Ginge !

tony what boost controller ya got and how much it cost

Tony Turbo

I got a Greddy Profec B Spec II. They can be picked up dirt cheap on Ebay. I while ago I saw them for less than £175




It's a good bit of kit for the money. Also one of the better controllers around and easy to use, the hi/ lo boost seeting is very handy.




Thanks Mrs Frog

Ginge !

, thats the one i got told buy a mate to look for, i got the same as christian but i got a mate who wants a boost controller but hes tighter than me

Ginge !

btw what are ya doing with the bottom half of the dash

Tony Turbo

Make no mistake, Mr C's type is one of the, if not, the best on the market, but it comes at a price...

I only bought something cheap to aid mapping, with a future plan to run air injectors, but now I like the Greddy so much the Air Injectors are staying in my cupboard lol

Tony Turbo

It's all on my resto thread

Ginge !

its not in the resto thread

the white bit at the bottom im talking about


oh and the greedy one is ment to be abit better i was told

but i like mine as seeing it in christians car with the power meter just looks the bollox , who cares if it works or not, as long as its pretty

Tony Turbo

Yes it is I could tell you, or put up another picture, but that's making it too easy for you lol


My Profec is better than Mr C's Blitz? Naaaaa. You are right though, that and the power meter are a tool

Ginge !

ive seen the pretty switchs and the port idea was done by me YEARS ago when i first bought my omex , but i located mine in the glove box on the right hand side where the recess is

Physio

Ok quick question, dont ALL boost guages basically do the same job (as in measure boost)?
So you could buy a cheap one & it will do the same job as a mega expensive one?

Ginge !

its about the acuracy, think of it as a watch

you can buy a sekonda for 30 quid or a rolex for 3k and the difference is one keeps time, when i was a traffic warden the we had to do a time cheack every morning at 7:05 and if we went on holiday for a week i noticed my watch would be out by 2 seconds

imagine a boost gauge thats not acurate and it gets weeker and weeker, you set the boost too 30psi and notice ya loosing boost so adjust it a tiny but and then ya melt down

or the actuator pipe comes off but ya not aware and the boost gauge dont actually read over 1.5bar when you think it does again meltdown

also some boost gauges are electronic aswell as mechanical

Physio

So it's best to go for summat like a Defi (which has a stepper motor) rather than a normal boost guage?

But a digital one like the Mines product is the best overall? (being digital cant give a wrong reading).

Tony Turbo

So you claim lol. Did yours work though?


Just out of interest, what Omex ECU did you go for, the 500?

Ginge !

eh, a digital reading is only as acurate as the sensors calibration

when i was talking about my watch loosing 2 seconds a week that was a digital watch

think defi's are good but well over priced

autometer are good gauges ( thats autometer not autogauge or any other wankish name rip off they think of )

i got a autometer boost gauge in the cossie thats cool, the fitment is a important part too

digital gauges look very very 80's with ferrari sun glasses and calculator watches

Ginge !

yeah was the 500, it was christians 500 to be exact

it would have worked as i had to solder the fooking wires up to make it work

dont ya rememeber me posting to all the PC nerds asking what order the wires went and the helpfull replies i got was "why do that when ya can buy a wire sealed"

none of em fooking knew

i still got it and i MIGHT use it if i go aftermarket and that has the same port

thats why i bought the blitz id3 power meter and boost controller , its cause it worked as christian had it pn his

but i payed 250 for the boost controller brand new and 70 for the power meter , the instructions where in every lanuage but english though

Tony Turbo

PMSL @ Language

Ginge !

, i really gotta stop it

RichardPON

AJ - don't get confused.

Defis are digital gauges with an "analogue" style readout.

The problem with digital readouts is that they can miss boost spikes because of how quickly they sample and update - not the end of the world.

I also find digital readout gauges a little more difficult to read at a quick glance.........

MrsFrog

I don't bother reading them... I am just hanging to the steering wheel with my eyes closed....

RichardPON

Great!

Remind me to leave a 100m gap around your car when you're driving!

DaveEscos

is it worth spending double the cars value on guages!!??

Ginge !

dave he might say defi but ya know he actually mean's "Swooooshhhhhh" defi gauges

dave whats the link for where you got yours from , do they do the black face ( not 70 LED watch type) in your style there too

MrsFrog

Where is your sense of adventure then.....