Boost//fuel//torque Gauge

[purezx]

Hey guys,

Have a few question about the torque gauge in the din pocket? It never seems to do anything? I am wondering if it is not working like when should it come on? when i am doing what and where??

Why such the shit fuel consumption, $100 at the petrol station and only 400km a week. this car is making me need to take out a loan to afford it, haha lucky the government pays for it I understand they are a turbo car and all that, but my 300zx twin turbo 3L has a similar tank size and gets and extra 250km plus on fuel, haha better of using that as a daily... Pitty its a show/track car!

Also i have a 2003 M35 i am wondering what standard boost these are running in them from factory? I have not put a boost gauge in to see yet, and unsure what 1bar is?

I have put a Front Mount inter-cooler, and also a 3" dump with a straight through 3" exhaust system the whole way, I am wondering if i should boost it up at all to support the mods or leave it fine, still needs a tune with the supporting mods and was going to see if i boost it up at the same time? Anyone else in this experience please let me know what you have done and also this car is used as a daily driver.

Regards

Matthew

[Dunc]

1bar = 14.5psi

As for economy.. that, apparently, is controlled via your right foot. Ive never got the hang of that one personally

[purezx]

hahaha i like that!! Also that is a fair but of boost from factory...

[lilcrash]

Re torque gauge, when you accelerate your gauge should go up, if it makes enough power to do so ofcourse.

[slippylotion]

Unless the attessa system has air in it. The you won't get much front drive and the gauge won't do much.

[zei20l]

if the attesa cant pressurise the system, youll get the 4WD light on the dash

[slippylotion]

I'm assuming our attessa is the same as gtr. They won't give a dash light if there is a little air in the system and it won't show front split on the gauge due to it. It only gives a light when there is a lot of air in it.

[purezx]

Ok so how do I fix it to make it work eg. Get the air out?

[bigkevracer]

Standard boost isn't 1bar either, it's 13PSI on an RS/RX and ~15PSI on an AR-X/AXIS I believe.

Matt, did you try locking the diffs? That always shows torque being driven to the front wheels when I do it.

Other than that mine never moved until I did the exhaust, and now it always dances around corners

But still no movement in a straight line, unless I lock them.

[joshm35]

Put oil on you tyres and take a corner at speed. Ull know then.......... Mine moves when I plant my.foot and in a straight.line. Notice it in the wet.alot

[lilcrash]

Other than that mine never moved until I did the exhaust, and now it always dances around corners

But still no movement in a straight line, unless I lock them.

That's really strange, mine rockets straight up in straight lines but around corners it's glued to the 0.

[pomnz]

Had mine up to the top on a nice bend with adverse camber on it.................it's a private road of course

[Daleo]

It's quite an interesting system; on one of my local roads, a constant radius left, there's a dip, then a rise right after.

When going 80km/h and above; the gauge flicks right to the top just as the car goes over the rise. No loss of traction, but it's obviously semi-predictive. In the wet, I'm sure you could slide the car sideways over the rise; as it unloads the suspension.

[zei20l]

it doesnt need to lose traction for torque to be pushed forward, the G sensor will be used to predict when it may be required