prosport electrical boost gauge install??

[bombdotcom]

anyone have a good how to?? the directions that came with it are pointlesssssss

thanks guys

[javanc]

Just some hints as i can remember from my install. Use "add a circuits" from autozone. They plug into a fuse port allowing you to tap into the circuit. Buy 3. Plug into the "tailights" for the white at night look, or if you want all red then dont plug the white in at all. Plug white into "taillight", red into "doorlock" and the orange into "ig. sig" and the black into the ground that is on the far left where the foot rest/ dead pedal is. Take off the plastic kick panel and see the already grounded wires there. Put a spade on your ground and slip it under the ground bolt that is already there.

Then run all your wires over to the pass. side fuse block, make sure you label them and then butt splice your wires to the add-a-circuits.

Then run the supplied cable from the supplied boost sensor thru the firewall where the hood release cable goes thru. I recoomend using a coat hanger pushed thru from the engine side, tape the wire to it real good and pull it into the engine bay.

Take the top of the steering column trim off by gently pulling it up at its corners. This will allow you to see so that you can pull your wires up to the steering column where your gauge is attached. I reccomend the coat hanger again with tape to help pull the wires up.

I know its a very disorganized how to but its all i could do in the 10 minutes i had to write.

[bombdotcom]

thanks so much man. i have the amber gauge, so plug it into the tail light? ya i need run and buy some supplys, do u reccomend buyina brass tee fitting?? and as far as when u tap into the vacuum line,so u just buy a new hose?

[Haltech]

You could get brass, but i would just get the plastic tee instead... less weight.

You will need a little piece of vac line depending on where you mount the sensor.

I tee'd off the BPV vac line.

[digitaljedi]

i teed off the same spot, best place imho. i have the redish light, looks best, almost matches the stock speedo lighting, except for the purple back light, i wish it matchedperfectly but oh well.

[SgtP]

i would buy new vacuum tubing. I used the stuff that came with it and I think it looks like crap. I bought 10 feet of it when I bought the Tee's for my synapse install so I will be redoing the gauge tubing then also.

[nighthawk358]

I just installed my Prosport Electrical Boost Gauge and the Automatic headlight sensor stopped working and I dont know why..Its in auto and its at night and the headlights dont turn on. I used the Add a circuits and used Ig Sig for Orange and Red (did not use the white). Tomorrow Im going to check everything again and Im going to plug the Red in a Constant. Can anyone tell me what went wrong?

[Haltech]

Did you check to see if it blew the fuse?

[nighthawk358]

I dont think so..the gauge works fine but the auto just doesnt work. Which fuse should I check if it stopped working? Sorry for the stupid question, I just want to make sure.

[nighthawk358]

Thanks for the Fast reply. I love this forum hehe

[LBV]

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[pidass]

Originally Posted by nighthawk358 I dont think so..the gauge works fine but the auto just doesnt work. Which fuse should I check if it stopped working? Sorry for the stupid question, I just want to make sure.

weird, the only issue i have with the auto-lights is that I have my guage set for white during the day and red when the lights come on.

The problem is there is some kind of delay with the auto-lights so if I turned on the car when it's dark (which I did a lot when I worked my last job). The gauge would stay white and not switch back to red.

I've gotten a relay a member of m3f suggested would fix the issue but have yet to hook it up. Anyone else worked around this?

[2con]

I am having the same issue. Another member suggested wiring a capacitors in but cannot find the right one. Which relay did he suggest using?

[KusteLokal]

Really? Bumping a 5 year old thread?

Tappin from S3

[Abnmarine]

Originally Posted by KusteLokal Really? Bumping a 5 year old thread? Tappin from S3

I guess they could of started a new thread and then get chastised for not doing a search.

[WetzMS3]

Originally Posted by Abnmarine I guess they could of started a new thread and then get chastised for not doing a search.

Post whoring a 3 month old, 5 year old thread revival?

[Abnmarine]

Not really. Came across this when searching for the install. They can keep my post counts to zero. I don't really care about them.

[MSMS3]

Don't post unless you have something new to add or the question you ask cannot be answered by a search of prior threads. Just dumb ass stupid to resurrect a dead thread without something new to add. A great way to get ignored when you really need help.