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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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Anyone With Mechanical Boost Gauge and or Narrow Band AFR Gauge

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so i hooked up my mechanical boost gauge lastnight. For some reason it satays at 0 for like 5 mins of driving then all of a sudden it starts to work, but when i throttle it it goes up to 0 and wont go into boost. i used the vac line comming out of the intake mani. any reason this is doing this?

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this gauge stays on green (rich) all the time has not moved, i tapped into the purply pink wire with white stripe, is this the right wire? i thought narrow bands were suposed to be all over the place?

Any help is much appreciated!
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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You hit the wrong line for the boost gauge to work. Follow the vacuum tubing from the supercharger to the box on the driver side of the motor, the bottom line, I believe, is the one you want to T.
As far as the purply pink wire...it's ghey so I'll leave that alone
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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my narrowband does the same thing.... trust me, save the headache and do it right- go wideband, thats what im doing now
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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narrow bands are not really effective... it just says rich and lean. so if the car is rich, it will stay there. the widebands give real time accurate a/f rations, so they will be all over the place. you just had it backwards.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 12:39 PM
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ok i will try a different line for the boost, i saw on one DIY one guy had pluged one end of the T? was i suposed to do that?

as for the narrow band, it has not budged at all, i would of thought it would of moved once at least, is that wire the correct one?

P.S - my narrow band gauge is just a filler gauge right now till i get my header and wideband.
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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try this here, its what i did and it worked great.read both boost and vacuum to the same gauge
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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oops i spelled now wrong and forgot to add intake mani. lol

I am in this one, is that why its all Fucked up?
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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Cap That 1 Back Off And Plug It In To The One I Showed You ...world Of Difference Lol
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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ok ill give it a shot, thanks man!
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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I don't see why anyone would switch to a mechanical gauge. Its beyond me..
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Old Jan 6, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by red06SC
I don't see why anyone would switch to a mechanical gauge. Its beyond me..
explain?
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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ok so turns out iam on the same line that you are on in the pic, i was on there the whole time, and it still only starts to work after 5 mins or so, then it starts to go up towards 0 and stops at 0
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jefferyss
explain?
Its just a waste of money unless you're turbo and/or doing your own extensive tuning.

You see what the car sees. Its not going to make a difference at all and its just going to look out of place.
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 10:40 AM
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by red06SC
Its just a waste of money unless you're turbo and/or doing your own extensive tuning.

You see what the car sees. Its not going to make a difference at all and its just going to look out of place.
well....then does that mean the stock sc boost gauge is useless?

the turbo ss stock gauge is useless?

and what does it matter if you want to put a mechanical gauge into a car? i would rather a mech over an electric gauge anyday

i'm getting real tried of all the turbo crap on here...a car is a car...deal with it

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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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why do people buy narrowbands?
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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check your boost gauge tubing for kinks or bends this could cause that problem
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Old Jan 7, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Rodimus_Prime
why do people buy narrowbands?

Reading is > you

as i said above "this is a filler until i get my headder and interceptor gauge"

Originally Posted by LiL RoB
check your boost gauge tubing for kinks or bends this could cause that problem
but why would it not work for the same ammount of time every time.

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