Gamikatsu
Well-known member
So my car (99.5 golf tdi 5 speed) has an aftermarket nuspeed or whatever brand, boost gauge, on the steering wheel housing/shaft? i lifted it up a little, and its a wired gauge. Where does this wiring usually go? I'm trying to really find out what all was done to this car, because my turbo is boosting higher than i think it should? i'm getting 20+ psi of boost under hard acceleration. It was boosting like this with the stock VNT15, and its still boosting like this with an autozone "Rotomaster" brand turbo (also a vnt15 replacement). I read that it should be about 15-18 psi max boost, but i'm getting higher than this... I'd like to figure out the boost gauge, because i imagine its tapped into the MAP sensor, and if thats the case, i may put a new sensor in for maximum accuracy. Car runs great, and is getting 38-41 mpg in town... depending on how much of that turbo boost i use :-D.
Thanks for any advice...
other than a VAG-COM is their a way to determine if my car is tuned as well?
Thanks for any advice...
other than a VAG-COM is their a way to determine if my car is tuned as well?