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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Default Sprint Booster Left my P car stranded

Had Sprint Boosters on my 525 (sold) and my 996 2002 Porsche. Comming home from my nieces graduation my throttle stops engaging the car. Roll to a stop on top of a near bermless bridge on a highway. Top down,feet sticking out over seat I pull it out and car runs fine. Thank God I had flares so people swerved aound and gave me space. GF was non to happy !
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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My car would not even start when I installed the Sprint Booster. Now I'm in a dispute through Amex to get my money back because their US reseller, Throttle Boost, won't give me a refund.

The guys with Sprint Booster corporate are great though - you should call them and tell them about this.
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 03:52 AM
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Just curious Batman, why would you want a sprint booster on a 460? The 8 speed tranny is amazing when it comes to throttle response, especially in sport mode! Sometimes I wonder why our cars just don't start in 2nd gear!
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by designo
Just curious Batman, why would you want a sprint booster on a 460? The 8 speed tranny is amazing when it comes to throttle response, especially in sport mode! Sometimes I wonder why our cars just don't start in 2nd gear!
The tray is amazing, but the throttle programming is not as linear as I would like. If you compare it with dynamic mode in a Jag or sport mode in the new F10 with dynamic drive, there is a huge difference in throttle response.
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Chaos236
Had Sprint Boosters on my 525 (sold) and my 996 2002 Porsche. Comming home from my nieces graduation my throttle stops engaging the car. Roll to a stop on top of a near bermless bridge on a highway. Top down,feet sticking out over seat I pull it out and car runs fine. Thank God I had flares so people swerved aound and gave me space. GF was non to happy !
Chaos236, We are sorry to hear about your problems with the sprint booster. By design, if the sprint booster detects an issue it will deactivate if you have the original NON-Selectable series sprint booster. The newer Sprint Booster's with selectable programming would disable Stage 1 and Stage 2 mods and turn off the Sprint Booster enhancements if there is a problem detected. It sounds like this is the none selectable unit you have, it may be 2 to 4 years old and outside of its warranty.

Please email us at info@sprintboosterusa.com and we will see what can be done
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 11:56 AM
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Interesting review:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...0-60-data.html
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