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Old Apr 26, 2015 | 11:49 PM
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boost fooler necessary?

Is a boost fooler necessary these days? I keep reading mixed reviews on theses things. Plus, some people are saying that tuning takes care of the overboost/defueling problem and a boost fooler is not necessary. Is this true? I'm about to install the S366.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 12:35 AM
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Tuning takes care of defueling but it won't save your map sensor. So I would use the boost fooler.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 08:44 AM
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Tuning takes care of defueling but it won't save your map sensor. So I would use the boost fooler.
is there a brand of boost fooler you would recommend over some others?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 04:28 PM
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I use the one from Riffraff diesel.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 05:22 PM
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mine on the 02 is a $4 harbor freight mini air pressure regulator set at 16 psi then plumbed into the map sensor line.
been on there for 8 years now.
 
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I never had one. I was making 37psi and never hurt the map or ever had mine defuel
 
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 09:59 PM
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I just had to replace my MAP sensor. I did the S366 over a year ago. Don't know if that is what made the MAP fail, or if it just failed. I think I'm gonna install one though.
 
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The boost fooler is to fool the map sensor.
The OBS trucks dont take enough map readings to really "need" it.
Thats what I was told anyways.

There are tons more things to tune on a superduty.
 
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