I am just wondering who has a boost gauge that reads in bars and how you like it. DO you wish you had a psi one? Switch FROM a psi one? Just want some general feedback before I order one. Thanks alot.

 

Well...mine reads in PSI, but I know that 1 bar is about 14.6 PSI so I don't really need one in bars (it is easier for me to look at my boost gauge at 10 psi and say I am making roughly 3/4 bar than it is to say at 3/4 bar that I am making 10 PSI.

Plus I like big numbers, I'd rather say 10 PSI than say saying 0.75 Bar, and quite frankly I hate the mmHg rating system, even though i know 10 PSI is around 50 mmHg, i don't like mmHg..

PSI or Bar...I prefer PSI

 

I don't think it matters much because your boost gauge is only used as a general reference once you set up your system. It may be easier to have all of your aftermarket turbo goodies (wastegate, boost gauge, boost controller, etc.) calibrated in the same units, but you can always convert the units for troubleshooting or for setting up tuning targets if they are not.
http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/

 

I've heard of people rotating their guages so that the normal needle position is perfectly straight up. Have you guys ever heard of this?

 

That's probably what I'll do after I've added a few more goodies. I'd like 14psi straight up - just seems easier to tell max boost setting at a quick glance.

 

Yes, there are alot pf people who rotate their gauges. Its much easier to see if all the needles are pointing up then to look at each one and see where it should be.

 

It's all relative...
The gauge is marked off every 0.5kg/cm&#178 (not bar), so it's about 7psi for every graduation.&nbsp I got a P/H with light, so if it overboosts - it'll flash at me.&nbsp yes, I have my MAX up at 12 o'clock, but GReddy makes it easy where straight up is 900C on the EGT and 1.0kg/cm&#178...



-Ted

 

Yep, quite common actually. In circle track cars, they rotate all of their gauges so the normal setting points straight up. That way, they can just scan across the row momentarily and look for something that is wrong rather than look to see if every gauge is where it should be. If one of the gauges is not pointing straight up, they can actually then look to see what it is and then worry about it.
Sean Cathcart