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installed boost guage - right position??

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Sorry, I know this has probably been asked before but i just installed my boost guage and took the car for a run, i'm getting 13psi, and when idle 18 Vacuum, i don't think this is right, cause i didn't think i was running that much boost.

Please can anyone tell me if i have installed this right, i do have a bleed valve and the previous owner was playing with it :P

thanks

kris

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I read my vacumn line from the top of the "rocker" (right term?) near the firewall on the left hand side.

This is where the stock boost gauge connected to, so i just blocked that line and chucked mine in there..

I guess there would be a minute difference reading boost before the pressure gets into the plenum (right term?) than after where the stock gauge is.

Then again, I'm the biggest turbo noob, so I may be totally wrong about my terms, but my point being is that I connected it where the stock one used to be...

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