Boost Gauge?

[bizoneoeh]

Well, my boost gauge is broken again This is the second boost gauge I go through, just all of a sudden it breaks. When my car is off the needle sits at 10 vaccume, this happened to me when I installed my first boost gauge too. I have a auto meter sportscomp black and I'm having doubts wether I want to buy the same one again or not. If I do buy a different brand gauge then I would have to buy the same brand oil pressure gauge as well but wich brand do I get? So can any of you reccomend a good gauge brand for me to buy? I don't need little s**t like this always messing up and getting me mad Thanks everyone

 

[Evan.]

defi, which is hella expensive, but you know it wont break. I hate to say to try things like faze, etc. cause they are cheap brands too. Ive had my three autometer gauges - boost, air/fuel and oil pressure for months now and theyre fine. Theyre the ultralite brand.

 

[bizoneoeh]

I always heard that autometer was the best, I guess not

 

[Matt.]

did you check all your vacuum and pipes? Usually constant vacuum and no boost means major leak.

 

[bizoneoeh]

did you check all your vacuum and pipes? Usually constant vacuum and no boost means major leak.

Not a vaccume or boost leeak. Believe me, it boosts fine With a boost gauge the needle is supposed to sit at 0 when off. Mine sits at 10 on the vaccume and it barely hits 1psi when I know I'm boosting at 8psi. I've had a boost leak in the past so I know what that feels like

 

[Steven.]

you can recalibrate it, we did it to my bros gauge works fine now. its an autometer right?

 

[slowhatch]

http://www.optionsauto.com/products.asp?dept=2829
not sure about the reliability of blitz but i love cf with black light look goin for them. plus you can search around the gauges section on that site.

 

[bizoneoeh]

you can recalibrate it, we did it to my bros gauge works fine now. its an autometer right?

Something with the pins, right? I'm going to check it out on Friday

http://www.optionsauto.com/products.asp?dept=2829
not sure about the reliability of blitz but i love cf with black light look goin for them. plus you can search around the gauges section on that site.

Damn I think I just found my new gauges, it kind of matches the color of my hatch I'll have to save up a little tho

 

[Steven.]

take the bezel and glass off, turn the gauge all the way around, youll hear clicking till you get to 0

 

[stealthy]

stewart warner gauges are baller.

 

[Steven.]

i had a SW turbopac gauge, it was s**t(as in bad) didnt even work and ti was brand new.

 

[stealthy]

i had a SW turbopac gauge, it was s**t(as in bad) didnt even work and ti was brand new.

thats the first bad thing ive heard.....

 

[$lick Rick]

http://www.optionsauto.com/products.asp?dept=2829
not sure about the reliability of blitz but i love cf with black light look goin for them. plus you can search around the gauges section on that site.

wow, that is pretty... might have found my new boost gauge