Thread: MBC + ProTune
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Old 2006-05-25, 08:35 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by cody
It's because the stock boost solenoid is slow to respond. Upgrading to a better solenoid helps, but apparently nothing responds like an MBC.
Slow to respond where? If the solenoid is programmed not to cycle until 16PSI and then to cycle to maintain 16PSI, how is that different than a MBC?

If it does not cycle at all until 16PSI, the boost should be indistinguishable from a MBC under low RPM conditions, so lag, etc. should be identical. Thus I am confused by your comment of "Spoolup and response are remarkably better." If that is the boost curve you wanted, why could it not be configured in the ECU? I would think not cycleing at all should not be an issue even if the solinoid is "slow".

Again, I am only trying to understand, not dispute.

I am also trying to understand the taper. Is there some other connection to the MBC so it can sense RPM?
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