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i bought an "autogauge" gauge from "online depot" also for pretty cheap

they provide a good product for cheap, but there is a couple of weeks delay with them..

worth it for the price you pay :whistling:

I'd use a different quote.. "you get what you pay for."

Like a few people in this thread, I bought a black face autogauge meter from the same place.

Prompt delivery and the product looked alright. Hard to see the needle in daylight though.

After a couple of weeks I was bothered by the rest position of the gauge ( reading when engine was off ) plus it was reading about 4 psi on stock gtr actuators.

Scavenged a mechanical test gauge from work and used it as a reference.. was sitting on about 9psi.

Meter was filed in the round filing cabinet..

Ordered an a'pexi mechanical el meter to replace it and am much more confidant of a correct reading.

I wouldn't consider a correct reading gauge a luxury.

James.

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quick question regarding install

comes with a long length of clear tubing which you attach to rear of gauge then run into engine bay, then there is a short lenth of a larger size tube which you attach to t peice from vacuum line...should i just use the smaller sized tubing all the way or buy some more tubing the same size as t-peice & run that all the way into cabin then use a tiny amount of the clear tubing just to attach to rear of gauge?

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Ok installed gauge on weekend...I put it where the ashtray is supposed to be...Just took it out, cut a bit of mdf to fit then cut out hole in middle for gauge, stuck some grey carpet that i had lying around on, put gauge in mdf, it hooked it all up then pushed mdf into space & presto i now have a boost gauge in a legal spot...will post pics when i take some.

Only drama i had was a tiny one where T-peice did not fit original vacuum hose to inlet but i replaced this with left over 4mm hose that i had used instead of the clear nylon tubing that comes with gauge & was all good

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Ok installed gauge on weekend...I put it where the ashtray is supposed to be...Just took it out, cut a bit of mdf to fit then cut out hole in middle for gauge, stuck some grey carpet that i had lying around on, put gauge in mdf, it hooked it all up then pushed mdf into space & presto i now have a boost gauge in a legal spot...will post pics when i take some.

Only drama i had was a tiny one where T-peice did not fit original vacuum hose to inlet but i replaced this with left over 4mm hose that i had used instead of the clear nylon tubing that comes with gauge & was all good

Here are some pics I took yesterday, with my new camera, of my dash/center console:

Ricey I know lol

Click here for more pics

Center_Console_Liteup.jpg

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Its been sent but Aust Post dont know where it is...Mark is chasing it up with them

Received, seems Australia Post magically found it, & it showed up at reception once we enquried about it.

All good its here now so now i can go and play ;-)

Also my turbotech does not have a little pin hole in it...in the original thread for these i saw a few others also had no hole & one was even told its the new design...is this a problem or is it all good?

Cheers

Noel

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