get it, then manual swap. done lol
get it, then manual swap. done lol
I had Shark Injector in my last ZHP as well as the Gen2 Sprint Booster. I did not feel a noticeable performance gain with the Shark Injector. If anything you're better off getting a custom tune from a reputable tuner than spending the cash for the Shark Injector. As for getting the Sprint Booster? The Gen3 version is much improved over the Gen2 Sprint Booster. You have more selectable settings for Sport and Race mode and you have two additional modes which the Gen2 did not have. You have Parking mode which disables the gas pedal input entirely while the car is parked (great if you have to leave your car parked for some time like at the airport) and Valet mode where you can reduce throttle input by as much as 75% so valet parkers can't mess with your car while moving it to and from valet parking.
The Sprint Booster does not remap the throttle like an actual tune does. The Throttle input is electric so there is some delay between the gas pedal and ECU. Sprint Booster provides increased acceleration time by eliminating this delay on drive-by-wire cars (like our E46s) by continuously measuring and converting the digital signal and providing the Electronic Control Module, or ECU, with an altered signal for much quicker throttle response.
With the improvements the Gen3 Sprint Booster has, I would rather spend the cash on the Sprint Booster and have more adjustability in throttle input. That's just my thoughts on this...
With the Gen3 SB you have 9 selectable settings in Sport mode and 9 selectable settings in Race mode so much more adjustability as compared to the Gen2 which you only have either sport (green light) or race mode (red light). As for any risk of damage to the car? No risk.
Other than the Audi I have, all my other cars have Sprint Booster installed. I just never got around to doing this with the Audi...
Given the choice, I would spend the extra cash and get the Gen3 SB because you have much more adjustability to suit your style of driving. As in the case of all Sprint Boosters, you don't get the actual performance gain in HP but you do have much improved gas pedal inputs over stock and the Gen3 provides two additional modes which, to me, makes this product much more useful.
To the OP, don't mean to thread jack regarding Sprint Booster...
Welcome! As for AT and the SB, I agree 100%. Spend the money as it greatly enhances the driving experience. You don't HAVE to, but the difference is huge. Frankly, as an owner of an AT (#latraffic ), I have driven manuals and that is a vastly better way to go with these cars, so if that is important go manual. But the AT is fine as #betterazhpthannot. GL!
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OP - you came to the wrong place to be talked out of getting a ZHP!
Only advice that I can think of is to get what ya really want and don't settle, whether your heart desires the AT or MT or AW or IR or whatever.
I don't know the #s/stats but I feel like the combo you're looking at is pretty rare? I remember the days when members were hoping to get massive premiums for their AW cars. Maybe we're still in those days. I'm not around extremely often, so who knows?
- Marc