do the same thing, so there's the question why sprint booster?
other than keeping the throttle opening at high position at any time other than maybe just idle I really don't see how else you can achieve quicker throttle response as the claimed. I was just talking about the throttle response at idle.
this is just an hypothesis based on what you explained, say there's 10 position on the TB. When you take your foot off the pedal it returns to Zero, with the SB when you first step on the gas it tells the throttle instead of starting from 1...it quickly opens to 2. BUT without the sprint booster you can achieve the same by stepping on the gas pedal a little more. it would do the same thing, so there's the question why sprint booster?
other than keeping the throttle opening at high position at any time other than maybe just idle I really don't see how else you can achieve quicker throttle response as the claimed. I was just talking about the throttle response at idle.
Yes, you could make the car behave similarly by slamming the pedal down every time you wanted to just open up the throttle a little. That means if you didn't want full throttle, but wanted the better response, you would have to slam the pedal all the way down, then quickly return to part throttle. Doing that every time would be annoying and wouldn't feel right.
Last edited by jgsx; Sep 10, 2007 at 06:45 AM.
