fuel pressure gauge necessary w/ turbo?
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They have a transducer that attaches to fuel rail and sends signal to in cab gauge. No one should ever run a mechanical fuel pressure gauge in the cab. But I think they were talking about leaks at the fuel rails. They do break down a lot... thank goodness they have a warranty. Im on my third gauge.
Oh, fyi I am running a fuel pressure and boost gauge on my daily driver.
Oh, fyi I am running a fuel pressure and boost gauge on my daily driver.
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That's perfect. When you put the turbo on, the fuel pressure should go up 1 psi for every psi of boost, if you have a return-type system. That's starting from your baseline fuel pressure, which is engine off, key on. Turn the key on and off several times and watch the pressure while the pump primes, the maximum is your base pressure.
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That's perfect. When you put the turbo on, the fuel pressure should go up 1 psi for every psi of boost, if you have a return-type system. That's starting from your baseline fuel pressure, which is engine off, key on. Turn the key on and off several times and watch the pressure while the pump primes, the maximum is your base pressure.
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if ya'll had to rate most important to least important gauge for a turbo, what would it be? I have a 2 gauge A-pillar (for the wideband and boost gauge) but now I got the fuel pressure gauge- so I bout the TTS gauge pod that goes where the dash pocket is to the right of the ac controls
problem is, with the fuel pressure there it's some what hard to actually read it (it has a bubble lens on it causing it to be a little distorted when you look at it from an angle). If the wideband was there it would probably be the easiest to read - the boost gauge would be the 2nd easiest to read. I'm wondering if I should put the boost gauge or wideband there and move the fuel pressure to the A-pillar
or, am I out of luck and all the gauges are equally important lol
problem is, with the fuel pressure there it's some what hard to actually read it (it has a bubble lens on it causing it to be a little distorted when you look at it from an angle). If the wideband was there it would probably be the easiest to read - the boost gauge would be the 2nd easiest to read. I'm wondering if I should put the boost gauge or wideband there and move the fuel pressure to the A-pillar
or, am I out of luck and all the gauges are equally important lol
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A cheap way to monitor your fuel pressure is to use one of the f/p sensors from off of aeroforce technology. If you are using a tuning program that allows you to have inputs to log using a 0-5volt setup. These work great. Functions just like your wideband on your input box.
Just a suggestion. Works great for me.
Just a suggestion. Works great for me.
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A cheap way to monitor your fuel pressure is to use one of the f/p sensors from off of aeroforce technology. If you are using a tuning program that allows you to have inputs to log using a 0-5volt setup. These work great. Functions just like your wideband on your input box.
Just a suggestion. Works great for me.
Just a suggestion. Works great for me.
but since aeroforce doesn't have a phone number to call, they only have the forum- I posted asking if I could use 2 sensors w/ one aeroforce and after a week or so and not getting a response I just bought a separate fuel pressure gauge...
but using the fuel pressure on the aeroforce to have right there with the wideband would have been the best setup ever... hopefully my fuel pressure gauge will go out soon so I can just order the sensor kit and use the aeroforce
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