Which Boost Gauge?

[heller44]

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

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.

[Cubes]

A mate of mine has a speco boost guage and it reads a few psi with the car off.. lol

[thrtytwo]

which of the good jap brands come in PSI i thought they were all Kpa or Bar ? but i want PSI

[Noel]

ordered this tuesday http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...32&hl=speco

received this morning...very fast service

Edited November 8, 2006 by Noel

[Cubes]

Link no worky.

[Noel]

Link no worky.

try now

[Cubes]

It worky.

Hows the guage. Does it sit on zero?

[Noel]

It worky.

Hows the guage. Does it sit on zero?

I have not installed it yet (im at work) but If you mean right now whilst its in the box? yes its on zero

[Cubes]

Nice.. hrmm I wonder why the one I saw was sitting on a few psi.

Maybe just a dud.

[Noel]

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?

Thanks

Noel

[Noel]

Nice.. hrmm I wonder why the one I saw was sitting on a few psi.

Maybe just a dud.

Not sure...will let you know how install goes...hopefully tonight after oz tag if its not raining that is

[Noel]

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

Edited November 12, 2006 by Noel

[moonus]

got turbotech yet?

[d00dz]

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

[Noel]

got turbotech yet?

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

[Cubes]

doodz,

What size guages are they?

2 5/8?

[d00dz]

Yes 2 5/8

[Cubes]

Thanks.. 2 1/16 is definitely what I am after then.

Just that little bit smaller.

[Noel]

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

[d00dz]

Cubes!

Sorry those guages are 2 1/16"

I got confused yesterday. lol