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Old 01-04-2007, 05:37 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by John V
So... monitoring your boost pressure is a ricer modification?

I suppose Porsche are ricers for installing a water temperature gauge in the factory cluster.
Hi,

Not at all. A Boost Gauge is useful, but not when it's mounted on the floor. On the floor, it could even be said to be unsafe because it is a dynamic gauge, you have to be looking at it when the boost is being produced for it to have any value. This takes the Driver's eyes off the Road at a time when the car is under boost and therefore supposedly going fast.

The Boost Gauge on my Lotus Esprit is right dead-center on the Instrument Binnacle (see below) as is the OEM Porsche Boost gauge. At this location is it useful and safe. A gauge mounted on the floor is superfluous, there for the Bling. Bling, IMHO, can equate to ricer...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

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