Chris Davies Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi all, looking to buy a turbo boost guage to go on my 200tdi. Any recommendations of good guages also BAR or PSI? I'm thinking BAR. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I found a -1 to +2 boost gauge on ebay, works fine, plumbed it into the boost pipe at the Turbo/wastegate actuator T joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Davies Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Thanks Ralph, just been looking at Ebay, they all look much of a muchness, I guess they are quite simple guages really. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFR Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Hi Chris, I have a gauge from 0 to 1 BAR the disco, as the pressure goes from 0 to (roughly) 0,80 BAR. It is not properly installed, just lays behind the windscreen and a small rag helps to keep it in place. I plan to make a better install in the defender. Unfortunately there is no provision for backlight, so it only works during the day. Maybe one day I will modify it to add a LED or something like this. It is really cheap. There are some gauges for petrol engines running from negative values (vacuum) to pressures well above the tdi/td5 levels. All this stuff works in your vehicle too, but my needle trips from one side (0) to another (0.80) with great detail, while the petrol gauges needles only show small movements from idle to full throttle, with the same resolution of the banana fuel gauge in the defender. I find pressure gauge much more useful than a rev counter, as you have a good estimation of the magnitude of the effort done by the engine. I use to drive guided by the gauge, from 0,4 to 0,5 in cruise, and from 0,5 to 0,7 when I'm in a hurry. 0,8 just overtaking, not mantained longer than half a minute. Regards, Carlos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozsug Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I found a -1 to +2 boost gauge on ebay, works fine, plumbed it into the boost pipe at the Turbo/wastegate actuator T joint. I thought i read on a tech topic on here, but can find it now , that it was better to plumb it into the inlet manifold, to get a more accurate boost pressure reading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 doubt you'll notice ant difference in the gauge reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Grundy Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 ive just plumbed my waste gate pipe into the manifold and t'ed off that to a gauge. i then blanked off the pipe going to the wastegate and left the fuel pump pipe on there. working well so far. thats on my 300tdi though. hamish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe 90 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 some good vdo ones on ebay at the mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozsug Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 ive just plumbed my waste gate pipe into the manifold and t'ed off that to a gauge. i then blanked off the pipe going to the wastegate and left the fuel pump pipe on there. working well so far. thats on my 300tdi though. hamish Have you got any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamC Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I tee'd mine in on the pipe that connects to the injector pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoor_ian Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 ^^^^^^^ same here, 6mm pushfit 'T' if I remember rightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieEater3142 Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 So looking to fit some gauges and one of those I want to fit is a boost to my 200tdi, but not sure where everyone is talking about fitting a t piece, and can someone suggest where I can get the T piece etc. to do it. Want ot use a VDO guage to keep with Defender style. Am I right in thinking that the T piece will go into the Hose Turbo Actuator - RTC5099? Cheers, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 So looking to fit some gauges and one of those I want to fit is a boost to my 200tdi, but not sure where everyone is talking about fitting a t piece, and can someone suggest where I can get the T piece etc. to do it. Want ot use a VDO guage to keep with Defender style. Am I right in thinking that the T piece will go into the Hose Turbo Actuator - RTC5099? Cheers, James photo's of connection point in this link http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=2104&st=0&p=21513&hl=boost%20gauge&fromsearch=1entry21513 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Early90 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hi ,I`ve just fitted a VDO 0-3 Bar gauge.I fitted a T piece into the hose to the fuel injection pump,just before the pump,so the hose has a nice easy route up to the bulkhead avoiding manifolds and turbo. Various fitting kits are available that include T piece and hose,demon tweeks or merlin motorsport can supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi_110 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I'm using a 0-15 PSI VDO boost gauge and I plumbed it to the manifold using some spare air-locker line. The Toyota CT-20 Turbo I use in the 110 runs 10 PSI at max boost so I get a reasonable sweep from the needle. I put full set of VDO gauges (Air tank PSI, Volts, Boost, Tacho) in a Raptor Console I picked up at Billing '09. They are a good match with the originals and with better illumination. Ray NZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I have a Racetech gauge like this: http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1902&category_id=280&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=14 i got mine secondhand from Callum on here. I fitted it using this kit: http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1903&category_id=281&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=14 Sure you could ger those bits cheaper but the kit was convinient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Tonkin Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Why would you ever want to see a vacuum on your gauge? Unless somethings broken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Why would you ever want to see a vacuum on your gauge? Unless somethings broken? You dont want to see vacuum, but seeing it at idle would tell you that the air filter needs cleaning/changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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