I just ordered a boost guage and I was wondering if anyone had a write up anywhere, or could just tell me how to install it. thanks in advance.

 

installing a boost gauge is really very easy. find a vaccum line, you'll find one near the left side of the engine bay, kinda near the intercooler, it will look like the hose your boost gauge comes with....buy a vaccum hose "T" at the auto part store. looks like this:


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Cut the vaccum hose in half, place the "T" in bewteen the vaccum line to re-connect the line. take the hose that goes to the boost gauge itself, and hook it on to the other side of the T. zip tie all the ends up good.


for the lighting. get a test light, find a power wire that gets power when the headlights are turned on. an illumination wire. splice into it, ground the black wire. plug the wires in to the boost gauge, along with the vaccum hose. mount it, you're done.

before you wire the illumination up, make sure you did the vacuum lines correctly. hook it up, then turn the car on it should read, between 15-20 in the vaccume area.

 

Just one last tip. If the gauge comes with what looks to be cheap nylon tubing, scrap it and run silicone vac line all the way to the gauge. The gauge will read WAY more accurately