# Just went for a ride in a SAAB... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289 "2008-04-03T11:49:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/1 "2008-04-03T11:49:41Z")
It was a 9-3 4-door. It was very very quick. He was boosting 14.7 and I have never seen anything like his setup before. He vented the BOV, but thats normal. But to increase his boost, he cut the vac hose and inserted a peice of brake line with holes drilled into it. He can adjust the levels of boost by closing the vac line over the brake line, therefore increase or decreasing the number of holes releasing pressure. It cost him $5. ![http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/adam1721/vac.jpg](http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/adam1721/vac.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/2 "2008-04-03T12:22:20Z")
so he jerry rigged a manual boost controller and has a sliding type of an adjuster vs a knob? ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/3 "2008-04-03T12:24:41Z")
Basically, except that is all he has to “contorl” the boost with though. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/4 "2008-04-03T13:05:22Z")
you never heard of that before?? I myself have thrown in a T with a little hole drilled in it to get a little bit more boost…and my buddy that has a STS setup on his ram use to do the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/5 "2008-04-03T13:10:36Z")
Given the high cost of MBC ($20) these days, that sounds pure genius. ---
**Author:** ![psi2high](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi2high/32/6320_2.png) [@psi2high](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi2high)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/6 "2008-04-03T13:12:52Z")
ha ha im with shawn on that one…way to cob your shit ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/7 "2008-04-03T13:13:06Z")
Nope never heard of it lol! ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/8 "2008-04-03T14:22:13Z")
I Have a Turbo XS manual BC hooked up that was 85$ ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/9 "2008-04-03T14:28:35Z")
$85 for a MBC? Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/10 "2008-04-03T16:29:07Z")
yeaa…you can build a ball/spring mbc for like 10 bucks and is much more reliable and wont spike. Joe P the original MBC guy lives right here around albany. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/11 "2008-04-03T16:41:41Z")
> [@Allstar Graphics](#): > > yeaa…you can build a ball/spring mbc for like 10 bucks and is much more reliable and wont spike. Joe P the original MBC guy lives right here around albany. what parts do you need? I think the spring in my MBC is bad…I would like to replace the spring and ball in it…can I just go to a lowes? ---
**Author:** ![Boosted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Boosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boosted)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/12 "2008-04-03T20:01:09Z")
> [@97VR4](#): > :haha ghetto-fabbed bleed style boost controller ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/13 "2008-04-04T06:23:39Z")
> [@Shawn96VR-4](#): > > Given the high cost of MBC ($20) these days, that sounds pure genius. that was my first thought. im like “dude, gont buy your overpriced for no good reason starbucks for a week and theres ur mbc right there” ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/14 "2008-04-04T06:37:45Z")
> [@Boostin Camaro](#): > > what parts do you need? I think the spring in my MBC is bad…I would like to replace the spring and ball in it…can I just go to a lowes? i imagine a quick google search will give you all the answers you need. I’d rather buy one then make it myself, they are cheap enough. ---
**Author:** ![Vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@Vandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vandal)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/15 "2008-04-04T06:45:46Z")
I made mine out of Home Depot supplies. Thanks to the wonderful Internet. Cost 7 bucks. Do a search for homemade manual boost controllers. You’ll get plenty of hits. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/16 "2008-04-04T06:50:04Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#): > > I’d rather buy one then make it myself, they are cheap enough. Exactly. Just not the $85 ones. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-went-for-a-ride-in-a-saab/236289/17 "2008-04-04T12:29:26Z")
Here ya go, i went off this probably 8 years ago, my first mods to my dsm was a homemade MBC and a K&N filter, 50 bucks to run a 13.5 🙂 The “D.I.Y. Manual Boost Controller” …Home Depot™ style Found at [http://www.geocities.com/chmwatson/FAQs/mbc.html](http://www.geocities.com/chmwatson/FAQs/mbc.html)