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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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I'm sure i've seen Adjustable Boost Controllers about.
Can you get like a 3 setting controller? for example with..

1.. pottering about town
2.. moderate boost
3.. fucking mental

and if so, does anyone know of a good one that also looks the part?
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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you can have a 12 boost if you want.

greedie do one too i think which is fully adjustable
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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I have one, it works very well

Its called my right foot, push lightly for slow, 1/2 way for fast and too the floor for warp speed

Steve
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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or a pectel boost pot - 12 position that can be wired into the main loom/ecu plug and operates directly via the ecu on L8.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by cossie4i
I have one, it works very well

Its called my right foot, push lightly for slow, 1/2 way for fast and too the floor for warp speed

Steve



thats the one iv got
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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thanks for the helpful posts, they're certainly appreciated(!)
and thankyou for the posts that were actually helpful
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:30 PM
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can you run the pectel 12 pos boost pot and ALS? as i was told the p8 can with a mod done but some1 else said you cant as they us the same pin outs
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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MK get off the net and do some work
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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i have an Apexi AVC-R, it has 3 settings, you can do the settings to what you want (within reason) my 3 settings are, 11psi, 24psi & 31psi
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by M K
can you run the pectel 12 pos boost pot and ALS? as i was told the p8 can with a mod done but some1 else said you cant as they us the same pin outs
IIRC you need a 8 inj. board to run both on p8.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by GUZZLER
i have an Apexi AVC-R, it has 3 settings, you can do the settings to what you want (within reason) my 3 settings are, 11psi, 24psi & 31psi

very nice Matt, nice increasements between each setting
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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ive got the hks boost controller... works very well

http://www.thor-racing.co.uk/HKS_EVC_V-HKS_EVC_V.asp

3 levels of boost(14/24/34) but all the settings are fully adjustable in car


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