fitting vacume guage

[extremeinferno]

got a vacume gauge on order, just wondering if anyones fitted one. and where to connect the t peice. ive got a viper induction kit/samco fitted if that makes a difference.

thanks

 

[Yellow Dave]

Out of curiousity, what would the vacumme guage tell you that you need to know?

 

[extremeinferno]

1) flair & fluff. (The needle moves while you drive which is much more entertaining than an oil temperature gauge).
2) tuning and diagnostics. It does provide useful information once you've used one for a while.
3) modified driving technique to save fuel

and its an excuse to make a carbon panel to fit it along with another guage to the cup holder area.

 

[Martin_172]

so people think you have a boost guage.

probably more usefull having a compass and weather guage

 

[extremeinferno]

so people think you have a boost guage.

no

probably more usefull having a compass and weather guage

mite give that ago then

 

[c__w]

You'll probably find that unless on the tiniest of throttle openings it'll be in the red all the time lol

 

[Andrew Cooke]

thin rubber tube on the plenum near the throttle body.

 

[CMR]

Get an oil pressure gauge if you want to see it moving whilst your driving.

 

[extremeinferno]

would you say a oil pressure gauge is more usefull than vacume then? easy fit?

thanks for you help guys!

 

[kevin.s]

i think oil gages have an adapter thing that goes between the oil filter and the engine.

 

[extremeinferno]

is this wot i need to hook the vacume gauge upto?

 

[172Ben]

Clios don't run on a vacuum system though do they?

 

[davebem]

Thats an early 172ph1 that has a vacuum feed running off the fuel rail, your ph2 wont have that pipe, i would have thought something like oil temp or oil pressure would be more useful....Im not sure what reading youd get...

 

[extremeinferno]

oh i just ordered a vacume one, so its not possible to connect it then?

 

[Big Bob]

Clios don't run on a vacuum system though do they?

yep thats how ya get the servo on the brakes to work.

 

[Jay Payne]

On a phase 2 you can use the pipe/outlet that goes to the acoustic valve

 

[Yellow Dave]

If I'm thinking correctly, your vacumm gauge will work like a boost gauge on a turbo'd car. Apart from under any throttle pressure it will show 0, and off throttle it'll probably show a small amount of negative pressure. It will move directly from one to the other so you won't see much movement or improve your MPG.

You'd be better off with oil pressure/ temperature, voltage guage, or even a AFR if it's highly tuned. Something that will help you determine if your cars not running at it's best.