Boost Gauge Install

[AMS]

Hey Lads

Bought a boost Gauge (finally) and I have installed the Boost tube thingo - to the nipple on the back of the Plenum... Currently running it around the door though. Bit dodgey - I'll fix it up later

Main question - Where have you guys hooked it up to the power? My only thoughts are stealing the wires from the light which surrounds the Cig. lighter.

When I hooked it up and took it for a drive - I got a bit of a shock, running like 14 psi - But it isnt that quick! Boost gauge possibly telling me something wrong? Would kinks in the line etc affect the reading at all? Also, driving it around normally (boost set to around 11psi) I find it hard to get over around 5 psi without slamming my foot down - most of the time it sits in 'Vac'. One more thing I have noticed is that with the car on - just idleing, you can hear air coming from the gauge itself. Loose line posibly?

Cheers for the help

Chris

[xRHETTx]

Yeah the cig lighter is where i connected my boost guage electricals.

Its easy to get to (on an r32 at least) and it has everything you need - +12V, ground and illumination.

[AlexCim]

Ok mate,

My EBC is set on 100% the whole way across and i am boosting about 12psi.

The car is pretty quickly like that, I can get the fronts to scatter in the dry, but its nothing QUICK.

A good tune is what is needed, i think that my car just with a ITC/DFA will gain 20kw in its current state. +cams and injectors, ill be around that magic 200awkw mark.

On another note, i am in vac a lot too, the way i like it, but if i just put load in a gear without kick down, the car boosts about 5psi before it kicks down.