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turbo gauge on non turbo engine 200 1987

posted by  someone claiming to be fig on  Sat Oct 16 00:51 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Is it possible to hook up a turbo gauge on a non turbo engine to act as a fuel economy gauge?? or just for fun...








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    turbo gauge on non turbo engine 200 1987

    posted by  Maxspeed on  Sat Oct 16 18:44 CST 2004
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    Yea mine is hooked to the intake manifold by an insert I used in a pluged intake port.. Used a barbed nipple and ran hose through the extra opening above the brake pedal area on the firewall.. just look around the firewall drivers side, there is usually an extra opening that has been sealed with a plate..and i also saw the post about using the gauge as a pressure gauge of the cooling system.. They attached it to a Tee inline with the hose going to the recovery bottle, i think.. do a search on it, I may be off here but its late and I am typing all this backwards just for practice. :))Max
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    turbo gauge on non turbo engine 200 1987

    posted by  someone claiming to be 740ATL on  Sat Oct 16 03:13 CST 2004 [RELATED]

    this is the coolest idea I've seen in a while!!!

    any more cool innovative ideas out there?

    Mike








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    turbo gauge on non turbo engine 200 1987

    posted by  Aye Roll on  Sat Oct 16 01:20 CST 2004
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    Absolutely. It will only read in the left (vacuum) half of the gauge, but it will be accurate as a tool for improving or monitoring throttle/ fuel economy.

    The gauge reads vacuum on the left or black part of the scale, and good engine vacuum (20" Hg or so) pulls mine down almost to the peg. The yellow part of the scale is boost, and my stock 82 Turbo only pushes it up to about 3/4 of the yellow, or about 1:00 position- hopefully more soon as I add an intercooler.

    All you need is a vacuum tee coming from the intake manifold somewhere. The turbos use small hose clamps for theirs because the vacuum lines see boost as well.

    No issues with connecting or mounting it- the hardest part is probably getting the instrument light to work right.
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      turbo gauge on non turbo engine 200 1987

      posted by  richink on  Sat Oct 16 13:52 CST 2004
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      Hey Rob,

      Looks like you're missing some boost! My old 244t zipped all the way to the edge of the red every time. Time to adjust that wastegate...

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    turbo gauge on non turbo engine 200 1987

    posted by  mudduck on  Sat Oct 16 01:17 CST 2004
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    Sure, it will only read on the vacumme side but it will work...just "Tee" it into any vacumme line. I'm pretty sure any way.

    Bret
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