TDi boost gauge install....

[Hardy_Boy]

i'm thinking about installing a boost gauge in my TDi tonight now i've looked at a couple DIY's and it looks easy enough to do. i have 2 questions though. how the hell do i remove the A-Pillar? it has an air bag in it so i disconnected the battery, but i can only get it half way off there seems to be a crazy clip holding it on. and secondly do i just drill into that black box sitting to the left of the motor? call me a noob but i believe its the upper intercooler piping. any help would be appriciated thanks guys.

Andrew

[B5]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

Yes, you drill a hole on the hard black plastic tube.

A pillar gauge mount? I don’t know. Wooo…Will the airbag explode then shoot the gauge to your balls?

[Hardy_Boy]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

Yes, you drill a hole on the hard black plastic tube.

A pillar gauge mount? I don’t know. Wooo…Will the airbag explode then shoot the gauge to your balls?

nah it won't the airbag deploys like a foot and a half from where the gauge is mounted

BTW what psi does a stock TDi run? and does it change if your chipped?

[Kor]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

What I would do is have a metal insert made, cut the black rubber tube leading to the "black plastic box" upper intercooler pipe, and then insert it and clamp around it with hose clamps. I don't much like drilling into that kind of brittle hard plastic. If it cracks or something, you're fubar.

[Stonewall]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

There is no room to add anything because right after the plastic there is a rubber elbow then the EGR. I would recomend removing the upper intercooler pipe when drilling and tapping it as nothing would be worse then sucking that crap into your motor.

[Hardy_Boy]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

yea umm finally just gave up!!! couldn't find a hole in the firewall, i'm too scared to drill into that plastic pipe, and the F'ING A-Pillar is a pain in the @$$. the clips are called B!tch clips for a reason. hahaha so overall it was a failure maybe i'll try again tomorrow. but at least i got the light hooked up and working!

[Kor]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

There is no room to add anything because right after the plastic there is a rubber elbow then the EGR. I would recomend removing the upper intercooler pipe when drilling and tapping it as nothing would be worse then sucking that crap into your motor.

Yeah I meant in the rubber elbow!

[Hardy_Boy]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

update i thought to give it another try and SUCESS now if i could only find a hole in the fire wall i'd be done, any way i'mgonna let it sit for day and admire how well the blue matches

[R_Ethug]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

there is a grommet in the firewall umm right behind the steering wheel area i guess.. its easy to find.. search 1.8T forum on vortex for boost install and you'll see a pic for sure

[Hardy_Boy]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

thanks ryan!!

[B5]

Re: TDi boost gauge install....

BTW what psi does a stock TDi run? and does it change if your chipped?

I heard the stock is around 14psi and spike up to 18 psi. Never know caused I installed the gauge after I chipped.

Mine are auto Up chipped. Hold onto 18psi 3rd gear and spike up to 27 psi.