what should it peak at

[nip]

Hi all gonna put a boost gauge in my avant tommorow, what should it max at and also what should it settle at, when it was on the rollers its maxed at 1.5 then settled at .8 is this right cheers lads

[phil2.016v]

Hi all gonna put a boost gauge in my avant tommorow, what should it max at and also what should it settle at, when it was on the rollers its maxed at 1.5 then settled at .8 is this right cheers lads

Is yours chipped or not? Mine peaks at 16 psi and falls to around 10.

[nip]

yes matey its chipped

[phil2.016v]

Sounds about right then dude

[nip]

i went to fit it today matey, what a nightmare i was thinking of fitting it where the volt meter is. After some fannying about trying to find out how to take gauges out ive now decided to mount it in the tray under the steering wheel , anyone else mounted theres there

[phil2.016v]

Mine's mounted under the dash next to the centre consol, not ideal! I think the best place is in the centre vent at the top, that looks neat.

[Dpicariello]

I contemplated the idea of removing the volt meter but ended up putting it in the centre air vent.
I'm not 100% happy with it as however much I tried, it does look after market. I went for a VDO white faced gauge so it does blend in with the other dials at least.

I've seen some really neat locations but most involve hacking a hole in your dash or massive amounts of work.

S2 Dude on here supplied me with an aluminium plate that fitted into the vent and secured the gauge very nicely. Sprayed the plate in matt black and it matches the rest of the dash.

As for boost figures. I get overboost up to 20psi (1.4ish Bar) and then it settles at 16psi (1.1 Bar).

[nip]

cheers lads, im really not that keen to mount it in the heater vent i want a original look i think im gonna take my time and mount it in where the volt meter goes, any ideas how the 3 gauges come out and what do i have to remove