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Khal · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject: Boost gauges?

I see many comments about adding a boost gauge and it is often suggested as the first thing to do when you buy a 924 Turbo (often along with a boost controller).

My car has a boost/vacuum gauge (the scale goes to 15psi... should I?

) and far as I can tell, it's factory fitted. It's VDO and is the centre gauge in the panel of three on the centre console. Oil pressure gauge is to the left and voltmeter is to the right. Did the U.S. cars not come with a boost gauge? Or did none of them come with a boost gauge and mine's a mod?

My best mate's old man's car (a '79, I'm pretty sure) had the same one in the same spot...

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AGD931 · Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 289 Location: Athens, Greece

Khal,

It is definitely a mod as no 931's anywhere in the world were ever fitted with a boost gauge from factory.

I notice you wrote it is in the centre of the three gauges in the centre console... If your car does not have factory A/C, that is where the clock usually sits. On all 924/931 with factory A/C, the voltmeter is not fitted its place is taken by the clock.

Arthur
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Khal · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:24 am Post subject:

Interesting. My car has air-con. Dunno if it's factory (pretty sure it is). I'll have to take a photo of the dash to show you.

It's just that I've seen more than one with this exact same gauge in the exact same spot (as mentioned, my mate's old man's car).

I'm pretty sure crunchie 57's car has the same one, too. And it's an '81 Turbo, like mine, IIRC.

Maybe it was a dealer option in Oz, or something?
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numbbers · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:26 am Post subject:

Well, for the US, the console guage panel has the oil pressure guage on the left, the round AC control knob in the center, and the clock on the right. I installed a boost guage in the clock slot. However, my boost guage goes to 20 PSI. That is good, since I run 17 PSI.
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Lizard · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

so is THIS what happened to your headgasket there Khal

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Khal · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject:

pez · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 68 Location: Hong Kong

The GT didn't come with a boost gauge either.... although a previous owner has fitted an after mkt one (a big bugger - must be 3" diam) where the centre speaker was..

centre console, going left to right, I have the battery volt meter, A/c knob, & oil pressure.

Considering replacing the the large boost gauge with a smaller boost guage & an oil temp. gauge.

oh.. & the car is RHD

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Khal · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:21 pm Post subject:

Here's the pic of my boost gauge...

Looks stock to me. You can see the air-con knob below the oil pressure gauge. This is the layout of my mate's old man's car, too.

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Raceboy · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2327 Location: Estonia, Europe

Khal, it's not stock, but thank god VDO gauges are similar in design, so they'll fit perfectly to our qute little cars

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Lizard · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:07 am Post subject:

Khal, I also see that someone has removed the factory AC, or your car never came with it (doubtful as to your location)
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Khal · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:21 am Post subject:

Lizard,

I accept that the air-con knob may not be in the stock location but the car most certainly has air-con! It hasn't been "removed".

The air-con may be aftermarket fitted but it was my understanding that all Aussie-market Turbos came fully loaded, incl. air-con.

My mate's old man's car has a snowflake on the air-con knob but it's in the same spot as mine...

Looks good though, huh?

Someone's spent some time on that...
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Lizard · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:22 am Post subject:

it is aftermarket, there is nothing below your glovebox,
unless they did it diff on the RHD cars.
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Paul · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:

My guess is that the A/C was a dealer installed option. More PICs please.

Khal · Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:04 pm Post subject:

crunchie 57 · Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 117 Location: Brisbane Australia