Odd boost/boost gauge question...

[Reign_Maker]

Can your boost gauge read boost that your motor doesnt see? Like, if you have a massive boost leak... Can your boost gauge SEE say, 30psi, but your motor doesnt because the leak happens before the intake?

Just wondering...

 

[Marcenator]

I am thinking no because the tubing that feeds the boost sensor is at the end of the intake manifold.

 

[Reign_Maker]

I have an aftermarket boost gauge, so i dont use the boost sensor...

Im just asking because I lost my boost reference and my boost spiked to 30, but I didnt "feel" any power because I had a monster leak, which eventually blew open... *crappy rubber 90' elbow on my IC pipes*

 

[aye mate]

I dont think that the gauge would read the boost unless the gauge was tapped into the intake tract BEFORE the leak. My gauge is tapped in at the intake manifold and when I had a boost leak the gauge would read 4-5psi and I'd be hitting FC.

 

[p5150]

it depends on where the boost sensor for your boost gauge is

 

[Disco Stu]

Ditto. Do you have it on the compressor outlet or the intake manifold?