FS: Sprint Booster V2 - $125 (SBDD401)

[WOLFN8TR]

Found this on eBay! The SBBD401 is for a Manual. Get a Sprint Booster for Half the price! I love mine!

Sprint Booster on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/160943734749?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649)

[WOLFN8TR]

Sprint Boost Application Chart:

6748
6749

[Crickett]

Thanks for the heads-up! Now, everybody else, forget you saw anything . . . :jedimindtrick

[Vas]

Hmm interesting

[danewilson77]

Funny......this is what it says regarding compatability with my car. No mas.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Maintenance%20and%20Misc/SBCompatability.jpg

[kayger12]

It's for auto trans and only Mini, not BMW (according to the title of the post on Ebay).

[danewilson77]

It's for auto trans and only Mini, not BMW (according to the title of the post on Ebay).

Oh sheet. Someone who can read.

[kayger12]

Oh sheet. Someone who can read.

Still confused though as the compatibility chart that Wolf posted shows the BDD401 compatible with BMWs.

[danewilson77]

Yeah.....And I know Wolfy know his sheet when it comes to SB's.

[Vas]

So will this fit the manual zhp models?

[danewilson77]

So will this fit the manual zhp models?

LOL.....

[Vas]

It's too early in the morning lol.

But the compatibility on eBay says it won't fit just like yours and according to the first post in this thread using the guide, it will.

[kayger12]

SB website shows the same Base SKU for both BMW and Mini, but different Base SKUs for auto vs. manual.

So if I'm reading everything properly and understanding this, this particular unit should work for all BMW and Minis with auto trans.

[danewilson77]

SB website shows the same Base SKU for both BMW and Mini, but different Base SKUs for auto vs. manual.

So if I'm reading everything properly and understanding this, this particular unit should work for all BMW and Minis with auto trans.

So Wolfy in the initial post was just seeing if we were paying attention?

Sent from Williamsburg, VA USA

[WOLFN8TR]

So Wolfy in the initial post was just seeing if we were paying attention?

Sent from Williamsburg, VA USA

:cheers


The BDD401 is suppose to be for a Manual and the BDD401A is for a Automatic BUT you can use either one apparently. My extensive research on this subject has found that one is just more sensitive than the other. Also Washburn has the BBD401A and he has a Auto but according to ECSTuning it's the Manual version and it works fine.
:scratchinghead

Read this!

Funnily enough, they are cross-suitable. The Auto version simply is less sensitive than the manual version as there is no clutch control element to help you keep it under control.
However, the manufacture recommends fitting an auto SB to a manual car for any driver who finds the manual SB on a manual car a bit too crazy.
I have done the opposite and fitted a manual SB to my auto. I am used to SB's on my BMW's so I have no issue with controlling it. Alot of people have done the same with BMW's and Mercs from whai i have seen on other forums.
I have never tried an auto SB, but from what the manufacturers themselves claim the auto version just gives less of an increase in sensitivity than the manual version. I guess this may translate to a slower reaction. What I do know is that the SB is quite a simple device, and so it is very hard to imagine it being "clever" enough to do anything other than alter the response time of the throttle.
It doesn't stop the box from changing at its set point, but as you know, our autos change later in the rev range the harder you are accelerating. So if you keep a light foot you will shift early and if you press hard you will change later. The SB doesn't change this (it can't) but as you are more likely to be under harder acceleration for less pedal travel with the SB, you will notice your shifts do come in later.

If you read thru this Sprint Booster thread Washburn and I looked into this in detail. We both have Auto's and his is the BDD401A (2 wire) and I have the BBD401 (4 wire) which both work on our Autos.

http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showthread.php?8216-QUICK-HELP-did-I-get-the-WRONG-%28or-fake%29-sprint-booster&p=212741#post212741

THIS is for the MANUAL - TWO pins on the white plug: #SBBM0001S
http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E46-330i-M54_3.0L/Search/Sprint/ES2523983/

THIS is for the AUTO version - FOUR pin plug: #SBBM0002S
http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E46-330Ci-M54_3.0L/Engine/ES1896923/

[WOLFN8TR]

:roundel
Thanks for the heads-up! Now, everybody else, forget you saw anything . . . :jedimindtrick

I feel a Sprint Booster Mod project weekend coming soon....

[cakM3]

nice to see people looking into SB :drool

[WOLFN8TR]

3 Hours left!

[WOLFN8TR]

SOLD for $178? Anybody from here get it?

[Crickett]

Not this guy. :crying

Keep finding these great deals, though, & the next one'll be mine for sure!!

[WOLFN8TR]

Not this guy. :crying

Keep finding these great deals, though, & the next one'll be mine for sure!!

Bummer! I will keep an eye out for another.