electronic boost controllers

[stormboy]

Have had a look through, but not seen much discussion on better/preferred/rubbish boost controllers, manual or electronic.

I have found one article pointing me to towards a trust greddy profec B 2 i think thats right as one of the better ones at under $400.

Any one else got gd or bad things to say about their controllers and price guides.
happy boosting
oh yeah at this point i still know FA about turbos, please learn me

 

[Buckas]

try searching thread titles only, found this under boost controller:

http://ozvr4.com/forums/showthread....ntroller-to-go-for&highlight=boost+controller

a fair few people run turbotech manual boost controllers, 30bucks from ebay but a lot of people will also say theyre bad for your car. Lots of people are running profec b 2's and a few others like gizmo, hks evc etc

 

[stormboy]

cheers Dan thats what i was after

From what i've read Solenoids rather than an electronic stepper motor drives are quicker and closed loop technology for those who want to get in and go over the open loopwhich sounds a bit more complicated to setup.

Is the open loop for those who want to delve deeper and so they r more of a pain but actually more flexible.

Thanks no more bidding on the profec now - lking for an easier option

 

[Black_Ice]

Hey any idea how good the HDI-SBC-D-EVOLUTION electronic boost controller is? anyone has them installed on their cars?
They are reasonably priced to at $300 on ebay..

 

[stormboy]

Or the BCU+

 

[Buckas]

you can easily get the profec and just ask others for their settings for low and high boost. people have done that before to make setup easier. otherwise i think the gizmos are supposed to be pretty simple to use

 

[Macca]

If I could do it again, I would go for something everyone else has and can help you with. I got the HKS EVC-S Its not a bad unit but despite what it says its pretty difficult to setup and with no one else on here with one I pretty much had to go it alone.

So in short I would probably go the GReddy unit because thats what everyone else has and they can help you set it up.

Just my two cents.

 

[twisted32]

I just installed a turbosmart eboost street, easy enough to install, and the basic set up was fairly easy. I am however still working out where I need to take an rpm signal from, to utilise the boost correction feature, to try and reduce boost drop off high in the rev range. I have heard good things about this feature on the e-boost, so I am hoping to see good results.
As for doing a basic set up, has two boost setting, and each one has a set point (a number between 0 and 99), which relates to the solenoid duty cycle. A little bit of messing around saw a SP of 48 deliver 14PSI. Then set the gate pressure, which is a PSI level at which the solenoid will start to cycle (ie bring boost on a little sooner).

Now you see it,

Now you don't,

 

[OVR444]

Very nice install Rob. Love the stealthiness abut it.

I have talked about it before in other threads; IMO Blitz are one of the best boost controllers, this is why I paid the $$$ for the iD III type R unit. Running it in either 'auto' or 'manual' mode it performs brilliantly. There are other members on here with them also.

I had a profec previously, found it a little hard to tune, personal preference really. So i guess it all comes down to the $$$ you want to spend.

 

[stormboy]

That is a nice install i was lking at the eboost, but settled on either the Greddy Profec 2 or Blitz spec r, leaning towards the latter for ease of tuning. Having said that there is plenty on here for settings on the Greddy unit. Any setting tips for the Spec r?
thanks all

 

[pauly]

Hey any idea how good the HDI-SBC-D-EVOLUTION electronic boost controller is? anyone has them installed on their cars?
They are reasonably priced to at $300 on ebay..

Im running the HDI...runs like a dream...

 

[OVR444]

That is a nice install i was lking at the eboost, but settled on either the Greddy Profec 2 or Blitz spec r, leaning towards the latter for ease of tuning. Having said that there is plenty on here for settings on the Greddy unit. Any setting tips for the Spec r?
thanks all

Spec R is very simple. Either use manual settings; or full auto (aka fuzzy logic). You have 4 channels for presets; so play to your hearts content.

If you do go with the spec R and would like some help setting it up or install tips; let me know. I'll help where I can.