Hey guy's as you may have read we have been testing out a new throttle controller called the wind booster.
Below is what Brains has had to say about the product.
These will be retailing for $299 however for Pradopoint members i will do a special price of $250 delivered.
Whoooaaaa.
It totally changes the drivability of the D4D on P2 (ultra Sports mode)!!!!!
So my vehicle has no chip and is essentially standard at the moment, I was running a cheaper Ebay chip for awhile and had this set on moderate setting. I noticed a difference when I removed it from the vehicle. With the chip it seemed to have more low down Torque and acceleration. But I am looking at installing a known brand chip next year so removed the one I had.
I installed the throttle controller into the 150, straight away I went for P2 (Ultra sports mode) and took it for a drive, and it's like driving a totally different car. The Prado becomes extremely responsive especially when taking off at the lights. I also did a quick test in park where I increased the revs to around 1100 RPM at Normal Mode (Stock Mode) and then switched the throttle controller over to P2(Ultra sports mode) at full setting and the revs climbed to between 1400RPM and 1500RPM. I will plug the scanguage in and do some further testing on this with exact figures.
On Eco mode (Economical) the vehicle becomes even more sluggish at take off and you have to push the pedal a fair way in but this mode when travelling on the highway would be okay as I was running through some 80 zones on Eco and found this quite an easy drive.
The P1 setting is essentially somewhere between Normal Mode and the P2.
I am heading to Moreton Island for the weekend and will do some testing driving through the sand tracks and compare the same tracks in different modes. At this stage I am impressed with the results you get with the simple press of a button and the fact that the setting can be returned to normal mode so easily. The only downside's if you can call them that is that in P2 when your get that harder acceleration, when you come off the pedal it is an increased deceleration as well so the pedal only needs a minor change in movement to either increase or decrease so for some it may not be as smooth a drive. The other thing is the use of fuel, With my small amount of driving with this I am yet to see any fuel difference but will be interesting to see what it changes over a tank compared to what I use now. I really don't think there will be a great difference as I know when I want to go faster I accelerate harder so essentially the booster does it for me without having to push the pedal in further.
I have also tested the throttle controller with cruise control and have not found any adverse conditions. The vehicle seems to maintain the selected speed. I will be doing some more testing on this today and tomorrow.
Paul
Below is what Brains has had to say about the product.
These will be retailing for $299 however for Pradopoint members i will do a special price of $250 delivered.
Whoooaaaa.
It totally changes the drivability of the D4D on P2 (ultra Sports mode)!!!!!
So my vehicle has no chip and is essentially standard at the moment, I was running a cheaper Ebay chip for awhile and had this set on moderate setting. I noticed a difference when I removed it from the vehicle. With the chip it seemed to have more low down Torque and acceleration. But I am looking at installing a known brand chip next year so removed the one I had.
I installed the throttle controller into the 150, straight away I went for P2 (Ultra sports mode) and took it for a drive, and it's like driving a totally different car. The Prado becomes extremely responsive especially when taking off at the lights. I also did a quick test in park where I increased the revs to around 1100 RPM at Normal Mode (Stock Mode) and then switched the throttle controller over to P2(Ultra sports mode) at full setting and the revs climbed to between 1400RPM and 1500RPM. I will plug the scanguage in and do some further testing on this with exact figures.
On Eco mode (Economical) the vehicle becomes even more sluggish at take off and you have to push the pedal a fair way in but this mode when travelling on the highway would be okay as I was running through some 80 zones on Eco and found this quite an easy drive.
The P1 setting is essentially somewhere between Normal Mode and the P2.
I am heading to Moreton Island for the weekend and will do some testing driving through the sand tracks and compare the same tracks in different modes. At this stage I am impressed with the results you get with the simple press of a button and the fact that the setting can be returned to normal mode so easily. The only downside's if you can call them that is that in P2 when your get that harder acceleration, when you come off the pedal it is an increased deceleration as well so the pedal only needs a minor change in movement to either increase or decrease so for some it may not be as smooth a drive. The other thing is the use of fuel, With my small amount of driving with this I am yet to see any fuel difference but will be interesting to see what it changes over a tank compared to what I use now. I really don't think there will be a great difference as I know when I want to go faster I accelerate harder so essentially the booster does it for me without having to push the pedal in further.
I have also tested the throttle controller with cruise control and have not found any adverse conditions. The vehicle seems to maintain the selected speed. I will be doing some more testing on this today and tomorrow.
Paul
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