JDC
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posted November 22, 2009 11:37 AM
Gauge relocation... getting closer
I have gone from here:
to here:
to here:
I think I am a little closer. I will probably relocate the center boost gauge to in-between the speedo and tach, on a small hinge, covering the two computer buttons.
  
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posted November 22, 2009 12:10 PM
The last is the best...looks good!
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posted November 22, 2009 02:08 PM
That first windscreen had to be a mile high!
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posted November 22, 2009 02:44 PM
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That first windscreen had to be a mile high!
That's what I was thinking lol! I like the last configuration best 
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JDC
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posted December 13, 2009 01:07 PM
I think this is the final setup.
Not as exacting or as easy to read as the digital, but go along better with the same look of the dash.
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eklipse636
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posted December 13, 2009 02:12 PM
Looks good!
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Compton
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posted December 13, 2009 06:07 PM
what brand or those gauges?
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zx14, little longer, little louder, little lower.
08 Busa, just a little longer and louder and lower than the 14
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dcjens
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posted December 13, 2009 07:12 PM
dig my eyes out with a fork. Is that what you have to look at with a turbo? none of the above fo me
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JDC
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posted December 14, 2009 09:58 AM
 Edited By: JDC on 14 Dec 2009 18:10
gloshift
dcjens,
It's not so much you 'have' to look at the things, but that you have the information to look at. It only takes a little time to get the feel that the system, oil, fuel and boost pressure are running stable after the install, or post changes. But if you do have an oil issue, you sure want to know about it 'timely', or if there are other changes otherwise 'unseen', etc. It is simple additive protection for the investment.
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posted December 14, 2009 11:00 AM
that oil pressure seems a little low, even for idle
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b.w.
zx14, little longer, little louder, little lower.
08 Busa, just a little longer and louder and lower than the 14
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JDC
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posted December 14, 2009 08:30 PM
Edited By: JDC on 15 Dec 2009 04:33
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that oil pressure seems a little low, even for idle
Yes, I agree. Even with the digital gauge, once the bike is warmed up it shows at 0 at idle. Before I put the oil restrictor in, which was a 1/8" hose opening to the turbo, bike warm the pressure did not really show until about 2000-2500 or so. Harry says that he runs his bike at 1500 RPM idle to get the pressure up a bit, and recommends that.
With the restrictor in, which is 1/64" opening, 16 times less area (?) than the 1/8", the pressure shows earlier than that, and also is higher overall by about 15-20 lbs at higher rpms. The pressure starts to read on the digital about about 1800K - 2K, now when the bike has warmed up.
Harry, of ATP, says the oil pressure is ok (his kit does not come with a restrictor), but I like the better pressure from the restrictor. seems safer. I suspect that the psi is artificially low due to the tap off of the OEM oil sending unit location.
Near as I can tell all has been well, now for about 5K miles on this turbo setup. Harry has many miles on his, with no oil restrictor, he says. I believe an oil restrictor should be a normal, standard part of the kit.
I would like higher pressure, but not sure how to go about that at this point.
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01smokes
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posted December 14, 2009 11:05 PM
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that oil pressure seems a little low, even for idle
Yes, I agree. Even with the digital gauge, once the bike is warmed up it shows at 0 at idle. Before I put the oil restrictor in, which was a 1/8" hose opening to the turbo, bike warm the pressure did not really show until about 2000-2500 or so. Harry says that he runs his bike at 1500 RPM idle to get the pressure up a bit, and recommends that.
With the restrictor in, which is 1/64" opening, 16 times less area (?) than the 1/8", the pressure shows earlier than that, and also is higher overall by about 15-20 lbs at higher rpms. The pressure starts to read on the digital about about 1800K - 2K, now when the bike has warmed up.
Harry, of ATP, says the oil pressure is ok (his kit does not come with a restrictor), but I like the better pressure from the restrictor. seems safer. I suspect that the psi is artificially low due to the tap off of the OEM oil sending unit location.
Near as I can tell all has been well, now for about 5K miles on this turbo setup. Harry has many miles on his, with no oil restrictor, he says. I believe an oil restrictor should be a normal, standard part of the kit.
I would like higher pressure, but not sure how to go about that at this point.
What kind of fuel pressure are you seeing in boost?
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JDC
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posted December 15, 2009 11:17 AM
In the 40's-60's
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