Boost gauge help

[kartman]

I just installed my stri 60mm boost gauge everything is all set up. All I need is to get it wired up, I was wondering if anybody could help or point me to a shop around southern orange county that would do it for a reasonable price. thanks

[maikumaru]

dynamic has always been cool...hell id do it for you...what do you need find power and ground?

[kartman]

well theres four different wires, I don't wanna bother so I don't mess anything up ya know. Ill probably end up at dynamics though cause it close.

[maikumaru]

is it a DSD or x line gauge?
where do you have it mounted...should be real quick I would reckon...

is it a red-->power
black-->ground
and yellow wire-->illumination

take no joke 10 minutes to wire up...id help no sweat...

if you want to wire the thing up this weekend just let me know...might be able to help tonight or sunday evening...

[kartman]

its a dsd gauge. I haven't done anything yet, so im probably gonna check it out and try this weekend. It has a black, orange yellow and red wire. It says the red is a 12 volt constant and the orange is the ignition, yellow illumination and black ground. Where is the best place to wire this up on the car?

[maikumaru]

THere are a couple places that are no worries. The best I believe would be in the headunit as everything you need would be there (if you have the plastic splice things even easier)

I know some people put theres on the steering column and all of what you need is there as well.

Good luck with it, if you have the vacuum hose already hooked up you are halfway there...the wiring is easy and save yourself an hours worth of labor. ($70 or there abouts)

let me know if you run into any troubles

mike

[kartman]

cool thanks alot man, I'm gonna tackle this on sunday and let you know how it goes.

chris

[mitsuEVO8kid]

If you want, I can do the wiring for you...live in South OC as well...Pm me qith any questions

[kartman]

Alright so I got it all installed everything is working:) but the only thing is, is that it seems to be laggy when the boost goes up, but when the gauge turns on the needle works perfect, but its laggy when the car is actually running. I was thinking its maybe the wiring, other than that everything works fine. Any input would be great.

[maikumaru]

do you mean when you step on the gas the gauge is slow to react?

illumination and everything ok?

[kartman]

ya it is slow to react, illumination and everything else work fine.

[maikumaru]

hrm...the only thing I could think of is perhaps a kink in the vacuum tubing...where is the tubing connected to in the car?

honestly I am not that familiar with the STRI gauges.

How laggy is it?

[pikadosboy]

from where did you get the vacum line?

[kartman]

it just seems to stick, its not smooth at all. that's what I was thinking. Ill have to check that out.the vacuum line came with the gauge. there's not much line cause its all electronic...

[mitsuEVO8kid]

but the "electronic" part is that so it can illuminate for you. It still gets its reading from the vacuum lines. No vacuum=no boost to read....Check your lines