Second never work on a car when your impatient..you break stuff and only get mader..
I bought a set Autometer A/F meter & Boost Gauge from A&A Auto in Allentown, PA.. paid 137.00 for em.. not bad i think.. i know i could have shopped around.. anywho i decided to put them in now so i wouldn't be to over burdened when i do the saab intercooler install..(which all i'm waiting on is the Rallitek Turbo Intake) that and i'd be better off with boost gauge to be installed before i install the MBC..
Now it has taken me now 7 hours to come to a point where i can say i'm finished....for now.. I got them installed.. i've learned some valuable lessons, and i now have to have some things replaced because of such valuable lessons.
Never take apart a dash with a hayes manual..nor when impatient..got that apart, started to run the wires for the A/F and the boost meter hoseing out thru the Fire wall toward the engine, I would work on the engine while my friend worked inside the car. I installed the Boost gauge first as that was fairly straight forward. i tapped the boost gauge here:
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Now where i make my first mistake, i visually find the O/2 sensor and by eyeing it follow a shielded cable to the firewall where the wire bung is. I'm thinking thats GOT to be the O/2 sensor wire with all that shielding.. after 10 min of tring to cut thru an outer sheth, an steel braided sheth, and a plasticoating, my friend asks me why i'm cutting my speedo cable, i assured him completely that it was the O/2 sensor cable..he again tried to worn me, but i shooed him away and continued trimming away...another 5 min later..and a whole lot of cussing.. i finally cut thru what is my speedo cable... DOH!!! first mistake of the day down...
so with my friend help he easily points out the 3 wires attached to the o/2 sensor we tap the white signal wire and are both back inside..one of us a bit more humble, and bit more impatent.. we finally get everything wired and start up to a very sick car.. for a half hour i couldn't figure out why the car was running on 2 pistons.. lots of white smoke and an very rough idle/accel a ruff everything... we take a break and eat.. and come back with fresh heads.. well we attach the ground wires we forgot about and the O/2 sensor finally gets to talk to the rest of the engine and all is well.
Now why did i make you read all this. My boost gauge is not working properly. It reads vacume, and like 5psi of boost no matter how much i'm flooring it. Yes i have boost, at 2500 it spools up giving me a nice ride to 6000 and a smile on my face but the boost gauge won't show me any spikes, or anything over 5psi? do i have a leak? some of the stock pipeing is mighty old, and crusty..? Did i pick a bad spot to tap the gauge? the guys at Rallitek told me as close to the throtle body as possiable..
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Would a slight crimp or bend in pipe here make the boost gauge read wrong..
Thanks for any help you can provide. i hope you all enjoyed my little experiance..and learned to be a bit more patient
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David Carter