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Turbo S Boost Gauge ?

Z80

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I'm being really thick now but how do I get the boost gauge up on a Turbo S?

My OPC reckons it's not available anymore!

the extract from lowndes below about his Turbo S contradicts that.

ORIGINAL: lowndes

....The boost gauge is calibrated to 1.2 bar with 0.6 in the middle. Under acceleration it seems to give a little puff of 0.6 then go back to sleep more or less straight away, but having launched the car down the road at a ferocious rate. It is difficult to imagine circumstances where sustained 1.2 bar would ever be required. Perhaps towing a caravan up Pikes Peak.

Thanks,

Greg
 
My OPC reckons it's not available anymore!
Hmmmmmmm, Extract from current Porsche Turbo S brochure:

The following optional
information can also be displayed:
boost pressure, average speed,
average fuel consumption, tyre
pressure, current radio station,
navigation instructions and
remaining range till empty. When
"˜Sport' mode is selected on
the Sport Chrono Package Turbo
in a 911 Turbo model equipped
with dynamic engine mount
system, the temporary increase
in maximum torque is clearly
indicated by an arrow symbol in
the boost pressure display
.
The third display, in the centreright
dial, shows the time and
outside temperature.
Why do you need huge gestures
when the signs are clear?
Comfort.
An expressive design.
Well conceived technology.
A consistently sporty style.
No gimmicks. Why should the
rules for performance be
any different for the interior?
Personality | Comfort
Instruments in the 911 Turbo with PDK
Interior of the 911 Turbo in natural leather Carrera Red
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Just keep pulling down (or pushing up!) on the lower left stalk so that it cycles through Nav/TP's/Boost etc (Having it pulled it towards you first to exit any sub menus). However, when you have any significant boost to look at you won't be able to as you will need to look where you are going at high speed instead![:D]
 
Thanks to all of you.

Seems like it's there then.

I'll have a go when I'm next at home in front of the thing.

Cheers,

Greg
 
Greg, also have a look in the vicinity of page 102 of the drivers manual (can't imagine there's a big difference between our cars in that respect!) and all will be revealed. A bit unconventional for us chaps I know....![;)]
My OPC reckons it's not available anymore!
Edit PS - nice to see your PC know their product then
 
tscaptain,

Thanks. I've checked around those pages & there's nothing in the manual about the boost gauge. Nothing in the index too.

Lowndes in his extract above has it though. Weird.

I can change the units of 'Boost' from Bar to psi but there's no boost gauge option set up, for sure. So what's the point of having a means to change the boost units if I can't see them anyway?

I think maybe the technician didn't enable the boost display when he configured the car when it landed at the opc.

Alternatively I'm just getting it all wrong somewhere.

Thanks,

Greg.

 
Very weird Greg. If you like you can e-mail your mobile number and we could go through it while you are sat in the car! I would have thought that the display was standard from the factory on all turbos?
Alan
 
Hopefully Alan and you can get it sorted via the phone..
I did have the boost gauge as the main display in the central zone, however you can go through a menu and change it for things like radio etc..
There's a lower and higher section to the display- the only time when not is when showing Nav or tyre pressures.

I guess this is another reason we have as many days out as possible, as it gives members a chance to sort these things out there and then.[:)]

garyw
 
Well, after a chat on the phone while Greg played with his stalk(!) it is clear that it is the car and not him. The left lower stalk cycles through average mpg/nav/tpm etc but no boost display either numerically or on the horizontal line type display. Also in the "SET" menu, where you can alter the default upper central display (range/radio/boost on mine) there is no option to display boost there either. So either Porsche has suddenly decided that we can no longer see the boost (but didn't mention it to anyone) or the central display can be set by the OPC (via laptop presumably) to show different things. Very peculiar.
 

ORIGINAL: tscaptain

Well, after a chat on the phone while Greg played with his stalk(!) it is clear that it is the car and not him.  The left lower stalk cycles through average mpg/nav/tpm etc but no boost display either numerically or on the horizontal line type display.  Also in the "SET" menu, where you can alter the default upper central display (range/radio/boost on mine) there is no option to display boost there either.  So either Porsche has suddenly decided that we can no longer see the boost (but didn't mention it to anyone) or the central display can be set by the OPC (via laptop presumably) to show different things.  Very peculiar.

Hi Alan,

Many thanks for phoning me.

I've just spoken to the OPC sales guy who said he'll contact one of his other recent Turbo S customers to see if he has a boost gauge. (We know there is one because Lowndes has one). I'm awaiting the news.

The sales fellow said there might be a fault! It's strange though, why no mention of a boost gauge is in the Turbo S operating manual. All seems a bit contradictory. Maybe Lownde's car was the last one with this feature?

Thanks,

Greg



 
Hi,

I've just been sent this email by my OPC sales fellow:-

"My customer has come back to me. He does have the info in the centre cluster that your Turbo S doesn't have.
Your 911 either needs to be "˜enabled' (via on-board-computer) or it has a fault which needs to be re-coded at the dealership. Please can you let me know what works best? Please can you "˜reply to all' as I've cc'd in my Service Manager into this message."

So, many thanks everyone, seems like I have an excuse to drive back to the OPC. Ho hum.

Cheers,

Greg
 
ORIGINAL: Z80

Your 911 either needs to be "˜enabled' (via on-board-computer) or it has a fault which needs to be re-coded at the dealership.
Well, at least we're not all going slowly bonkers.....![;)] Makes a lot more sense than "we took it away so that you wouldn't be distracted by it and crash into something" type reasoning!!
 
Greg

Apologies for not having replied earlier but I have not looked in on the forum for a while and was unaware of your problems. Having read the posts to date I don't think I can add much save for some "proof" of what is on my car.

If I have the central display as Audio (in this case Radio 3) then there are two versions of the boost display that appear as you scroll through the display options. If however I replace Audio with Boost (bar style only, my preferred digital read out not being available) then both Boost options disappear from the scroll display. This is shown on the pics below.

Also added gratuitously is a pic of the overall mpg/average speed to date from PCM which isn't bad for a 530bhp car

and finally back in its home country enjoying their fine roads and unrestricted Autobahns

Hope you get things sorted soon

Nick

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Hi Nick,

Thank you. Thanks for your photos.

Yes, that's what I'm missing!!

A technician from the OPC is driving out tomorrow with his laptop to hopefully correct the problem.

I must say it's truly great to have received such good and enthusiastic help from you all with this minor hiccup. Thanks everyone.

I'll let you know the outcome after the tech fellow has done the needful.

Greg
 
ORIGINAL: Z80

I must say it's truly great to have received such good and enthusiastic help from you all with this minor hiccup. Thanks everyone.
That's part of what the club is all about - maybe you should join and come along to some of our events too![;)]
 
Well,

The technician drove out to me and used a laptop thing to access the internal doings.

He was struggling and then the laptop crashed.

After more attempts nothing could be done and so the car needs to go back to the PC.

Apart from the tubo boost gauge displays that are missing he reckoned there was something else not quite right, some graph thing. Dunno. He said the perfomance side of things are OK and the sport and sport plus are ok too.

Data was taken from the car to be sent to Porsche. Said he's never seen anything like this before.

I don't know why these weren't noticed at the pdi. It's a small problem but a real nuisance to get sorted.

Greg
 
ORIGINAL: Z80

He was struggling and then the laptop crashed.
Only slightly predictable then![:(] Always a shame when something relatively minor like this takes the shine of getting the new car - at least it's "only" instrumentation and it doesn't affect the driving![8D]
 

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