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=== Availability and applications ===
Electronic boost control systems are available as aftermarket stand-alone systems such as the HKS EVC and VBC, Apex-i AVC-R, GFB G-force, or Gizzmo IBC / MS-IBC as a built-in feature of modern factory turbocharged vehicles such as the [[Subaru Impreza WRX STi]] and often as built-in features in full aftermarket stand-alone engine management systems such as the [https://www.holley.com/products/fuel_systems/fuel_injection/ Holley EFI], Hydra Nemesis, [[AEM Performance Electronics|AEM]] EMS and [[MegaSquirt]].
== Dangers in use ==
Installing a boost controller on an engine that is already supercharged for "high performance", such as a factory stock "sports" or "muscle" car, will create higher operating temperatures, loads and torque output than the powertrain is designed and constructed for, reducing durability, reliability, fuel efficiency and overall vehicle "performance" at/for its designed purpose. The factory stock "limits" of the factory stock engine and powertrain parts, components and systems will invariably be exceeded
and "premature failure" will result from "tuning" and "upgrades" which "control" boost and allow it to exceed factory stock specifications and parameters.
All "power adders" have that inevitable "disadvantage" and ultimately "cheap" and "easy" so-called "upgrades" added to low(er) performance factory stock vehicles which do not have enough "horsepower" in stock form in an effort to "boost" their power and performance to that of "identical" or "comparable" or "competing" vehicles with high(er) performance "optional" engines and/or powetrains will ultimately be more expensive and harder to "upgrade" and make and keep "competitive" with more expensive and/or complex factory stock high(er) performance makes and models.
Many "tuners" and aftermarket "upgrade" manufacturers attempt to separate engine/powertrain/vehicle failures into "minor" and "major" and "catastrophic" categories and also to separate "engines" from turbochargers, fuel systems, engine management and other components, parts and systems "external" to the "engine block", but in reality any failure which damages or destroys a part, component or system to the point of needing "rebuild" or "replacement" instead of "repair" is a "catastrophic failure" and very few if any of those failures ONLY involve and affect and "hurt" a single part, component or system.
Referring to damaged/destroyed parts which require "rebuild" or "replacement" or "reconditioning" as being only "hurt" and implying that like human "hurts" they can be "healed" and/or do not seriously diminish vehicle performance, durability and reliability until "healed" is also a common marketing and customer manipulation tactic used by "tuners" to sell their "goods and services" and keep them "sold" post-catastrophic failure.
== Past and future ==
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