I've searched around and found not too much on manual boost controllers because I think a lot of the info is misinformation given by these e-bay traders who claim to have patented stuff inside the same brass stuff everyone else has. So basically what are the good/bad types of MBCs, and what should I buy that would be the best for my cheap *** to use. Also if you could point me in the direction of a specific e-bay site that has them, or an online store that would be great too. Thanks.

- Brian

 

Build this properly and it will work just as well as anything out there and only costs you about $10-$20.

http://www.geocities.com/chmwatson/FAQs/mbc.html

-Joe

 

That's a good writeup. Ball & spring is the way you want to go. The bleed types are a hack way to do it.

 

Uh, I dunno what this is suppose to mean, but technically ANY boost controller is a hack way of controlling boost.

You want "proper" boost control, get an adjustable wastegate, period.

I don't care for any of the "manual" boost controllers out there.
$5 in parts, and they end up marking it up like 500%!

I prefer my A'PEXi Super AVC-R over any of those MBC's anyday...


-Ted

 

For specific MBCs on ebay I can say that probably the best one out there is the lower shores performance one. I heard excellent things about it and the guy has 100% positive feedback, all 450 or so of them. A while back I installed one from conceptillusions and it works great, really I can't imagine spending $$ for an EBC, don't know how it could be better than what I have, no boost creep and terrific throttle response. My only gripe was that the powdercoating wasn't the best. Hope that helps.