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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: 1slowvw on November 03, 2006, 02:42:51 pm

Title: too much boost?
Post by: 1slowvw on November 03, 2006, 02:42:51 pm: hey guys, was in pricess auto the other day and noticed a boost guage for 24$ so i bit the bullet and bought one. hooked it up tonight and its reading 15 psi. I have not played with my wastgate or fueling yet. My question is does this seem a bit high to you guys, it seems to me that vw set the boost at around 10psi from the factory but i could be wrong. Anyway just wondering if 15psi is a bit high or if i should just crank my fueling till she smokes and run her.
thanks in advance 1SlowVW

PS: its a 95 golf with a 1.9 AZZ
Title: too much boost?
Post by: insdtanoodles on November 03, 2006, 03:08:46 pm: all I can tell you is that bentely calls for boost between 8.7 and 12 psi for an aaz engine. If princess auto has a boost guage that cheap I am going tommorow
Title: Boost?
Post by: Doug on November 03, 2006, 03:09:15 pm: Why would you believe in the accuracy of some guage purchased at Princess (probably surplus)? If you have a concern you need to verify your findings with a guage that may receive calibration from time to time. Where do you find that? Let me know too! I guess my point is, if the car is running okay why F with it?
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Post by: Darkness_is_spreading on November 03, 2006, 03:37:54 pm: That gauge is junk, I broke it the second day of tuning, but was pushing 22 PSI of boost, with straight pipe. The gauge was kinda accurate when I was driving, but after it's beating, it reads 3 psi of boost at idle....

lol gotta love princess auto
Title: too much boost?
Post by: 1slowvw on November 03, 2006, 07:38:42 pm: Stupid princess auto, i mean i knew it was going to be junky but really how hard is it to make a boost guage. Oh well anybody know the cheepest place to get a reasonably good one?
Title: too much boost?
Post by: jtanguay on November 03, 2006, 09:02:46 pm: well at least you can just return it :D
Title: too much boost?
Post by: jtanguay on November 08, 2006, 09:01:10 pm: oh yea.. dont forget that their gauge probably requires oil to function properly, where a specific boost gauge for auto's will not. or is it an auto specific gauge?
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Post by: Darkness_is_spreading on November 08, 2006, 09:11:32 pm: It's auto specific, it has 20 psi boost and 30 Vaccume on the dial
Title: too much boost?
Post by: Slave2School on November 09, 2006, 04:33:40 am: My $12 pool filter gague works marvelously (and has for over a year). if you need somehting on the cheap check out walmart, they even have glass lensed ones ;)
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Post by: Darkness_is_spreading on November 09, 2006, 06:47:55 am: Canadian Tire has them for 8.99, use my discount for that, maybe mount an one of my 12 V leds for a nice effect...

Damn I should just go out and buy a normal gauge..... but this will work for now....
Title: too much boost?
Post by: 1slowvw on November 09, 2006, 10:05:42 am: I'm thinking what i will do is but a cheap pool guage just to check, if it reads the same as my Princes Auto one, i will leave the PA one in. If not il take is back and save until i can buy a good guage. Don't get me wrong I am definatly a function over form guy, but i do like to keep my interior looking nice, you know for my lady friends.
1SlowVW