Can you have 2 boost gauges hooked up in the same line? I ask this because I have my boost gauge and my turbo timer. The timer has playback for peak boost. My plan is to have both gauges hooked up but I don't want to have the tt in sight. I also have a smc alky kit going in so this will also be on the same line. I guess my question really is can I have two boost gauges and the alky kit all on the same line? Should I use a bigger line, maybe a smaller line?

 

nobody know?

 

yah.. ive got a automotere in my a-pillar and the blitz dual auto timer that also reads peak and boost.

 

I've never tried it, but you are merely measuring the pressure in the lines, adding another gauge should not change the pressure.

 

On my sti I had a defi gauge mounted on the steering column and I had a turbosmart E-boost mounted in the cup holder( the ebc doubles as a boost gauge)

 

For a boost gage, it will not matter...You could install many if you like. Some of my pressure instrumentation on gas turbines use 0.040" metal lines (hypo) for reading pressure. Those lines are extremely long too. If you were interested in response on the order of 100ths of a psi, then length could come into play, but the lengths associated with an automobile, you'd never see a difference.

 

of course you can...

 

Aaaw Dawg!Have one gauge for each eyeball. Setup 4 if you wear glasses :P
Bt seriously, try to keep the "volume" down (think inside diameter of the hose) because the more "volume" you have the longer it takes to compress "spool" the turbo.

 

Change your settings on the setup.ini file in your ecu.

gauge.map.allowed={true}
gauge.map.maximum={5}

You should be good to go from there.

 

i have stock mitsu boost guage and my autometer gauge tapped into the stock gauge vacuum hose

 

thanks everyone.

 

rofl

 

How did you like the Turbosmart product?

 

Tee 1 boost gauge off of ur manifold ater the throttle body and put 1 off ur turbo outlet 2 moniter pressure drop better

 

Not correct. It is a closed system. This is why you don't hear air leaking out of your boost gage inside the car. The line is filled with air...think of it as hydraulic fluid. The only movement inside the line is enough to compress a spring a few 10ths of an inch. There is basically no flow in these lines cause they are closed within the system.

The air pressure difference will travel at pretty much the speed of sound (relative to atmospheres)...therefore, when the turbo spools up, your boost gage reacts a time equal to the length of the line over the relative speed of sound...something you'd be hard pressed to even measure.