WOLFN8TR
01-03-2013, 09:03 PM
Found another Sprint Booster on eBay! #SBM10001S
"This for for a Manual"
Sprint Booster on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPRINT-BOOSTER-SELECTABLE-PROGRAMMER-MINI-COOPER-SWITCHABLE-MANUAL-BMW-/150973553286?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2326b99a86&vxp=mtr)
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.
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/showt...741#post212741
THIS is for the MANUAL - TWO pins on the white plug: #SBBM0001S
http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E46-330...int/ES2523983/
THIS is for the AUTO version - FOUR pin plug: #SBBM0002S
http://www.ecstuning.com/News/ES1896923/
"This for for a Manual"
Sprint Booster on eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPRINT-BOOSTER-SELECTABLE-PROGRAMMER-MINI-COOPER-SWITCHABLE-MANUAL-BMW-/150973553286?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2326b99a86&vxp=mtr)
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.
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/showt...741#post212741
THIS is for the MANUAL - TWO pins on the white plug: #SBBM0001S
http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E46-330...int/ES2523983/
THIS is for the AUTO version - FOUR pin plug: #SBBM0002S
http://www.ecstuning.com/News/ES1896923/