Boost Gauge / Silicone Hoses

[ChrisGTL]

How does one plumb a boost guage into a TDI if he no longer has the solid plastic OE boost hose?

Quite fancy a nice boost guage, but surely you can't plumb a 25PSI line into a silicone hose can you?

Is the only alternative the silver pankcake by the drivers wheel arch?

 

[tom167]

Tap into the inlet manifold?

 

[Bogwoppit]

If you are keeping the EGR mechanism you could always drill and tap that as its easier to get off the car than the inlet manifold.

 

[tom167]

Yes thats where i've drilled into mine.

But, if you're fitting nice silicon hoses you dont want an ugly egr valve in there lol

 

[ChrisGTL]

Cheers for the reply.

So tap straight into the EGR, tom167 are you using a EGR race-pipe?

 

[tom167]

I'm currently not no, mines a normal egr with the internals removed, i've got a tap in mine for the meth injection. Can get you a pic if you want?

 

[ChrisGTL]

I'm currently not no, mines a normal egr with the internals removed, i've got a tap in mine for the meth injection. Can get you a pic if you want?

yeh please!

Did you use the guide over on TDIClub for the EGR internals removal mod?

 

[devonmikeyboy]

I'm currently not no, mines a normal egr with the internals removed, i've got a tap in mine for the meth injection. Can get you a pic if you want?

Off topic but why you running emth injection ?

 

[tom167]

Novelty to be blatently obvious lol.

There was a kit going cheap and wanted to see if it would make the slightest bit of difference. It didn't lol. Maybe when its on higher boost with a bigger turbo i'll start to notice some gains, either way i suppose at least its in place now...

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Unless you altered the map on your car adding meth injection will just over fuel your car.

 

[ChrisGTL]

Bet it smells good though.

 

[devonmikeyboy]

Bet it smells good though.

Not a bright idea...

Methanol
Key Points

Fire
Flammable; burns with a non-luminous, bluish flame.
May explode upon mixing with air
In the event of a fire involving methanol, use alcohol resistant foam or fine water spray and liquid-tight chemical protective suit with breathing apparatus

Health
Absorbed via ingestion, inhalation and skin exposure
Toxic
Short-term exposure may result in drowsiness, headache, confusion, sickness and abdominal pain, possibly within 30 minutes of exposure
Coma, shock and kidney failure may occur following substantial exposures
Short-term exposure may be irritating to the eyes, causing burning, stinging and watering
Long-term effects may include blindness, and following more substantial exposures, permanent damage to the central nervous system may occur
Long-term inhalation exposure to methanol may cause headaches and eye irritation
Methanol is not thought to cause cancer in humans
Methanol is not considered to affect human reproduction or cause damage to the unborn child

 

[tom167]

Yeh the maps been altered devon. Its odd actually, i can turn the meth on and off, and it black smokes more when the meth isn't on.

And no unfortunately it smells like potatos lol