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Old 07-03-2009, 10:02 AM
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where is the best place to measure boost? is it at the intake manifold were the pvc valve goes? does anybody have a picture of there set up?
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any place after the throttle plate will work.
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i ran mine where the pcv pipe went to the intake manifold after the throttle body. allot of people tap in to the brake booster hose, and in most cases it does not look very good.
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I am going to try to put a 'T' off the back of my intake manifold. I already have one back there for my BOV reference lines. I am going to try to add another for my boost gage.
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Brake booster using this adapter from LG

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^^^ what is that black piece for ? some sort of sensor ?
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yea what he said ^^^^^^
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Looks like a hobbs switch! It is used to activate a fuel pump when it sees a specific boost level.
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thanks for clearing that up



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