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Old May 25, 2005 | 07:07 PM
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How do you feel about the Apexi BOOST CONTROLLER

My buddy had one in his wrx and it worked perfectly he had stages so he could cruse or run 21lbs of boost and 13.3 i like the visnu kit but i dont want to alwayse be running 21 22 lbs of boost and im sure it would lose some drive abilaty. what do you guys think
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Old May 25, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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Old May 26, 2005 | 02:16 PM
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do you need to know how to use it or is it simple and can it go with the visnu stage 2 kit.
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Old May 26, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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it all in the book
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Old May 27, 2005 | 02:33 PM
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easy as 123 to use...annoying to install but easy..
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Old May 28, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Are you guys using the boost by rpm feature,and if so do you tap into the ecu harness.
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Old May 29, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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rpm feature? hmm yeah you do tap into the ecu harness
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Old May 29, 2005 | 07:02 PM
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I used to have one and I liked it but only problem is that my solenoid stopped working after about 5 months and there is no warranty on it outside Japan so I couldnt get it fixed.
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Old May 29, 2005 | 08:23 PM
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its working fine on my car for 2 years now
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Old May 30, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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its awesome! i love mine.. no need for a boost gauge so its actually cheaper then running mbc + gauge and the cyber evo uses the avc-r as well... enough said.
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Old Jul 3, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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Love it!
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Old Jul 15, 2005 | 05:50 PM
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I had one in my VR4 and loved it also. I had the gear selectable boost set and it rocked. With less load in first and second I would run like 18lbs in first, 16lbs in second and then 14.5 in the rest of the gears. Thinking of launching that car still gives me a
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