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10 of 10 other people found the following review helpful
Sprint booster
November 09, 2010
Pros: Makes a huge difference with the lag, works fantastic especially with the A/C on, love it!!
Cons: The price is a little steep but worth every penny to get rid of that horrible lag
Other Thoughts: Combined with my $3,000 of upgrades, this mini really moves, now I can destroy mustangs easier without having to worry about lag when I accelerate, great tool a must have in my opinion!
7 of 9 other people found the following review helpful
Not what I expected
May 22, 2012
I bit. The booster is easy to install. Mine shuts down at odd times. You'll be driving and it feels as though the car just shifted gears and when you look at the control, the light is out. I tried 2 different chat people at Mini Mania, both advised me to try the manufacturer. It was money poorly spent!
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10 of 10 other people found the following review helpful
Sprint booster
By: whufcny
Pros: Makes a huge difference with the lag, works fantastic especially with the A/C on, love it!!
Cons: The price is a little steep but worth every penny to get rid of that horrible lag
Other Thoughts: Combined with my $3,000 of upgrades, this mini really moves, now I can destroy mustangs easier without having to worry about lag when I accelerate, great tool a must have in my opinion!
7 of 9 other people found the following review helpful
Not what I expected
By: BUCK
I bit. The booster is easy to install. Mine shuts down at odd times. You'll be driving and it feels as though the car just shifted gears and when you look at the control, the light is out. I tried 2 different chat people at Mini Mania, both advised me to try the manufacturer. It was money poorly spent!
6 of 6 other people found the following review helpful
Another happy customer
By: khammo01
Pros: Easy to install, compact, 3 way switch
Cons: Price.
Other Thoughts: I was a skeptic too but decided to give it a try. I felt my MINI lagged off the start also. After I upgraded my supercharger pulley, the acceleration lag was more frustrating.
This device truly does add more life to the car. And it's easy to verify the difference - just set the switch back to 'factory' mode! You can feel the performance draining away.
One thing that took some getting used to is the difference in accelerator behavior when letting off the pedal. The engine continues to rev a split-second longer than before, so you need to let off the gas slightly earlier when shifting. I got used to this in a day or so.
6 of 6 other people found the following review helpful
Works Better Than Expected
By: -=gRaY rAvEn=-
Pros: Easy installation
Reliable
Plug and Play
Cons: Somewhat expensive product
Other Thoughts: I Would buy again, and recommend to other MINI owners.
Took ALL the lag normally found in the R53 even with the A/C on. I keep a note book diary for everything I do with the car including gas mileage and it I have documented an increase of 3 MPG since installing this device.
I dont get it either, but it works awesome. Next best thing since getting the smaller pulley.
5 of 5 other people found the following review helpful
most performance for $$
By: Anonymous 30328660
Throttle lag reduction is amazing. More responsive, quicker, and fun (dont forget to turn-off when the wife takes the car).
4 of 4 other people found the following review helpful
Works as advertised
By: SilverMini06
Pros: throttle response time is litterally instant. No lag time between when you hit the gas pedal and acceleration.
Cons: may take a few days getting used to the huge difference in acceleration
Other Thoughts: easy to install, instant results, improves throttle response and acceleration.
3 of 3 other people found the following review helpful
More of a hindrance than a help.
By: Racingguy 82932245
I read a lot of good things about the sprint booster and decided to give it a try. I've had it on two minis, and I still own it but I can't remember the last time I used it. If the installation wasn't so awkward I probably would have taken it out by now.
All this does is make your throttle open more with less input from the pedal. The butterfly valve (or whatever high tech wizardry is involved in making the car accelerate) is fully open at something like 1/2 - 3/4 of the throttle pedal travel. I'm pretty sensitive to what's going on with the car and I can't tell a difference between the sprint booster, and just pushing harder on the the throttle pedal.
If that's all there was, it might be ok, but I tried using the sprint booster at a couple of track days and auto cross events and it was terrible. When you're trying to get on the throttle in a corner at the track, you have to do it smoothly to be fast. If you get on the gas too fast or too hard, you'll lose grip in the front wheels and the car will understeer coming out of the corner. By decreasing the ratio of pedal travel to throttle modulation the sprint booster makes it harder to get on the gas smoothly. The only upside I found was down shifts were marginally easier because when you blip the throttle to raise the revs, it does take less movement to get the revs up, but this isn't nearly enough to cancel out all the time lost trying to get out of the corner.
3 of 3 other people found the following review helpful
Wow
By: GRAYmini
Did my homework on this product. Read reviews and watched some videos. Wow what a HUGE difference off the line! Squawked 2nd gear! Lot's of fun and quick and easy to install!!
3 of 3 other people found the following review helpful
MUST HAVE!!!
By: Robert
I'm really impressed with this product, the acceleration change is just AWESOME!!!
2 of 3 other people found the following review helpful
sprintbooster
By: ISAMIN 78918185
If this was my first mod I would need no others. This product gives you that SEAT OF THE PANTS feel that confirms that your money was well spent. Believe me this thong WORKS.
ISAMIN
2 of 3 other people found the following review helpful
Review of SPR2095
By: Parker Bailey
Pros: Easy installation (3-5 min). Works great! Absolutely no lag time with acceleration. Without a doubt, the easiest way to increase the performance of your Mini.
Cons: a bit expensive.
Other Thoughts: I highly recommend this product and would buy it buy it again.