What's up with the stock Boost Gauge?
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What's up with the stock Boost Gauge?
Apparently, everybody hates the stock boost gauge because it's no good. I run 7 lbs of boost, and for some reason, the stock gauge reads what looks like should be 20 lbs *1/2 way between 0 and 40.* Though, they may be completely different numbers, that's besides the point to me :P I wonder why Mazda didn't put a more reliable boost gauge there so people didn't have to go get an aftermaket one...
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The stock boost guage is actually a good quality electronic gauge. Just if your car's electrical is not working right it will have problems.
BTW: The FD has no boost guage at all.
BTW: The FD has no boost guage at all.
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Originally Posted by CyberPitz
I run 7 lbs of boost, and for some reason, the stock gauge reads what looks like should be 20 lbs *1/2 way between 0 and 40.* Though, they may be completely different numbers...
I wonder why Mazda didn't put a more reliable boost gauge there so people didn't have to go get an aftermaket one...
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Seriously, he's kinda right. The car was manufactured for the US market...proven by the "MPH" speedometer. Yet they couldn't alter the boost gauge to read "psi" to suit this same market? They tailored the rest of the car for us...emissions, lighting standards, crash standards.
Even if you look at it from the japanese perspective, I believe they tend to use bar or kg/cm^2 to measure pressure generally, right? So why do THEY need to see mm/Hg measured? Even if you use the argument that the car is sold for what it is and not meant to be modified, why shouldn't the driver be able to see that he is boosting 6psi instead of however many mm/Hg?
Even if you look at it from the japanese perspective, I believe they tend to use bar or kg/cm^2 to measure pressure generally, right? So why do THEY need to see mm/Hg measured? Even if you use the argument that the car is sold for what it is and not meant to be modified, why shouldn't the driver be able to see that he is boosting 6psi instead of however many mm/Hg?
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