For all of you guys have a boost gauge, do you have a mechanical or an electrical? What are their differences on the installation? And what wires or lines it should be hooked up to?
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For all of you guys have a boost gauge, do you have a mechanical or an electrical? What are their differences on the installation? And what wires or lines it should be hooked up to?
I have the mechanical unit from Autometer. Most members also have mech. boost guages because they are relatively accurate and priced cheaply from Summit. The difference in elect. and mech is that you have a hardline (vac line) from manifold to the boost guage in the mech version. The elect version has an electrical sender that connects to the manifold and then has wire to send the amount of resistance to the elect. guage. Wires and lines of each are very similar and are easy to follow using the provided instructions. Elect. guages are usually more accuarate, but not by much, because electrons will flow faster than air through a rubber hose. You still have to take in account the calibration of the electrical unit to surpass its mech. counterpart. Many people put down Autometer because of its price, yet you see most racers with autometer guages. Some people who spend $200+ on a guage think mech. guages are inferior, I beg to differ. Nascar and NHRA use autometer guages, so why can't we?
Put on a mech boost/vac gauge from autometer on my sc ex. The damn thing is when I went ot put it on I dropped it and put a small dent in it. So now it is calibrated to 2&1/2 psi. The only cool thing is when I am at WOT it reads like 8 0r 9 psi. Just be careful if you get one. Those hoses can kink easily and a major one will ruin it. Good Luck!
nicherw; Want to buy my autometer boost guage? I have the first (boost) guage shown here: http://www.autometer.com/hp/99catalo...3401_04_98.jpg
I bought one with a black surround to replace it. Nothing is wrong with it at all.
All seven of my gauges are Autometer:EGT, oil psi, oil temp, water temp, boost, inside fuel psi, rich lean.
All seven of my gauges are Autometer:EGT, oil psi, oil temp, water temp, boost, inside fuel psi, rich lean.
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92 4dr Civic
94 B18C1
Arias 9:8:1 pistons
Eagle H-beam rods
JRSC 10psi(CRV Crank Pulley)
STR fuel rail
Walbro fuel pump
RC 310cc injectors
Autometer 5" tach w shiftlight
Autometer EGT,rich lean, oil psi, oil temp, water temp, boost, and inside fuel psi.
Hyper-tech Shogun(soon to come)
MSD 6Al & Blaster coil(waiting for buy in from local shop)
DC Sports 4-2-1 header
Too much more to list
Sorry I didn't mean to post the same thing twice, I'm new to this board
I'm trying to install the boost gauge on a 98 LS Ineg. Can somone tell me where to find the T-fitting part i'm suppose to connect the guage to or some pics? I'd really aprreciate it. Thanks.
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98 Integra LS
JRSC
Weapon R Intake
RSR Exhaust
DC Sports 4-1 Ceramic Headers
Ground Control Adjustables
Indiglo Gauges
Magnecor 8.5mm
5Zigen GT-8
Nitto 450 ZR 205/45/16
134.2ft-lbs@4500rpm
166.9HP@6900rpm
Go to the "Guages" page on my site.
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Greg Holden
96 GSR, JSRC @6psi, AEM CAI/RSR 4-2-1/Greddy PE, Cartech 20005/Walbro GSS-342, KYB AGX/H&R OE Sport/ST 19mm Rear Swaybar
Best 1/4 ==> 13.937 @ 101.41mph
My JRSC Install Site