Boost gauges

[Justin]

I have just bought and installed one of these:

http://www.autostyle.co.za/performance_gauges/images/gauges_021.jpg

Its very accurate and looks pretty fine in the car too.

Bought from ebay, the seller has some left and is willing to drop the postage to all of our members, if you are interested have a look at:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7974534319&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

and email me before you order, ill tell you how to get the free P&P.

Many thanks to Simon for the offer :)

Cheers

[mulletboy2]

Nice :) Any chance of a pic of your one installed please mate?

[Justin]

Will do it today mate :)

[Justin]

OFF:

http://www.volvot5.co.uk/volvogallery/albums/Miscilaneous%20stuff/normal_OFF.JPG

ON:


http://www.volvot5.co.uk/volvogallery/albums/Miscilaneous%20stuff/normal_ON.JPG

As you can see it was daytime and the camera picks out some of the features on the dial, however it does the reverse when illuminated, its actually quite clear in the day, and at night looks stunning :)

[swordy21]

Same as my one. Although branded differently.

Now fixed the tthhhrrruuupppp noise it made on full boost, by connecting the gauge to the t leg with the brass restrictor in, and not straight through the T.

Hellfire - I paid £49.99 for mine - this is value!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mraldonnelly]

Did it come with that pod Justin or did you buy that separately?

I note from the eBay ad that it comes supplied with all hoses and brackets etc but I assume the pillar pod is additional?

Where did you get it from?

Regards

Andy

[Justin]

Yes sorry the pod is from parts for volvos online, £12 ish ;)

[mulletboy2]

Justin - that looks superb mate! May have to get me one of them :)

[siamblue]

That's very nice J,Does he do them in PSI? Instead of Bar.

[mraldonnelly]

That's very nice J,Does he do them in PSI? Instead of Bar.

Siam,

I had a look in his eBay shop and he does do PSI ones too. He does a few different design types too.

Regards

Andy

[siamblue]

Thanks Andy will go and have a look.

[Andrew]

Next day delivery - excellent - be wiring it in tomorrow.

[Bison]

Well I will have to say it may look nice but they are not accurate at all. And if you think they are you quite wrong. Your not going to get a boost gauge thats accurate until you start spending about £80 upwards, then you want to be looking at an autometer as a minimum. But for 100 % accuracy you need to be going for a DEFI Gauge.

http://www.defi-shop.com/product/bf/images/black.gifhttp://www.defi-shop.com/product/bf/images/df04301.jpghttp://www.tein.com/defi/img/daisy_chain_bf.gif

loadsa £'s not controlled thru vacuum hose but electronically thru a brain so you have to buy that bit as well. good news is you can fit up to 6 gauges off the brain. And they look lush!

[Justin]

Whatever you say Bison :rolleyes:

[Andrew]

They seem pretty accurate - or as accurate as you can get with this type of gauge. Mine is showing I'm holding 1.2bar if I accelerate correctly. So works for me.

[Pedro Fandango]

loadsa £'s not controlled thru vacuum hose but electronically thru a brain so you have to buy that bit as well. good news is you can fit up to 6 gauges off the brain. And they look lush!
but thats just it, your measuring the vacuum/boost pressure of the turbo so why bother converting it to a digital signal for the brain, for it then to just reproduce it back to its original anologue state (ie simply moving a needle on a gauge). Surely the more you convert a signal from something to something the less accurate the reading becomes

[Ross9]

Yeah its a bit extreme, the electronic guages with their own MAP sensor instead of a vac line moving the needles are more accurate, but they have their own sensor for one guage, not the overkill Bison has posted lol, and theres nothing wrong with a GOOD quality vaccum guage as well.

Ross

[andi's red 850R]

:anmflower if you want fancy digital guages in various display colours.
www.dakotadigital.com
ive just got mine from them :anmflower

[mulletboy2]

:anmflower if you want fancy digital guages in various display colours.
www.dakotadigital.com
ive just got mine from them :anmflower
I sent off an email to the UK Dakota Digital distrubutor a little while ago, to see if I can organise a group buy on them. Paul's a good lad, so hopefully he'll come back with some good news. If not, I'll be picking mine up when I'm over in the States in June, and may be willing to bring a few "spares" back :)

US prices are around $80 for the meter, and $125 for the sender IIRC.. so UK retail, for the boost guage and sender will be around £200. I'm hoping to get around the £140-£150 mark.

[andi's red 850R]

:anmflower i went direct to dakota in the states
i got boost gauge,oil pressure gauge and volt gauge c/w senders etc
inc shipping it came to £206 :)

[mulletboy2]

:anmflower i went direct to dakota in the states
i got boost gauge,oil pressure gauge and volt gauge c/w senders etc
inc shipping it came to £206 :)
I spoke to Dakota Digital in the States prior to the UK distributor. They told me to contact him - they couldn't offer any discounts over retail price. They've only recently started distributing them, so it may be something that's changed recently.

Oh well, we'll see what happens :)

[JUDGENINJA]

ANYWAY back to the point. Price on Ebay is currently £23.00 delivered (£15 + 8 p+p)

[siamblue]

Pyaap Had one in his T4 on Saturday, Nice bit of kit, Self calibraing too so it is always accurate, It has playback options too,
I will look into getting one when i am on my Hols as they are a hell of a lot cheaper in Asia.

Gary

[Al115]

Gary - if you do find them at a sensible price - pick two up, know what I mean? :wink:

Alastair

[siamblue]

Al i will still be online when i am on Holiday not all of the time mind you so i will keep in touch.

Gary

[gibbo]

Yes sorry the pod is from parts for volvos online, £12 ish ;)

J
Have you got a part number for that mate?

Gibbo

[Justin]

http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/product_info.php?cPath=28_225&products_id=2863


;)

[gibbo]

http://www.partsforvolvosonline.com/product_info.php?cPath=28_225&products_id=2863


;)

Yeah that's the one that i found.
Big price difference thou £12ish~£19.99
Do you get a big discount or something?
OR have they just up'd there prices?

Gibbo

[Justin]

Looks like he has stopped the offer they were on :(

[TangoDeltaSierra3]

Looks like he has stopped the offer they were on :(
Loads of guages on ebay, like Justins £19.99 buy it now.

[ken10]

Justin,

Your boost gauge looks great. I've been looking for an A-pillar pod to mount a boost gauge on my 850 T5.

Did you have to carry out any trimming / modifications on the gauge pod purchased from Volvo parts-on-line to fit your A-pillar?

Thanks.

[Justin]

Hi mate, yes i had to cut the ends away to make it fit, took 10 minutes ;)

[LeeT5]

Hi Justin (off topic i know) but can u tell me where you got your square tail pipe trim from??? I have 90mm round but i would prefer a rectangle shape to fill the gap better.

[Justin]

Had the rear end built by mrgollys in brum, cost me £60 to have new hangers welded on and that square tailpipe. Sets the back of the car off i think :)