I am putting a boost gauge on the old girl and was just wondering your thoughts on where to put the sensor...

I could go right after the turbo, before the intercooler and that would let me know what psi the turbo was putting out.

Or i could go right on the intake log, after the cooler and that will get me an idea what the motor is actually getting.....

I'm thinking the 2nd option but thought I'd see what you all thunked LOL

 

Normal placement is in the intake log.

 

You're doing what?!? :hellno:

Like allan said, I'd put it in the intake log..

 

I never thought of puttin' a boost gauge on the old girl....

 

Me neither..
Allthough... I was wondering how the gauge is working..
some of the old girls can really peg out on the boost gauge.
Wonder where he put the sensor at...

 

I can think of a few places right off...

...... wait.............just thought of a couple more spots...

tsk-tsk-tsk!!

 

On my CAT C15, there was a factory pre-installed coupler/connector on the air-to-air hose going from the charge air cooler into the engine on the driver's side. The technician just hooked up the sensor in there and then installed a digital read-out gauge on the dashboard. He actually had more trouble drilling a new hole in the dashboard then finding a spot on the engine where to hook up the sensor

 

Damn dirty truckers lol.

I went with the pretapped intake spot. As for drilling a hole in the dash, I went on eBay and bought a used panel with 3 extra gauge spots. I got an outside temp and the boost in there, both are Tel-Tek gauges. Thinking about switching them all over to digital, but at $100 a gauge I'm not sure yet.