Newbie Guide: DIY Boost Gauge Install

[Grim]

If you wanna install a boost gauge but don't know how here's a good guide to help you!

Here it is.

[Guest INASNT]

i thought i would reply to your post and give it a bump since no 1 else has:D

[sidewaymambo]

good job, well done..

:uh-huh:

[Sumo]

Grim, Top work mate.... Helped me out a great deal

Sumo

[Grim]

Glad it helped someone out

[hippy]

hey heres a suggestions to the moderators .. have a link somewhere that has all the guides that people write ... it will encrourage others to do the same and help out heaps of newbies like myself ... great job grim!!!!

[Endorean]

Does anyone have a working link...

The one in the first post doesn't seem to work.

[Guest RedLineGTR]

link is dead ;(

[supra]

Can someone put up a working link please!

[nitemare5]

check the date of the original post

[Grim]

sorry cant find that guide on my HDD either.

[nitemare5]

just tap into a plenum vacuum line

[raz0r$harP.UK]

Okay, as much as I hate nerding myself out, here's the original article, sans pictures.

http://web.archive.org/web/20030428141744/...=article&sid=42

Please don't tell anyone how I live! haha..

[sewid]

I see a lot of Skyline engine bays and it really amazes me about how many people choose the fuel pressure regulator (front of plenum) air line as a "good" location to tap for boost gauges.

Dont do that.

Instead, tap the line that goes to the stock boost sensor. It exits from the rear of the factory plenum and goes up and then down and then into a little black box at the far left rear of the engine bay.

When this hose gets old it cracks very easily so you may want to replace this entire hose with new air line. You need about 40cm or less of hose to do that.

Once the new hose is in, cut it in the middle somewhere, insert a t-piece and run your boost gauge air line off that.

Voila.

[R1maniac]

Doing this to mine today! Boost gauge and boost controller been sitting in a box for weeks.

[R1maniac]

Ok the boost gauge is in! I snapped the boost sensor line but its fix-able.

Its running on 9-10psi already! Is this normal? I suppose there wont be much difference if I install the manual boost controller and boost it to 11.