About The $28 Boost Controller

[R31Nismoid]

come on, keep it nice please.

If he doesnt want the advice, thats his problemo.

[Sheriff Wan]

Yeah that is his problem... ast stated before a rebuild is alot more than $80-$100.

Look mate you've spent anywhere between $9,000 to $14,000+ on your car and beleive me its not going to be the last you spend on her....

If you wanna keep everything on the cheap thats fine but don't skimp on the important stuff.

Next you'll be asking if you can use cooking oil for the 100km service because regular oil is too expensive.

Anyways

[Abo Bob]

1.) r32 gtst does not have a stock boost controller. the boost is regulated by the spring in the wastegate actuator.

2.) R32 gtst (rb20 powered cars) stock boost is 10psi.

3.) buy a BOOST GAUGE. I suggest VDO brand.

it is simple, black face, white numbers red marker. cost about $40 and is very accurate.

This is the simple, to the point and relevant answer.

There is one other possibility. Take it to a shop with a dyno and tell them to install it and set it to Xpsi. They will do it charge you about $150 and you can happily drive away.

I think the real issue here is that you have dissed our cars despite owning one. I can understand you being skepctical of a single post but you have plenty of people here backing it up. Like GTST I get a bit annoyed when I give a detailed and thought out response to someone's question who then ignores it.

I think I'm getting old because so many 18yo's come across as arrogant little c**ts to me these days. No offence to those that aren't like that. I bet you come from Sydney.

[Links]

As for being stupid and adjusting it without knowing etc, if u read my posts youll note that i said id get it professionally adjusted

as for rice, well type "definition of rice" into google, and youll catch my drift

I think installing it yourself is a good way to learn how the turbo setup works in your car, that way atleast you'll have more of an idea of what happens, how it works and trouble shooting the car..

As for the rice thing - who gives a crap - if your worried about rice than don't buy a skyline - be proud of what you own and tell people to go stick it if they have a problem..

If you need assistance installing the bleed valve - I would suggest reading through the 45 pages on the $22 boost controller page as plenty of people have put up diagrams..

It's not overly hard - also listen to peoples advice on here - they are extremely useful and you have a massive amount of help on here if you run into problems..

Good luck with it and enjoy your car.. Not everyone is wealthy around - but buying something that reads your current boost is essential.. you tap it off the same line as the stock gauge.. if something goes wrong and you blow an because you were running too much boost you'll be regretting it.. spend the 45bucks - maybe get an oil temp gauge later and leave it at that, hide it in the glove box if you want - just get one..

Edited April 29, 2006 by Links

[mad082]

i find it funny that having a boost guage is 'rice'. now i live in 'ferals in commodores central', and you have no idea of what rice is. if you have a turbo a boost guage is like having a fuel guage. its something you need so you don't end up by the side of the road waiting for a tow truck. rice is guys buying a auto commodore then putting a monster 5 inch tacho and shift light in, even though there is a tacho in the dash. fair enough putting a tacho and shift light in a high performance manual car as you may want the shift light, especially if you go to the drags. but an auto car doesn't really need a tacho, let alone a shift light.

as for $80 for a gauge being alot of money, if you either smoke, or drink on a weekly basis, quit for a week and you will have enough money to pay for it.

[fEkuaR]

well ive never had a rice car before so i didnt realize you HAD to have a boost gauge. So theres no tool.. I didnt have to buy a electronic pressure gauge to test my compression, i used a mechanical gauge i stuck into each cylinder and turned the engine over to check. I assumed there was a tool, even if its not turbocharger specific that would measure boost or air pressure or whatever, mechanically but, evidently, the only way of doing it is by buying a boost gauge.

Alot of boost guages ARE mechanical... that is the tool you need. They are a simple vaccum guage.

fair enough putting a tacho and shift light in a high performance manual car as you may want the shift light, especially if you go to the drags. but an auto car doesn't really need a tacho, let alone a shift light.

obviously you have never owned a performance auto car as alot of guys who do drive performace autos go through their gears manually and not just simply place it in drive. Thus having a shiftlight wouldnt be entirely useless especially at the drags. Although i dont really see the point of this in a car only used on the street. Lets face who needs to know their optimum shift point when going down the road to get milk and bread.

[frx026]

To 123456,

Thanks for insulting myself and a lot of other people on this forum who own a skyline and take pride in their car.

Perhaps you should get one of these

Then, stick it on your fridge, hang your keys on it, dont ever drive your car again, and maybe, just maybe you might not feel so ashamed driving your "rice car" around all the time.

[mad082]

obviously you have never owned a performance auto car as alot of guys who do drive performace autos go through their gears manually and not just simply place it in drive. Thus having a shiftlight wouldnt be entirely useless especially at the drags. Although i dont really see the point of this in a car only used on the street. Lets face who needs to know their optimum shift point when going down the road to get milk and bread.

i don't really class commodores as high performance cars....well not the ones round here. but i mainly just meant that unless you are using the car for drags or racing, or its a show car, you don't need a shift light on an auto. most of the commodore guys round here are the type that would go to the drags and see a gtr run a 10 second pass then go and tell them that a mate of theirs has a vn that would beat it. also had a guy telling me that a guy he knew put a aftermarket computer in his vn that made it so that it only did 180km in second at 1800rpm. i said "that amazing, a computer that can make gears in the gearbox magically change size".

[ross80]

guages arnt rice dude. Not in themselves anyway. They serve a purpose.

Believe my I wish I had a accurate oil presure guage when my bearing spun destroying my motor completely.

Guages can be rice if they are designed like that but they do serve a purpose. A big f**k off wing on a car that doesnt even see much more than the speed limit or go to the track regularly well that is rice in my book as it does not serve a purpose.

If you want to argue about that Ill send you the bill for my engine rebuild?

[r33skylinegtst]

you spent the money on the car, buy the damn boost guage and stop complaining. If you're worried about a Jap car being 'rice' why did you buy it in the first place?

[stolen_s15]

123456 boost guages are standard fitment (in the company of things like temp guages, speedometer and tachometers) on so many turbo cars one would think that they are somewhat important?!?! As stated earlier your car is 15 or so years old so things will start to deteriorate, so make sure something that important is up to scratch. I would suggest a boost guage to someone with a pnumatic boost controller, is as important as a tacho to someone with an accelerator. IF THEY READ TO HIGH MOTOR GOES BANG (just incase your wondering that is not good) but hey not many people think a forged rebuild is ricey!

[ferni]

Alot of boost guages ARE mechanical... that is the tool you need. They are a simple vaccum guage.

obviously you have never owned a performance auto car as alot of guys who do drive performace autos go through their gears manually and not just simply place it in drive. Thus having a shiftlight wouldnt be entirely useless especially at the drags. Although i dont really see the point of this in a car only used on the street. Lets face who needs to know their optimum shift point when going down the road to get milk and bread.

My mate had a 10Sec VT SS, he didn't have any big tacho shift light thing, he set the shift points via the computer....

sorry don't see the point in a huge tacho with shift light on a auto....

See: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...opic=114322&hl=

[ELI]

IMO going by the prices in this thread buying the boost controller mentioned, a guage and pod would set you back between $100 and $120 if you installed it yourself which isnt too hard. if you go the other way and buy just the controller and get a shop to install and set it up to a nominated boost setting it could cost around the $150 mark. Thats already around a $30 saving for the money concious 12345. Although i dont agree that a tool such as a boost controller is rice, if its the "Rice" factor your worried about mount it somewhere inconspicuous so no one teases you for being a "Rice Boy" lol.

Rice Boy Till Death,

Over And Out...............lol

Edited May 3, 2006 by ELI

[alex_r33]

What do you guys think of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-ONLINE-DEPOT-27...oQQcmdZViewItem

Looks like it would do the trick with a price to match the $30 controller

Opinions? I know you always get what you pay for but im an extremely tight budget.

[mad082]

be better than a slap in the face with a wet mullet.

[Abo Bob]

The prices of those have come down a bit. I use one of them.

I also rigged up a switch to turn it off so it's just black when not needed.

[sl33ek]

What do you guys think of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-ONLINE-DEPOT-27...oQQcmdZViewItem

Looks like it would do the trick with a price to match the $30 controller

Opinions? I know you always get what you pay for but im an extremely tight budget.

I have one of those, $30 is an awesome price. I paid around $70 for mine from Justjap.

Excellent gauge too, very pretty especially at night. Little hard to see in the day but its not too bad. Switch off the engine and it goes completely black, very cool.

I got the turbotech boostcontroller too, a gauge is a must have. Without it you can only guess what PSI you are running on the stock gauge, its hopeless to check of small PSI changes so forget about adjusting your boost controller without an aftermarket gauge

[alex_r33]

Cool, sounds good, just ordered one. Just wondering what do people recommend to put on the a pillar. I have a twin pillar pod coming and I am trying to think of what to put with the boost guage... air fuel ratio ?

[TTT]

not bad..

if they are acurate, it would be good to get a boost, oil temp and water temp ones..

I wonder if I can fit all 3 in the custom factory made "89 R32 center dash vent/gauge pod"

[someonestolecc]

Cheapie gauges are cool too the $35 autogauge ones lots of people on a budget use... shit I even know people who use kmart gauges hehe

alex_r33 you're better putting oil temp, water temp or oil pressure if you want something useful but if your car is a stocker and you don't go to track days and the like you're better off not gauge mounting and mount the boost gauge somewhere else and leave it at that. Anything else is a waste of money imo. I wouldn't even both with anything other than a boost gauge on a stock non track driven car.