[Biturbos4] where to plumb for boost gauge ?

[Quincy Chiang]

Possibly, but I'm not 100% sure.  Running lean even for a brief moment is not good got the engine, especially a turbocharged engine.

Quincy

----- Original Message -----
From: Erik De Bonte <Erikd at lith.com>
Date: Monday, May 23, 2005 5:11 pm
Subject: RE: RE: [Biturbos4] where to plumb for boost gauge ?

> Would the car detect that it's running lean and throw an error code?
> 
> -Erik 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Quincy Chiang [b5quattro at shaw.ca] 
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:42 PM
> To: Erik De Bonte
> Cc: Thomas Pollock; biturbos4 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: RE: [Biturbos4] where to plumb for boost gauge ?
> 
> I have a AWE vent boost gauge, it's awesome.  I connected the hose to
> the fuel pressure regulator as described in AWE's installation 
> guide, so
> far so good, except I noticed a crack on the outside of the hose last
> week at the driving school.  When I mentioned this to the chief
> instructor Keith Anderson (long time ACNA instructor and VP), he 
> said I
> really should relocate the tap-in point, because a leak there can case
> the car to run lean, that's very very bad.  I'm aware of that but that
> location just seems so convineient.  Once I have some time I'll 
> buy a
> braided rubber hose I'll look into relocating the tap-in point so the
> manifold pressure sensing line, which is the proper way to connect a
> boost gauge.  I did that on my ex-A4, just need to figure out 
> where it
> is in the S4.
> 
> Quincy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Erik De Bonte <Erikd at lith.com>
> Date: Monday, May 23, 2005 11:13 am
> Subject: RE: [Biturbos4] where to plumb for boost gauge ?
> 
> > I have the AWE vent guage.  The installation guide
> > (http://www.awe-tuning.com/media/pdf/ventgauge.pdf) shows where 
> it 
> > getstied in.  See step 10.
> > 
> > -Erik
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com
> > [biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Pollock
> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:03 AM
> > To: biturbos4 at audifans.com
> > Subject: [Biturbos4] where to plumb for boost gauge ?
> > 
> > Hi all...
> > 
> > hey where are you guys plumbing in for your boost gauges ?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > tom.
> > 
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