Does anyone where you can get a boost pressure gauge kit?

[tracer]

I wanted our shop to install the boost gauge on my truck but they told me "it'd be too expensive" and that I'd be better off buying a "kit". Called an International dealer and the guy never got back to me. Are there any sources of such gauges online somewhere? I tried searching via google but didn't find anything for heavy trucks :(

[Fredog]

I wanted our shop to install the boost gauge on my truck but they told me "it'd be too expensive" and that I'd be better off buying a "kit". Called an International dealer and the guy never got back to me. Are there any sources of such gauges online somewhere? I tried searching via google but didn't find anything for heavy trucks :(
try truck pro
http://www.truckpro.com/docs/parts_svc_info_center/parts_svc_info_ctr_index2.html

[FunkRider]

What kind of boost levels do you need to monitor? Pressure is pressure. Autometer makes boost gauges up to 100psi etc for cars. They also make mechanical and electric gauges in both analog and digital displays in all kinds of styles and colours.

Electric gauges use a pressure sensor you install on the engine to take a reference signal and the gauge you install in the dash displays the boost based on the sensors output voltage.
Mechanical gauges use air pressure to move the needle in the gauge and have a boost pressurized line running from the engine to the dash.

I like mechanical boost gauges in my turbo gasoline cars but in a diesel truck that spends a lot of time in boost I would use an electric boost gauge as mechanical gauges can go out of adjustment with sustained high levels of boost.

here are some of the many gauges Autometer makes in 0-60 psi.
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3274)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3445)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3813)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3712)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3752)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3416)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=2651)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3512)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3662)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3542)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3152)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3563)
Auto Meter (http://www.autometer.com/cat_gaugedetail.aspx?ref=search&gid=3242)

Some have different lighting options etc find the style you want then buy from ebay or summit racing using the autometer part number.

EDIT, your from guelph so buying from Summit or ebay might leave you with border charges ordering from the US. Try a local retailer in Guelph like Performance Speed & Sport etc

[Maniac]

My KW has a mechanical boost gauge from the factory, it goes to 80 PSI, if you have twin turbos you will need a higher boost gauge than I have, since I have a single turbo. I uses a 1/4" plastic air brake line rated at 200 PSI to the intakes side.

In a hard pull I can pin the gauge, but it usually is around 60 PSI

[tracer]

My KW has a mechanical boost gauge from the factory, it goes to 80 PSI, if you have twin turbos you will need a higher boost gauge than I have, since I have a single turbo. I uses a 1/4" plastic air brake line rated at 200 PSI to the intakes side. In a hard pull I can pin the gauge, but it usually is around 60 PSI

Thanks, guys for the comments. I have twin turbos, so I probably need a gauge that can show more than 60 psi.

[specialkay]

A boost gauge is just an air gauge so any air gauge should work. You know, like your brake application gauge. You should be able to get one for free or near to it at any wreckers or somewhere they're are parting out an old truck.

[FunkRider]

Thanks, guys for the comments. I have twin turbos, so I probably need a gauge that can show more than 60 psi.

And like I said autometer has boost gauges that read up to 100 psi.

[tracer]

Electric gauges use a pressure sensor you install on the engine to take a reference signal and the gauge you install in the dash displays the boost based on the sensors output voltage.
Mechanical gauges use air pressure to move the needle in the gauge and have a boost pressurized line running from the engine to the dash.
... your from guelph so buying from Summit or ebay might leave you with border charges ordering from the US. Try a local retailer in Guelph like Performance Speed & Sport etc

thanks for the tip. i ordered a digital 60 psi gauge from autometer. thought my dispatch would send me towards detroit, mi with the next load and ordered the gauge from a detroit dealer. as my luck would have it, i got sent to ... north carolina. ups courier brought it in ... our night shift mechanic installed the gauge on my truck on the same day. took me a while to figure out it was even working :) i did a couple of circles in the yard at 20 MPH and the reading was "0". complained to the mechanic and he suggested i take the truck on the highway. did that and after 35 mph the gauge finally came to life! it works and looks very good.

[solo379]

it works
So, what's your pressure at the full blast?

[allan5oh]

Local place I know has mechanical gauges pretty cheap and accurate. You could hook it up for $40 probably. Not an actual dash gauge though. More like something off of an air compressor.

[trucktool]

My KW has a mechanical boost gauge from the factory, it goes to 80 PSI, if you have twin turbos you will need a higher boost gauge than I have, since I have a single turbo. I uses a 1/4" plastic air brake line rated at 200 PSI to the intakes side.

In a hard pull I can pin the gauge, but it usually is around 60 PSI


so... whos boost gage is going over 80psi??

[FunkRider]

edit oops

[tracer]

So, what's your pressure at the full blast?

I'm from Ontario, Canada and we have a law that says all Class 8 trucks must be governed at ... 65 MPH. But I am pulling a dry van with 26,000 lbs in the box from Guelph, ON to North Carolina right now. I went over those steep long hills on i-76 east of Pittsburgh, PA without shifting while keeping an eye on the boost gauge. I had the cruise control set at 1,400 RPM (61 MPH with my 3:73 rears and LP 295 tires). The maximum reading I got was 42, which I understand isn't half bad.

[kelgar50]

I have Autometer gauges as well the C2 100 psi boost gauge less than $100 and then got another boost that is also a vac. gauge that is setup for the air cleaners to monitor vac pull on them and there pyro kit which is well worth the $199.
You get the wiring and probe kit for it and it's a 2 1/16" gauge so it fits factory gauge holes the pyro goes to 2000*f.If I hit that I think we have a problem.
I plan on picking up a fuel pressure gauge next.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj288/kelgar50/C2_Series_3.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj288/kelgar50/boostvac.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj288/kelgar50/pyro.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj288/kelgar50/boostgauge.jpg

[FunkRider]

I have Autometer gauges as well the C2 100 psi boost gauge less than $100 and then got another boost that is also a vac. gauge that is setup for the air cleaners to monitor vac pull on them and there pyro kit which is well worth the $199.
You get the wiring and probe kit for it and it's a 2 1/16" gauge so it fits factory gauge holes the pyro goes to 2000*f.If I hit that I think we have a problem.
I plan on picking up a fuel pressure gauge next.


You have a check valve on the vacuum gauge so it doesn't see boost right?

[kelgar50]

It does not see any boost I took out the filter minder that came with the truck that is on the alum. air tubes coming in from the air cleaners after the 2 meet and installed it there.It will only pull vac. when there is a restriction in the filters.
I never liked those filter minders because half the time they don't work.

[FunkRider]

It does not see any boost I took out the filter minder that came with the truck that is on the alum. air tubes coming in from the air cleaners after the 2 meet and installed it there.It will only pull vac. when there is a restriction in the filters.
I never liked those filter minders because half the time they don't work.

Ah! Yeah didn't think about that. I'm still used to gas turbocharged engines.

[bob h]

Ah! Yeah didn't think about that. I'm still used to gas turbocharged engines.


gas turbocharged engines still do not have boost on the inlet side of the turbo; his vacuum gauge is for air inlet restriction.

[FunkRider]

gas turbocharged engines still do not have boost on the inlet side of the turbo; his vacuum gauge is for air inlet restriction.

I'm well aware of that... You install a vacuum gauge on the vacuum side of the throttle plate on a gas engine which will also see boost if boost is present.