weird vacuum pressure

Toyotasupra16

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So I finally put a boost gauge in the in the other day seeing my car was orginally an na car and it reads about 8 or 9 inHg is this normal or do I have a vacuum leak.
 

arknotts

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8-9 inHg is really low. How is the idle? Stock cams? With stock cams you should see 18-20 inHg on a healthy engine.
 

te72

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Definitely low. Altitude plays an effect on vacuum too, but I doubt you're too high up in the mountains, surely not high enough to cause that low of a reading.