Can i use a turbo boost gauge

Can i use a turbo boost gauge

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Buffalo

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5,458 posts

261 months

Monday 17th May 2004
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on a supercharger...?

Looking through demon tweeks i can only see one or two boost gauges that have "supercharger" written on them, but both are a bit modern for me ol' banger. There are a lot more "turbo" gauges that would fit the cockpit a bit better, but i couldn't decide if i could use them for s/c application.

I suppose i could just buy a modern looking one as i was going to change the dials anyway, just thats sort of 'in the future'

Thanks

crash10bandit

7 posts

250 months

Monday 17th May 2004
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I can't see any real reason why you can't use a "Turbo" gauge. The things I've found with pressure gauges are that the cheep ones aren't very acurate and the markings are not incremented in a particularly useful manner, i.e. they are -1,0,+1, when you could really do with more increments. It's well worth looking in scrap yards as well. I want a real classic looking one to go in my Mini, if you find a "Smiths" type one, please post what make it is and where you found it.

GavinPearson

5,715 posts

258 months

Tuesday 18th May 2004
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Buffalo said:
on a supercharger...?

Looking through demon tweeks i can only see one or two boost gauges that have "supercharger" written on them, but both are a bit modern for me ol' banger. There are a lot more "turbo" gauges that would fit the cockpit a bit better, but i couldn't decide if i could use them for s/c application.

I suppose i could just buy a modern looking one as i was going to change the dials anyway, just thats sort of 'in the future'

Thanks


Yes you can. All it is doing is registering inlet manifold pressure.