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Jan 2, 2005 | 05:42 PM

formula87350

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Boost gauge hookup

So I have been searching the boards and see that some of you have hooked up your mechanical boost/vacuum through the brake booster. I have been looking around for a t-fitting that would fit, but I haven't found one. What did you guys use? Did you have to make your own? If so, what did you use?

Jan 2, 2005 | 09:25 PM

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You can find em at Pep boys in the help section, thats where I got mine...or even home depot racers supply(Home Depot for short) in the plumbing section they have a ton of this stuff there, I originally found the tee's there when I had a Powerdyne kit.
I now have all my boost/vac sources hooked into one vacuum block from golden eagle...run a search on google and you can find these easily and they aren't too expensive. Makes for a clean and trouble free install, plus you can add up to 6 vac/boost ports if needed.

Hope this helps.
J

Jan 2, 2005 | 10:05 PM

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Thanks man, that really does help. Looks like I will be heading to Home Depot tomorrow. Do you remember what size fittings you used?

BTW, I am pretty sure I have seen you at the track, your car is BADASS! You should post your times!

Jan 2, 2005 | 10:52 PM

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Thanks man, I do post my times as well of videos of my passes here on the FI board.
As for what sizes used, I just took the part of the brake booster line that I cut with me to home depot racer suppy and matched it up with the correct sized tee....its been a while so I don't have the size in the ol memory banks anymore

Glad to see another one of us from ALB here on the board

Not sure if you mentioned what kit you have.....what kit do you have? I'm always willing to help any locals out. Too bad your year is 02, I have HP tuners and my two years that I can tune for are 98 and 01

Have we met at the track, if not I'm Jeremy

Jan 2, 2005 | 10:59 PM

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I don't have an FI setup yet, got the gauge from the g/f for Christmas, but I plan on getting the ATI D-1 setup this summer for a graduation present. We haven't met, I'm Clarence, but I saw you on the last race day of the season, the weather was kinda of crappy so the runs weren't the best. Thanks for the info though, I will definetly be heading over to Home Depot tomorrow.

Thanks again.

Jan 2, 2005 | 11:20 PM

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I used the hard black line to the manifold. works for me.

His setup is a little more sexy though

Jan 2, 2005 | 11:28 PM

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Nice to meet you Clarence, I can't let you think that is what the car is capable of, those bone heads at the track+the rain=very fucked up times

I was testing a set of 28in ET drags and damn if the burnout box wasn't dry as a bone the first pass and flooded out the second pass, my poor ol tires were soaked thru and thru....less that stellar lauching after that...
SO here goes some videos and a slip
http://home.comcast.net/~gbazan/1131pass.mov