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I did get it after Stage 1. APR helped with DSG lag maybe about 20% whereas the SB made a much bigger difference. Much more instant response. Again the DSG tune has helped a lot, I can actually drive the car around safely without the SB. That said the SB is a third of the cost of the DSG tune, although the tune is much more beneficial for the 7 speed DSG's overall.
Unfortunately there is no beneficial tune for 3.6L 4motion.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennjamin
Has anyone noticed increase fuel consumption with a Sprintbooster, Pivot throttle controller, etc? I understand the theory behind it and driven other cars with it but I'm not 100% sold. I would imagine it would increase fuel consumption because say if you're driving at the speed limit say at 15% throttle position, would it be hard to replicate 15% with a throttle controller? as it might be at 20-25%?
Generally, more power = more fuel. Seeing as the SB doesn't make your car faster just wondering if there were any negatives behind it
You are right - this logic does not apply to all VWs :(Quote:
Originally Posted by seppo
Slightly more fuel usage, but's that's more a driver fault than the pedal. Even on the raciest setting I was surprised how easy it was to control the pedal in car parks, etc, it becomes more like a pressure switch - you get used to it (just like you get used to the very sensitive brake pedal compared to other cars).
so why not save money and get used to the factory throttle pedal?? :)
does anybody know where to get the newest one cheaper? 300 seems a bit much, i thought they used to go for 250
Because of the dangerous DSG lag in the 118TSI. You had to accelerate ~half a second before you actually wanted to move if you were to adapt. Slotting into traffic was near impossible even with all of that Stage 1 power.
@vraptor 300+ has always been the going rate.
With nearly everyone talking about using DSG equipped vehicles when using Sprintbooster which from what I can gather works quite well. How well do you think it would work on a manual 1.6 turbo (same as cooper s engine)? I should probably note I get maximum torque starting at 1400rpm.
Not sure, guess the effect would possibly be a bit more simplistic. When researching before purchasing I noticed a few BMW owners complained about it making it harder to heel-toe when changing (of course only ~2% of people actually know how to do that).
The other thing with my car is that by default when you first start accelerating the car behaves like a NA 1.4L car, and when you push down a little bit more the supercharger engages (there was a VW video demonstrating this somewhere), with the SB you effectively remove this "are you sure?" gap, resulting in instant boost.