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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 01:09 PM
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Where does everyone have there boost guage hooked up?

Better yet where is the best place to have your boost guage?
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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 04:04 PM
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mine is in the back of the intake, t'd off of the little line comming out on the left of the map hookup.
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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 04:33 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by MIGHTYMOUSE:
<strong>mine is in the back of the intake, t'd off of the little line comming out on the left of the map hookup.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What did you use to t it off?

map hookup - Is that the brake booster tube from back of intake?
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I T-d mine off the brake booster.
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Old Oct 21, 2002 | 05:48 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by sscamaro387:
<strong>I T-d mine off the brake booster.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What did you use to T it off with?

I hear the brake booster is the most accurate place for boost readings.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by White SS:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by sscamaro387:
<strong>I T-d mine off the brake booster.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What did you use to T it off with?

I hear the brake booster is the most accurate place for boost readings.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">just go to osh, or home depot, and get a brass T-fitting, with I do believe 1/4 thread,and a 1/4 barb. get 2 of them, and just run the line from the gage off of that.
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Old Oct 22, 2002 | 10:32 PM
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Mine is in the line in the vacuum line coming off of the back of the intake manifold. I teed into it with a plastic and a rubber connector 1/4 on one end so the nylon line just slid right in no problems at all and does not slide out either.
Just make sure if you put it there put it before the check valve not after it.
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Mine is coming off the inatake, near the throttlebody
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by smokinHawk:
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