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hey all,

looking to install a independent boost gauge in my r34 gtt but for all hope of man kind...cant find a place for it to go.

so im looking to the sau'ers for guidence.

so anyone with a r34 where did you put your seperate gauge (minus the triple gauge cluster)

thanks all!

Bass

do wat alot of people do, get rid of standard boost/oil/water gauge and replace with 52mm gauges in their spots. ull need to sand the holes a bit to fit them properly but look good if done right

ive already got aftermarket water temp,oil temp, oil pressure gauges in the triple gauge cluster.

now...i have a boost gauge left!

need to fit it...but want it to look standard!

The A pillar as per pic above is the most common spot .. plus there's usually pods you can buy to fit any A pillar and make it "look stock" but IMO it's a copbait because no car has them there in the stock position that I know of.

Also I find the analogue boost guages a bit useless to be honest because you can never tell exactly what boost you're running compared to say a digital display from your EBC..only problem with that is, if you mount the ebc anywhere visible its copbait once again. Would be cool if the greddy ebc had some sort of electric output that you could then wire up to a small external lcd (by small I mean 1cm by 3 cm or so) and then stick this digital display inside the dash cluster next to ODO for example.. would look stock and you could always tell accurately what your boost is.

do wat alot of people do, get rid of standard boost/oil/water gauge and replace with 52mm gauges in their spots. ull need to sand the holes a bit to fit them properly but look good if done right

About the fittment ... I noticed today that the 52mm Autoguage guages fit snuggly if you stick them inside the triple guage holder from the FRONT after taking out the old guages, however it doesn't look quite as neat as the factory setup as they sit further out.

However to fit them from behind inside the tripleguages holder, like you said, it looks like the holes need a bit of sanding AND then you've gotta make up some sort of bracket to hold them there AND they need to be tilted because the tripple guage holder holes are angled .. so I'm leaning towards just sticking them in there from the front, quick and easy.

Edit: this is what I mean... post-49910-1246287121_thumb.jpg Looks fine IMO and you're done in 30 sec.

Edited by Delta Force

this is the look ive gone with on mine...

im thinking of using a a pillar gauge mount and moulding it onto the steering column with fibreglass and then getting it covered in the same material as the dash (like in photo's below) or going with an ezi pod mount which is an adjustable side steering column mount that imo looks stock ( photo below).

like i said i really want the standard look.

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hey all,

looking to install a independent boost gauge in my r34 gtt but for all hope of man kind...cant find a place for it to go.

so im looking to the sau'ers for guidence.

so anyone with a r34 where did you put your seperate gauge (minus the triple gauge cluster)

thanks all!

Bass

Put it behind the steering wheel.

That's where mine is + I still have the stock gauge in it's original place.

I will post a pic tonight, at work atm...

The A pillar as per pic above is the most common spot .. plus there's usually pods you can buy to fit any A pillar and make it "look stock" but IMO it's a copbait because no car has them there in the stock position that I know of.

Also I find the analogue boost guages a bit useless to be honest because you can never tell exactly what boost you're running compared to say a digital display from your EBC..only problem with that is, if you mount the ebc anywhere visible its copbait once again. Would be cool if the greddy ebc had some sort of electric output that you could then wire up to a small external lcd (by small I mean 1cm by 3 cm or so) and then stick this digital display inside the dash cluster next to ODO for example.. would look stock and you could always tell accurately what your boost is.

great concept...has got me thinking u know!!! if it can display on stock display what would be the reason why it couldnt work on a secondary one if tapped into.

you should probably post pic of your girlfriend to help us decide... :rofl:

i went for a-pillar on my car.... its not that easy to make it look stock on a 34 after you have used the 3 slots...

the other option is to get a din slot that takes 2 or 3 guages and put it below your stereo, unless you have a double din stezza...

you should probably post pic of your girlfriend to help us decide... :rofl:

i went for a-pillar on my car.... its not that easy to make it look stock on a 34 after you have used the 3 slots...

the other option is to get a din slot that takes 2 or 3 guages and put it below your stereo, unless you have a double din stezza...

lol now that first remark is for the wastelands...

well..ive been reading up on the power fc...and i will be having the hand controller visible...and just wanted to know has any1 here done the boost trick that you put a map sensor and wire it into the pfc and it displays the boost reading on the hand controller??

if so...what map sensor did they use and where was it purchased from??

The A pillar as per pic above is the most common spot .. plus there's usually pods you can buy to fit any A pillar and make it "look stock" but IMO it's a copbait because no car has them there in the stock position that I know of.

JDM S15's have factory boost gauge on the A pillar :)

There are not many tho

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