After Market Boost Guage
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Diver944
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John I followed the instructions on David Sims website www.944turbo.org.uk and Tee'd into the vacuum line that comes out of the manifold and leads to the vacuum reservoir. See my pic below.
You can then run your new pipe through a grommet in the engine firewall and it appears above the accelerator in the footwell. I couldn't find any t-pieces locally so had to get a rubber Y-piece from Porsche like the two we already have on our vacuum pipes 928.573.727.02 for nearly £4 [8D]
I managed to break that little blue valve you can see in the picture so be careful. It's £18 and Porsche couldn't even identify it. JZ Machtech knew what it was and kept them in stock as they get very brittle.
You can then run your new pipe through a grommet in the engine firewall and it appears above the accelerator in the footwell. I couldn't find any t-pieces locally so had to get a rubber Y-piece from Porsche like the two we already have on our vacuum pipes 928.573.727.02 for nearly £4 [8D]
I managed to break that little blue valve you can see in the picture so be careful. It's £18 and Porsche couldn't even identify it. JZ Machtech knew what it was and kept them in stock as they get very brittle.
Diver944
Active member
Good luck John, I hear they don't even have any of those in Germany [
]Maybe they will mould some new ones when enough of you order them. Meanwhile mine is for sale at £2500 []
If you decide on one of the Autometer range of gauges, I found the best prices were from www.vwspeedshop.co.uk I paid £39 inc vat for mine with the silver bezel. I really wanted a black bezel one as it looked less ostentatious but they had none in stock and quoted 2-3 weeks from the States. I'm not that patient and the silver one came next day []
]Maybe they will mould some new ones when enough of you order them. Meanwhile mine is for sale at £2500 []If you decide on one of the Autometer range of gauges, I found the best prices were from www.vwspeedshop.co.uk I paid £39 inc vat for mine with the silver bezel. I really wanted a black bezel one as it looked less ostentatious but they had none in stock and quoted 2-3 weeks from the States. I'm not that patient and the silver one came next day [
]I don't want to lose the cubby as my car has the HiFi option so there's nowhere else for wallets and mobiles.
Anybody know of a good pillar mount that looks subtle rather than Max Power? Probably for 2 or 3 gauges as I should have an AFR meter in there as well at a minimum, and possibly an oil temp.
BTW I bought a VDO gauge at the Autsport show the year before last. Never out if the box yet, but it matches the dash beautifully (since it's VDO as well...)
Anybody know of a good pillar mount that looks subtle rather than Max Power? Probably for 2 or 3 gauges as I should have an AFR meter in there as well at a minimum, and possibly an oil temp.
BTW I bought a VDO gauge at the Autsport show the year before last. Never out if the box yet, but it matches the dash beautifully (since it's VDO as well...)
John Sims
PCGB Admin
Silly me, I never thought of VDO, I've ordered a CAi guage through Demon Tweeks (-1 to + +1.5 bar) it was the most "original equipment" one I could find.
Re: Pillar mount.
Mr Cannell has a ver neat sollution for 3 guages, I don't know if you would consider it Max Power or not though? Isn't a pillar mount a pillar mount at the end of the day.
Again Demon Tweeks do pillar mounts (by Revotec I belive). The show a 1, 2 & 3 guage mounting, although I think I can see what you mean by Max Power for the 3 guage mounting - it does project quite a long way.
Diver944
Active member
Fen, You've possibly already seen this pic on Titanic but I didn't want to loose thh cubby either which is why I butchered this 968 cubby that has a clock in it as standard. It's not ideal as you cannot easily see the gauge in use so I think I will eventually put an AFR meter down there (my arm will obscure the flashing leds) and I'll move the boost gauge to a single pillar mount - though I hate the Max Power look also.
The ideal solution would be someone who could remap the in-dash gauge to have a larger range and be more accurate
The ideal solution would be someone who could remap the in-dash gauge to have a larger range and be more accurate
Robbiemeister
Member
John,
I ordered mine from AFN Guildford in September, nothing yet!
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