Boost Gauge fitted

[McScooby]

Finally got round to fitting my boost gauge yesterday, went in no problems & worked first time. It can be seen with just a quick glance down when driving.

Just need to work out the best way of fitting an oil temp sensor & I can then get that mounted.

[ultra_joel88]

same place as me, nice one

[McScooby]

Yeah not to keen on filling up the dash with all sorts of stuff.

same place as me, nice one

[R1chard]

looks good not sure on the location of it though :confused:

[ultra_joel88]

had mine there ages, doesnt take up any vents, no costly vent mounts (pod is about £4) and just a quick glance downis fine

[McScooby]

looks good not sure on the location of it though :confused:

Think if i had a really sporty car like a wrc or my fuby mapped really hard then having it mounted up on the a pillar might be better but for how often I want to gheck on my boost levels the current location is fine for me.

[bobjim]

Looking good ian, will have to have a butchers soon, i wouldnt mind one,

did it take long to install

[McScooby]

Looking good ian, will have to have a butchers soon, i wouldnt mind one,

did it take long to install

Took about 2 hours all in.

[devonutopia]

I don't like the idea of having to glance down even a little bit - even to the DIN slot, which is why I went for the rather in-yer-face dashtop install. It's not like they're ever going to be coming out again so self-tappers in the dash was a nice quick way to get them in. One day I will tidy up the wiring.... for now it is function over form. :P

[VRS 203]

Nice install! ^^^^

Drilled dash, nice.

[ultra_joel88]

whats everyones boosting too then?

My stage 1 mapped car hits 23psi peak, and holds at 22ish psi

[McScooby]

Would love to mount it on the a pillar just not sure on my skills to do it just yet. Might move it in the future.

Mines standard & peaks at about 1.7/1.8 bar however had to look where I was going as well. :-)

Haven't been on a long enough run to see where it avarges at, off to sunny Harrogate tonight so will get soem good usage then. :-)

[mantamad]

Would love to mount it on the a pillar just not sure on my skills to do it just yet. Might move it in the future.

Mines standard & peaks at about 1.7/1.8 bar however had to look where I was going as well. :-)

Haven't been on a long enough run to see where it avarges at, off to sunny Harrogate tonight so will get soem good usage then. :-)

At the moment Harrogate is SUNNY what you comming here for???

Simon

[McScooby]

NetApp filer course for 3 days.

[chrisw_vrs]

Looks good but as said i wasnt keen on the idea of looking down so mine is here

[devonutopia]

Mines standard & peaks at about 1.7/1.8 bar however had to look where I was going as well. :-)

1.7 - 1.8 bar?! on a standard tune? That cannot be right as my remapped hybrid turbo does 1.8 bar! Stock boost on a vRS fabia is 1.35 bar.

[Lofty86]

I couldnt look down either. Plus, i think if you want to know your boost pressure, you will be accererating, so why take your eyes off the road??

Heres mine... (photo is bad, and doesnt do anything for the install)

Edited 27 November, 2008 by Lofty86

[McScooby]

1.7 - 1.8 bar?! on a standard tune? That cannot be right as my remapped hybrid turbo does 1.8 bar! Stock boost on a vRS fabia is 1.35 bar.

Will have to get some one else to watch it for me as I boot it then, I'm sure that it has gone over the 1.5bar marking though.

However it might not be setup right & it was a cheapish gauage, £28 off ebay so might not be that acurate.

[ultra_joel88]

My Swoosh gauge is cheapy.

It used to hit 19psi (1.3 BAR) peak when booting it before it was remapped, now after p torque map it hits 23psi (1.58 BAR)

[McScooby]

Done a few tests tonight on the way home from Harrogate & found the following:-

Holding the car at 30mph in 3rd & then booting it the boost gauage goes up to 1.6bar & then drops & holds at around 1.3/1.4 bar.

It also does this when in 4th at about 50mph & I press on to 70mph.

Does this sound about right or do I need to worry about anything?

[vRS Dovit]

Fancy fitting a boost gauge at some point......probably after the exhaust, clutch, turbo, FMIC, Water/Meth injection etc etc etc..........lol

[McScooby]

Fancy fitting a boost gauge at some point......probably after the exhaust, clutch, turbo, FMIC, Water/Meth injection etc etc etc..........lol

Yeah can't aford that lot at the min so went for the cheap option.

[Lofty86]

People are mainly talking about what the boost holds at, not peaks at.

Mine gauge wizzes round to 1.5bar, but only for a splis second, then settles at 1.35.

(Standard, Green filter, PD160 intake, no crank case fumes).

[devonutopia]

that boost gauge looks like it's sat in the same mount I have my oil pressure gauge in. (my 4th and final extra gauge )

[McScooby]

Cool sounds like mines about right then & setup correctly.

People are mainly talking about what the boost holds at, not peaks at.

Mine gauge wizzes round to 1.5bar, but only for a splis second, then settles at 1.35.

(Standard, Green filter, PD160 intake, no crank case fumes).