colVR4
17-07-2005, 09:46 PM
It finally arrived from the cowboys on fleabay so I thought that with a little help from Petes guide to fitting I would have a go. /help
TOP TIP #1. Do NOT attempt to fit this just after you have been for a run to the shops and back. It isn't easy working around a frickin hot engine bay and scorched skin WILL result. :lipsrseal
So I got the kit together (pic 1) looked at it, read Petes instructions, looked at it again, had a beer :beerchug: , looked at it some more and then thought aw sod it lets have a go.
I fed the pipe down were Pete said, corner of window (pic 2) and under the dash. In my VR4 there is some wiring that goes through the point on the bulkhead that Pete mentioned so I just used the grommit already there and threaded the tubing alongside it (pic 3)(pic 4).
I then fed it across the engine bay towards the bit-where-the-air-goes-in (technical term). This is where the fun REALLY began. I had looked at Petes pictures and checked against the car. Then I looked at them again and checked with the car again. It was at this point that I realised I should have printed OFF the pictures instead of having to run up and down two flights of steps.
Stopped to have a beer. :5shots:
Checked for the 801st time that I was going to cut the correct pipe into the bit-where-the-air-goes-in. Held my breath, cut the pipe and then thought, well if I've got it wrong it's too late now.
This is where I realised that maybe I shouldn't have run the engine first. The pipe itself has a teeny-weeny diameter, and the t-piece in the kit is quite large....so much fun ensued trying to push said t-piece into tubing whilst trying to avoid frying too much of my skin off.
Finally got there after much cussin and a swerrin!! The final picture shows the gauge mounted in the car. Not too bad I think (pic erm..5). I haven't wired up the light yet but that looks like a straightforward job so I will do that another day!
..another beer I think...and well deserved it is too!! :runkest:
Now, question! What is the standard boost that I should be reading? At the moment it is showing 0.3 peak settling at about 0.25-0.3.
TOP TIP #1. Do NOT attempt to fit this just after you have been for a run to the shops and back. It isn't easy working around a frickin hot engine bay and scorched skin WILL result. :lipsrseal
So I got the kit together (pic 1) looked at it, read Petes instructions, looked at it again, had a beer :beerchug: , looked at it some more and then thought aw sod it lets have a go.
I fed the pipe down were Pete said, corner of window (pic 2) and under the dash. In my VR4 there is some wiring that goes through the point on the bulkhead that Pete mentioned so I just used the grommit already there and threaded the tubing alongside it (pic 3)(pic 4).
I then fed it across the engine bay towards the bit-where-the-air-goes-in (technical term). This is where the fun REALLY began. I had looked at Petes pictures and checked against the car. Then I looked at them again and checked with the car again. It was at this point that I realised I should have printed OFF the pictures instead of having to run up and down two flights of steps.
Stopped to have a beer. :5shots:
Checked for the 801st time that I was going to cut the correct pipe into the bit-where-the-air-goes-in. Held my breath, cut the pipe and then thought, well if I've got it wrong it's too late now.
This is where I realised that maybe I shouldn't have run the engine first. The pipe itself has a teeny-weeny diameter, and the t-piece in the kit is quite large....so much fun ensued trying to push said t-piece into tubing whilst trying to avoid frying too much of my skin off.
Finally got there after much cussin and a swerrin!! The final picture shows the gauge mounted in the car. Not too bad I think (pic erm..5). I haven't wired up the light yet but that looks like a straightforward job so I will do that another day!
..another beer I think...and well deserved it is too!! :runkest:
Now, question! What is the standard boost that I should be reading? At the moment it is showing 0.3 peak settling at about 0.25-0.3.