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ADDING A TURBO BOOST GAUGE TO '97 GLT 850 1997

posted by  vesparally on  Tue Aug 23 17:45 CST 2022
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greetings

'97 GLT (no dash boost gauge) feels down on power (+ lousy gas mileage).
I suspect that the turbo "boost" gauge on a non-GLT is just a vacuum gauge.

If so, where can I add my vacuum test gauge to verify if I am getting normal boost. will any vac. line poet work ??
this would be just a temp. set-up for testing purposes. maybe later add one permanently.

Thanks
Peter







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    ADDING A TURBO BOOST GAUGE TO '97 GLT 850 1997

    posted by  B.B. on  Tue Aug 23 19:48 CST 2022
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    How many miles on your car?
    I had 210K or so with ratty around town mileage 14-15MPG in my 1995 850NA
    New front FAG hubs jumped the mileage up to 23-24 mpg around town.

    I tried Chinese hubs at first, a disaster, they were worse than the old OEM hubs.

    Get the FAG or SKF hubs before they are out of production.
    (if they aren't already)

    Bill








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      ADDING A TURBO BOOST GAUGE TO '97 GLT 850 1997

      posted by  vesparally on  Wed Aug 24 09:14 CST 2022
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      same amount of miles on my GLT.
      13-14 MPG around town mileage.

      are you referring to the front wheel bearing hubs ??
      can they be dragging that much ?

      I replaced one once on my old 850NA and didn't notice a difference in mileage.
      I've only replaced them when they made noise .....

      interesting








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        ADDING A TURBO BOOST GAUGE TO '97 GLT 850 1997

        posted by  B.B. on  Wed Aug 24 10:48 CST 2022
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        Now I have a 1993 940T that runs great but, poor 13-15 mileage around
        town.
        I have new SKF hubs and brake parts lined up to replace and see if that does the
        trick again.
        I'w waiting to recover from a shoulder replacement to do this work.

        Oh, the boost gauge hooks to a intake manifold vacuum fitting direct,
        it's a vacuum guage.

        Bill







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