Thread: Td5 Boost Gauge

I've been advised that the best place would be at the inlet manifold but in the interim i put a tee in the waste gate hose before the modulator BUT in doing so was fully aware that the pressure that the guage would see would be less (at the least 2psi lower i was advised) than if measured at the intercooler.

I will put it right one day

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onebob

I connected mine at the same place as onebob, and when compared to the Nanocom reading I could not detect any noticeable difference.

X3 , I have taken mine from the same spot , handy for measuring the pressure drop across the intercooler when used with nanocom .
Varies between 0 and 1.5 psi dependant on ambient temp and atmospheric pressure on mine

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I had my egr removal kit tapped to suit a threaded barb, to plumb boost gauge into.

Depends what you wish to measure. I mean if your fitting one then you've probably already decided what you want to measure right?
i.e. if you want to know the boost pressure going into the engine then as close to the inlet valves as possible - taping the inlet manifold or throttle body (for lack of a better description) component are probably the easiest.
if you want to know the pressure drop from the intercooler then a connection each side as close to the intercoolers inlet and outlet.
if you want to know the pressure out of the turbo the as close to the air outlet on the turbo.
Location is relative to what you want to know from the measurements.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

Depends what you wish to measure. I mean if your fitting one then you've probably already decided what you want to measure right?
i.e. if you want to know the boost pressure going into the engine then as close to the inlet valves as possible - taping the inlet manifold or throttle body (for lack of a better description) component are probably the easiest.
if you want to know the pressure drop from the intercooler then a connection each side as close to the intercoolers inlet and outlet.
if you want to know the pressure out of the turbo the as close to the air outlet on the turbo.
Location is relative to what you want to know from the measurements.

This makes a lot of sense. Could it be argued most people want to ensure the engine is not being over boosted therefore the intake would be the best spot in this scenario?

I'm assuming the intercooler and the turbo can handle more boost than the engine is asking for. Therefore it is not so critical to measure the others unless fault finding?