[s-cars] Boost gauge for cluster installation (clock replacement)

[Marc Swanson]

On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 11:10, mlp wrote:
> 1.  Yes, I really missed the clock;

I drive fast enough already.  KNOWING that I'm late is just another
excuse to speed that I don't need!

> 2.  IMO only, its a very inconvenient place to have a gauge as "active" as a
> boost gauge tends to be.

For my purposes, I really only NEED it for when I suspect a boost leak
or whatever.. if power isn't coming on as strong as normal it would be
nice to glance down and check it.. but not the sort of thing I'm going
to stare at every time I hit WOT (and If your name is Paul K. that means
WOT to pick up milk, WOT to Grandma's house.. yeah, you're a nut!)

>   In fact, IMO its a bad place to have such a gauge,
> particularly if your think your the kind of person who tends to obsess with
> how much boost &/or (depending on the gauge) vacuum (Pizzo's preferred
> gauge)

I'm thinking there is a good opportunity for a snide joke about blowing
vs. sucking but I'm just not going to go there. =)

> to no "rice" effect.  Downside, you do have to take your eyes of the road to
> look down, but the locations not too bad.  I think I already once sent Marc
> a photo of the "temp" install in the driver's knee panel location.  IIRC, he
> wasn't buying that as a location alternative.

I just didn't want to drill into that location.  There's lots of options
but of all of them the burlwood insert into the ash tray area seems like
the winner if I can make it look clean.


> Say, what do these things run for oil pressure levels on cool/cold days with
> new, tight engines?  75psi+?  Anyone measure or charted this?

well.. on the 10vt motor I built up I was seeing ~75 psi at cold idle on
an autometer gauge and IIRC I could peg the gauge at 100psi bringing up
the revs when the engine was cold.
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-Marc Swanson-
95.5 //S6 Avant
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