ashtons99
Gold Member
I found this whilst looking round for information on them. Obviously only 1 guys study but worth a read if you have 10 mins
http://www.evilution.co.uk/661
http://www.evilution.co.uk/661
An interesting report on Sprint Booster
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I agree, although I haven't gotten used to red fully yet XD Lots of wheel spinning.
It doesn't increase performance, and if he was expecting that then he's the idiot. It's made the car feel so much more responsive and a lot better to drive, the whole "Press harder with your foot" comment is ridiculous, and at £180 it's hardly expensive in terms of mods.
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Only had mine on for around a month or so before I sold the car but it was an awesome mod IMO, on red is so much fun ha ha. God I remember sending Dave@MSW nearly £3000 for all those orders ha ha
He is wrong too. The ecu does not let you put full power down on clio. It puts aroud 75% when you floor it then increases gradually. Whereas I believe a sprint booster bypasses this
I know the standard ecu reduces it. Not for long but it does. I imagine sprintbooster overides this a lot
Can't a remap adjust throttle response? I'm sure I read that when strive the car mapped they can adjust throttle sensitivity.
my 197 definitely had a more responsive pedal than my 200. Neither is/was mapped as far as I know though
i think the 200 Renault map is better for cold start up and probably emmisions but I'm sure the throttle response is slower.
my 197 definitely had a more responsive pedal than my 200. Neither is/was mapped as far as I know though
i think the 200 Renault map is better for cold start up and probably emmisions but I'm sure the throttle response is slower.
Nope (as i mentioned) but being around RS Clio's over 10 years (its the same engine essentially) I know what works and what doesn't. Most of the mods I've mentioned above are only specific to this forum. In the wider Renault tuning world, looking in here it could be said that some of you guys might would be better setting fire to your ££££ instead of buying some of these 'mods'
This also goes for some companies employing various guys, who in a past life came up with shoddy work and magical power claims / remaps. Its rinse and repeat, its just a shame some of you guys arent aware get sucked in by the marketing BS. Dont get me wrong there are some decent mods and cars on here, but some fellas are just chucking money away on tat
This also goes for some companies employing various guys, who in a past life came up with shoddy work and magical power claims / remaps. Its rinse and repeat, its just a shame some of you guys arent aware get sucked in by the marketing BS. Dont get me wrong there are some decent mods and cars on here, but some fellas are just chucking money away on tat
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Fernandez
Gold Member
Good points but I can tell you first hand that the Sprintbooster is an awesome piece of equipment on the Clio. The improvement to the throttle response justifies the cost imo. The electronic throttle on the Clio is pants, the delay when putting your foot down although small is still too long. The sprintbooster sharpens it up, I don't sell sprintbooster but I'd happily sell them as it works.
You should try a Clio with one
I agree with Fernandez the electric throttle on the 197,200 is tamed down which the sprintbooster in my opinion and most people that use it just gives you a more natural response like a cable throttle. Obviously it will never be as natural but it gets you a lot closer. It does not just increase the throttle percentage because if you sit on neutral rev to about 3k and turn the sprintbooster on the revs would jump if that were the case which they don't.
Yiannis197
Paid Member
Let's just establish something;
a. SB does not add extra power.
b. SB does not increase acceleration.
So basically you are paying £x just to eliminate lag/improve throttle response. That's it, so if people are happy to pay just for that benefit then who are we to judge? Anyway...
Now, as I've mentioned in an older post my only issue with the SB is when driving - or trying to drive - smoothly on relatively bumpy roads. That is because the response of the pedal is so quick (and my ride so stiff) that I can't keep my foot stable! I overcome this problem by giving it some though ha!
a. SB does not add extra power.
b. SB does not increase acceleration.
So basically you are paying £x just to eliminate lag/improve throttle response. That's it, so if people are happy to pay just for that benefit then who are we to judge? Anyway...
Now, as I've mentioned in an older post my only issue with the SB is when driving - or trying to drive - smoothly on relatively bumpy roads. That is because the response of the pedal is so quick (and my ride so stiff) that I can't keep my foot stable! I overcome this problem by giving it some though ha!
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Its just like the hairy R's quick action throttle on a bike, a bit of plastic that you fit in the throttle. Expensive for what it is (a bent bit of plastic) doesn't add performance. But does make it nicer to ride as you don't have to walk your hands around the grip to get throttle.
