Gauges

[sibs4972]

Time to break the slump here...

For those of you on SCOA you've prolly seen this there..

I received my box o' goodies yesterday and I was getting ready to install today. As I'm looking through the directions I get the strange feelings I didn't get the proper boost gauge. I got a boost/vacuum gauge, which I intend to use to monitor the supercharger boost. Now it doesn't tell me where to plug the thing in...only that a t-fitting is needed to plug into the vacuum line. Now I was told by summit everything I would need to install was included in the package, so is the T-fitting on the car already? Where does it tap in at? Do I even have the right gauge? Thanks in advance for all help

[SNAKEYE]

Originally posted by sibs4972
Time to break the slump here...

For those of you on SCOA you've prolly seen this there..

I received my box o' goodies yesterday and I was getting ready to install today. As I'm looking through the directions I get the strange feelings I didn't get the proper boost gauge. I got a boost/vacuum gauge, which I intend to use to monitor the supercharger boost. Now it doesn't tell me where to plug the thing in...only that a t-fitting is needed to plug into the vacuum line. Now I was told by summit everything I would need to install was included in the package, so is the T-fitting on the car already? Where does it tap in at? Do I even have the right gauge? Thanks in advance for all help
'SNAKEYE' came to me with the vacuum/boost gauge already installed. The line to the gauge is your basic plastic tubing. The tap point to pickup vacuum/boost is at the main vacuum line connection at the right-rear top corner of the induction plenum.
The fitting (whether it came with the guage kit or not, I don't know) is a brass tee. The main line was cut, the double-end male tee inserted, and the plastic tubing inserted into the complete- with-cap-and-compression ferrule female-ended tap location. If I were looking for a tee fitting I'd start at an automotive performance shop, then a well-supplied auto supply store (some carry all manner of tubing kits), and finally a hydraulic/pneumatics hose distributor. I'd consider a plastic fitting inlieu of brass. Of course, the fitting needs to be properlysized to fit the hoses/tubing involved. You don't want any leaks, and you want a tight fit so the connections don't separate under boost pressure.

[sibs4972]

Thanks for all the help. I got it all installed and it turned out quite nice. I'll try to get some pics one of these days. :)