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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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What is a Pill

I've looking at these great Dyno results and it seems like everyones got a pill. Just wondering what exactly it is and how would I get one. Is it hard to install?

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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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You can't just install it, you have to have the car tuned with it. GST carries them, talk to them (they're on their www site too).
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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Here's the link for the pill from GST, but like scheides said you have to have to tune for it. I got my AP map from Tim Bailey at Surgeline tuning and it's a custom map running 27 lbs and they sent me the pill since Im so far away from them.

http://www.gstmotorsports.com/store/...oducts_id=1050
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:46 PM
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Pill makes you feel good!







as in more boost in upper RPMS good!
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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usually a pill is referred to as a capsule filled with "magic" substances that help women not have babies
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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A pill is a restrictor or an orifice that goes in inside the vacuum hose between the pressure side hose and the boost control solenoid/wastegate actuator. It restricts the amount of pressure that will go to the solenoid/wategate. By making this pill smaller than the stock pill you can restrict more pressure going to the solenoid/wategate and in turn, it will raise the boost. By doing this, you can actually drop the wastegate duty cycle in your ECU which will give you more space to play with. With the stock pill, you usually have to run 100% WGDC at the higher RPMs but with the pill, you can lower it to about 70% and achieve the same amount of boost.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by witchbladeX
Here's the link for the pill from GST, but like scheides said you have to have to tune for it. I got my AP map from Tim Bailey at Surgeline tuning and it's a custom map running 27 lbs and they sent me the pill since Im so far away from them.

http://www.gstmotorsports.com/store/...oducts_id=1050
How/where is this installed?

EDIT: Nevermind, was answered.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Why does some tunes requires a pill, and others don`t?

Is it better to tune with a pill?
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by LVSBB6
Why does some tunes requires a pill, and others don`t?

Is it better to tune with a pill?
This depends on how much boost you want to run ..
or if you're running EBC's /MBC's

JDM cars doesn't need the pills to run 1.5bar (21psi)
USDM cars it seems need to change the size of the pills in order to go above 17-18psi ..
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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so if ur running ebc's or mbc's do u need pill? if not is it better with a pill
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by seeevo
so if ur running ebc's or mbc's do u need pill? if not is it better with a pill

One or the other. THe Pill is used for ECU based boost control. If you have a pill, you don't need a MBC or EBC.
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SupremeX
One or the other. THe Pill is used for ECU based boost control. If you have a pill, you don't need a MBC or EBC.
Pill is harder for dealer to just spot, and say hey he has after market boost control, which is the main reason I went with one over a MBC.
*scheides is still the man for helping me get it installed and tuned.*
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:16 AM
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pill for sale
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 08:16 AM
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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gotta love how it goes to off topic with good a good
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