DIY Boost Gauge for $60

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

installed boost gauge today, very easy install, takes around an hour
Boost gauge $40 from local spare parts shop and has mulitcolour back light

the mounting pod cost $10 from supercheap drill holes in back to suit you gauge, this one was a speco brand
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you also need about 2.5m of 1/4inch vacum hose, and a 1/4 inch T piece. attach to intercooler on inletmanifold side using tee piece.
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run hose along the firewall and through into the cab up to the steering column, i wired the backlight for the boost gauge by taking power off the 10 amp ingition fuse in the fuse box and earthing to the metal in the dash
attach the gauge to the steering column with doublesided tape and the finished product is

and this

cheers samo

[Kevin Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kevin]

Beauuuudifullllll 8)

[MickL Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close MickL]

Can I make a small suggestion?

Tee of between the boost sensor and the small damper, this is;

a) More accurate as it reads after the the throttle body which acts a
restriction.

b) The damper reduces/stops needle shake at idle/low boost.






Mick.

[jeff s Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close jeff s]

looking good

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

replumbed gauge as mick said and it does reduce needle shake at low boost but i still get shake at idle. thanks samo

[White Lightning Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close White Lightning]

The only way to stop the needle shake is to get a quality guage like
Auto Meter or VDO.
I went through this issue on a previous car, 3.0lt patrol.

What psi are you seeing..Best i've seen is 30psi on the patrol

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

i havent played with boost at all, only snorkel and air filter and standard exhaust. i get 12psi, thats ok with me.

[2003GXL Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 2003GXL]

Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

Well I finally got aroud to installing my boost gauge, When I was looking at which vacuum line to hook the gauge up to I noticed that the picute supplied by Mick L shows the vacuum lines from the red (????) goes to a diferent location that mine ( see below pic's for better explanation) Mine from the top of red (????) goes to the intercooler. I don't whether miy lines have been changed or the ones that Mick L shows in his photo's or whetehr it matkes a difference at all.

http://s539.photobucket.com/albums/f...acuumLines.jpg

http://s539.photobucket.com/albums/ff35 ... mLines.jpg

Mine is the 1st photo and the 2nd one is from Mick L.

[damonat Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close damonat]

Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

Well I finally got aroud to installing my boost gauge, When I was looking at which vacuum line to hook the gauge up to I noticed that the picute supplied by Mick L shows the vacuum lines from the red (????) goes to a diferent location that mine ( see below pic's for better explanation) Mine from the top of red (????) goes to the intercooler. I don't whether miy lines have been changed or the ones that Mick L shows in his photo's or whetehr it matkes a difference at all.

http://s539.photobucket.com/albums/f...acuumLines.jpg

http://s539.photobucket.com/albums/ff35 ... mLines.jpg

Mine is the 1st photo and the 2nd one is from Mick L.

as long as it is on the intercooler side, it should be fine,
as this is the pressure you are trying to measure

[MickL Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close MickL]

Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

the vacuum lines from the red (????) goes to a diferent location that mine ( see below pic's for better explanation) Mine from the top of red (????) goes to the intercooler. I don't whether miy lines have been changed or the ones that Mick L shows in his photo's or whetehr it matkes a difference at all.

It makes no difference, the " red thing" is a damper. The sensor it's plumbed to on the intercooler is the vacuum/boost sensor for the ECU. By teeing in the boost gauge between the damper and the sensor, needle shake at idle and low boost is greatly reduced.


Mick

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Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

Hi, just a quick question for some one in the know, i bought a autometer boost guage to fit to my d4d, now i just wanna pick someones brain as to is it the same place for the tee piece on the d4d as the old diesel as in pipe? I would appreciate if a piccy could be shown of the exact one to tap into, cheers

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Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

Hi, just a quick question for some one in the know, i bought a autometer boost guage to fit to my d4d, now i just wanna pick someones brain as to is it the same place for the tee piece on the d4d as the old diesel as in pipe? I would appreciate if a piccy could be shown of the exact one to tap into, cheers

On the intake manifold side (Passenger side) of the intercooler are two sensors (attached to the end tank of the core) The one furthest to the front of the engine bay is the ECU boost sensor. TEE into it's line.

Mick

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Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

[Cruisin 120 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Cruisin 120]

Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

Thanks Mick for the information...very much appreciated, cheers

[chubbo Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close chubbo]

Re: DIY Boost Gauge for $60

Hi,

I like to know if you guy's get a vacuum reading on the boost gauge? If no, why is that?. I got one installed on my 1KZ-TE, and one of my mate ask me how come my boost gauge doesn't read vacuum?, and I just answer maybe its just a diesel engine different from a petrol engine. Just want to really know what the answer is. Unless there is something wrong?


Thanks guys,
Chubbo