BOOST Beginer Question
BOOST Beginer Question
I truly love evos and cars but don't understand the concept of boost and how to read a boost gauge...
Can someone help to explain it to me? Thanks.
I know this is kind of a beginer question but its the one thing that was never addressed to me and I do all sorts of work on my evo...
Can someone help to explain it to me? Thanks.
I know this is kind of a beginer question but its the one thing that was never addressed to me and I do all sorts of work on my evo...
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You read the gauge by...reading the gauge. Whatever your boost gauge says is your boost level, whether it be in PSI or bar. Did you mean something else by that question? I would think it's like looking at your gas gauge - when it's on F, your gas tank is full.
If you're in Denver with a new Evo IX, I can help you out personally, so be sure to PM or IM me directly with questions.
Welcome to EvoM.
Please read the rules, which say to not make a thread until you have searched and to utilize the NEWBIE FORUM when you are a newbie with newbie questions.
You read the gauge by...reading the gauge. Whatever your boost gauge says is your boost level, whether it be in PSI or bar. Did you mean something else by that question? I would think it's like looking at your gas gauge - when it's on F, your gas tank is full.
If you're in Denver with a new Evo IX, I can help you out personally, so be sure to PM or IM me directly with questions.
Last edited by Warrtalon; Jan 23, 2007 at 12:18 PM.
Boost= pressurized air (essentially). When you look at a standard boost gauge there will be vacuum (negative pressure) and boost (positive pressure). Vacuum is pretty self explanatory and boost just tells you how pressurized the air entering your engine is.
ok the boost guage is kind of easy to read... unless you're talking about the factory thing... then you have to do some math to calculate it into PSI... cause the factory stock guages are confusing... welcome to the evolution...
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