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Old 03-29-2002 | 11:12 PM
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Do they make electrical boost gauges ? What type of gauges do most of the supercharged owners use ? Do you just plumb gauge in the intake ? You're not running a tube all the way to the dash ?

I know boost to some people is just bragging but , I think it would also let you know the condition of the blower. (As the strips on the rotors wear they must become less efficient(create less boost))

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Old 03-29-2002 | 11:24 PM
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mine is mechanical, with a hose going to the dash. It's tee'd in at the rear with my boost reference line.
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Old 03-30-2002 | 01:24 AM
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seen ones with electrical senders, but most are just plumbed in direct. Seen vacuum/boost gauge from VDO that measures boost up to 15# instead of the near-useless 30# gauges (most of us boat guys never go over 10# so the rest of the gauge is useless..)
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Old 03-30-2002 | 09:11 AM
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I use a Gaffrig vacume/boost gauge that is plumbed from the engine to the gauge
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