Home Forums Articles How To's FAQ Register
Go Back   Xoutpost.com > BMW SAV Forums > X5 (E70) Forum
Fluid Motor Union
User Name
Password
Member List Premier Membership Today's Posts New Posts

Xoutpost server transfer and maintenance is occurring....
Xoutpost is currently undergoing a planned server migration.... stay tuned for new developments.... sincerely, the management


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 03-21-2012, 02:16 PM
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 135
SoCal_M3 is on a distinguished road
Sprint Booster?

I just saw this "BMW Sprint Booster" from ECS Tuning that is supposed to remove some of the throttle lag in the drive-by-wire throttle. I have an E70 35d which has the notorious lag from a standstill.

Has anyone tried this on the 35d or any of the turbo X5's? I'm curious to see if anyone's experienced some improvement in the inherent lag.
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links

  #2  
Old 03-21-2012, 02:26 PM
seattle's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Seattle
Posts: 498
seattle is on a distinguished road
+1. I would be very interested. The lag is ridiculous and often dangerous (those left turns).
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 03-21-2012, 02:43 PM
motordavid's Avatar
RetiredBum & Semi-RenaissanceMan
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mtns of Western NC, & SW FLA
Posts: 16,829
motordavid will become famous soon enoughmotordavid will become famous soon enough
Search Tab, upper right hand corner of every page, is one's freind...
pages of full threads on topic. Give them a read.
GL, mD

Xoutpost.com - Search Results
__________________
Ol'UncleMotor
From the Home Base of Pro Bono Punditry
and 50 Cent Opins...

Our Mtn Scenes, Car Pics, and Road Trip Pics on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627297418250/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627332480833/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45275375@N00/

My X Page




Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 03-21-2012, 03:33 PM
xoutpostking's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: NYC
Posts: 379
xoutpostking is on a distinguished road
Upper right corner is a picture of a white X1.
__________________
X5 35i Sport, Black Sapphire

Last edited by xoutpostking; 03-21-2012 at 04:38 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 03-21-2012, 04:30 PM
motordavid's Avatar
RetiredBum & Semi-RenaissanceMan
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Mtns of Western NC, & SW FLA
Posts: 16,829
motordavid will become famous soon enoughmotordavid will become famous soon enough
How'bout upper 1/4 of the page, right side/right center: several tabs...the third one from the right says "Search" with a little drop down arrow:

Member List Premier Membership Today's Posts New Posts Search Quick Links Log Out
__________________
Ol'UncleMotor
From the Home Base of Pro Bono Punditry
and 50 Cent Opins...

Our Mtn Scenes, Car Pics, and Road Trip Pics on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627297418250/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4527537...7627332480833/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45275375@N00/

My X Page




Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 03-21-2012, 05:18 PM
nom3rcy's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 860
nom3rcy is on a distinguished road
From what I understand, all the booster does is change the amount of pedal travel needed to apply X amount of throttle.

Being a bit more liberal with the throttle pedal would accomplish the same thing.
__________________
12 X5 M - 06 X5 4.8iS - 03 X5 4.4i - 03 M5 - 02 X5 4.6is - 99 M3 Dinan S3 - 98 M3 - 92 850i-6 - 92 850i - 91 325ix - 89 M3 2.5 - and a few parts cars
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 03-21-2012, 06:22 PM
seattle's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Seattle
Posts: 498
seattle is on a distinguished road
Then it wouldn't get rid of the horrible pause. No matter how liberal you are with the pedal, the pause is there.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 03-21-2012, 06:34 PM
nom3rcy's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 860
nom3rcy is on a distinguished road
That's not something I've noticed -maybe the 4.8is and X5M don't have the same issues?
__________________
12 X5 M - 06 X5 4.8iS - 03 X5 4.4i - 03 M5 - 02 X5 4.6is - 99 M3 Dinan S3 - 98 M3 - 92 850i-6 - 92 850i - 91 325ix - 89 M3 2.5 - and a few parts cars
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 03-21-2012, 06:42 PM
brian5's Avatar
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: CT, USA
Posts: 2,940
brian5 is on a distinguished road
I did not have a good experience with SprintBooster (on my 2008 X5 4.8i). I have a long post about that.

I can say that when I reset my throttle response, the X5 was noticeably responsive and smoother. I think that I probably need to do this annually (I only did after owning the X5 for 4 years).
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 03-26-2012, 07:26 PM
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 72
buckeyewalt is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by brian5 View Post
I did not have a good experience with SprintBooster (on my 2008 X5 4.8i). I have a long post about that.

I can say that when I reset my throttle response, the X5 was noticeably responsive and smoother. I think that I probably need to do this annually (I only did after owning the X5 for 4 years).

How did you reset your throttle response??
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On





All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:53 PM.
vBulletin, Copyright 2026, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. SEO by vBSEO 3.6.0
© 2017 Xoutpost.com. All rights reserved. Xoutpost.com is a private enthusiast site not associated with BMW AG.
The BMW name, marks, M stripe logo, and Roundel logo as well as X3, X5 and X6 designations used in the pages of this Web Site are the property of BMW AG.
This web site is not sponsored or affiliated in any way with BMW AG or any of its subsidiaries.