Make Your Car go…'Psssshhht' with HKS Approved iBoost App
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Make Your Car go…'Psssshhht' with HKS Approved iBoost App



At first, we had the XLR8 app that uses the accelerometers of Apple and Android devices to match the sounds of exotic Italian supercars, muscle cars or racing models to your vehicle's acceleration and braking forces.

In much the same way, a newly announced app from Bonobo reproduces the ‘psssshhhht’ sounds of a turbocharger, and mind you, not any turbochargers but the ones from Japanese tuning firm HKS.

The app is fittingly called iBoost and it was developed in partnership with HKS.

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