Ian Carr

I am not here to hate on lindsey racing just to start off this thread. But here is a small story of mine.

I went down to home depot today today in search for a "Air Pressure Regulator"(suggested by a friend). Once down there i looked around and finally found what i needed. When i finally took a good look at this "regulator" i noticed some thing familiar. It was identical to the Lindsey racing boost controller.

So im like hey cool and i head over to the cash register. The lady scans it in and the total comes to 20.10$!@!! I couldn't belive it 20$ and the thing is identical to the lindsey racing one which they ask 64 plus shipping for!!! The cool thing is the kit comes with a 0-130 psi gauge that can be used for what ever.

Now, i know that the lindsey kit comes with elbows and hoses but i can get those for 10$ total if not free because i have many random parts around the house. If you don't belive me well here is a picture of it.

Once again this isn't a lindsey racing hate thread it is just stating that i got a part for 1/3 of the price

Duke

Hehe I thought more people knew that
Although I kind of like Lindsey Racing, the pressure regulator works really bad with a very small adjustment range.

mroberts

You do have to be careful though with the range - you really want a 0-30 psi one. The 0-130's aren't overly sensitive for the adjustment we need. If HD does sell the 0-30's then you're golden.

badcoupe

yeah I've known long before I had a porsche but if you pay close attn to rating on the back you can get a more finely adjustable one.

Ian Carr

yeah but for 20$ im not gona complain

MPD47

Till your engine explodes from overboost.

Ian Carr

yeah im sure it will blow up

MPD47

Eh, I cant justify spending the amount of cash on this car, then putting in something I know is less than accurate. Personal opinion.

Ian Carr

if it isn't accurate then ill get a new one its not that hard.

MPD47

Well, you live in CT, you get a wide range of temperatures just like us in NY, that controller you have is not going to hold a constant boost, you're going to have to adjust it for tempterature changes. Another plus about EBC's.

Ian Carr

You realize that lindsey uses the same one. Same pressure specs (i could not find a regulator alike this one that has a smaller band of pressures [usually .5-125 to 5-170])

I have a leak valve right now and it works just fine.

I'm not spending the money on a ebc cause i do not think they are worth the hundreds of $.

Personal opinion

MPD47

To each's own. Happy boosting.

Ian Carr

OT: you still making a design for head lights?

Let me know i need the specs of the size they have to be and i can get to crafting

hosrom_951

Ian: Better close this thread before Andrew comes

If you are really concerned with a cheap solution, there are lots of boostr controllers on ebay going for $10-$30 or so........

NZ951

If LR sell it, it cant be that bad Horseram! Cant wait for a lame post from you on the ST head thread, let me guess it will be a I love everyone you do great work not trying to grease post.

Anyways, Ian, once its up and running, let us know how it goes! You will be able to datalog it right?