I was reading up on the black box that Ripp Mods has that comes with their SC system. Its seems to come preprogrammed for boost and seems to work very reliably in controlling their fuel and timing concerns. I was wondering if I was to put together a custom turbo system and use their black box, would this not eliminate the need for a MSD 6a and a SAFC? An MSD and SAFC together will cost $650, whereas the Ripp Mods Black box cant cost more than $400 by itself. I don’t know if they sell the black box separately, but its just a thought.

This post has been edited by orvillescelica: Feb 27, 2004 - 3:48 AM

Nope. Its calibrated for what they're using it for and nothing else. It has no user adjustability. I'm sure you could make your car run with it. But it would run like crap and you would probably detonate and blow the thing up. So whats the point? Don't be a cheapskate. Do it right the first time.

why dont your just buy their SC kit and do it right?

if you are afraid of spending 600$ dollars then you shouldnt be going into something like a custom turbo on your car. projects like that only seem cheap in the begining but end up costing a lot more for all the misc things that fail, and if the motor blows, you are looking at even more money.

i bought my safc for 200 and the msd btm is around 150-200 on ebay... soo its not that bad man. thats what im doing

come on, every one wants to save money here and there, but i agree that it should not be at the expense of doing things right. I was just wondering if the black box system would get the job done. If it could, thats great, if not.. oh well. I am not trying to slap together a cheap system, i am just looking at all the options.

Thank you for the help

This post has been edited by orvillescelica: Feb 27, 2004 - 4:48 PM

dont worry, i know where you are coming from. I read all the same posts by the people who want to slap together a cheap (i.e. $700) turbo system and call it done. But by no means am i one of those people. Only after 2 years of looking at all my options and researching everything i can on this subject do i think i am even ready to start this project.

As pertaining to this post, i was just exploring the options of the RIpp Mods black box to control timing and fuel. Perhaps saying that it might be cheaper gave the wrong impression. But i still stand by the statement that everyone does want to save moeny on their projects. This is why we all search on ebay for our stuff instead of buying new or why we set up group buys.