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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: MontanaGTD on November 17, 2006, 03:39:16 pm

Title: How do you fit a boost gauge to a 1.6 TD?
Post by: MontanaGTD on November 17, 2006, 03:39:16 pm

Where do you take the vacuum from?

I'm going to fit it into one of these.

(http://www.swgmotorsport.com/asps/uploads/thumb/179.jpg)

in the driver side vent! :)

Title: How do you fit a boost gauge to a 1.6 TD?
Post by: RabbitJockey on November 17, 2006, 05:32:32 pm

yeah i dunno how well it will be in that spot, but there is a line that goes from the front of the intake manifold to the top of the injector pump, just t into that

Title: How do you fit a boost gauge to a 1.6 TD?
Post by: jtanguay on November 17, 2006, 07:17:46 pm

interesting place to put your gauge...

Title: How do you fit a boost gauge to a 1.6 TD?
Post by: veeman on November 20, 2006, 07:41:34 am

I just put in a tee in the line going to the LDA and went straight from there into the cabin.  I think I worked the vac line through a grommet hole in the firewall...  Worked fine.