Subaru: Why might I want a turbo boost gauge?

Its just for fun...

Nothing..................BOOST ! Yay

You can also tell when its kicking in and how much.

"H. Whelply" <net> wrote in message
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H. Whelply wrote: 
You don't. The only gages you *really* need are a speedo and a gas gage.

The speedometer is the LEAST necessary gauge! Road, weather, traffic and
the condition of your car should determine your velocity - ie. your brain.
I suppose a boost gauge - once you were familiar with your car COULD
indicate trouble with with the system if you began seeing atypical response.

Carl
1 Lucky Texan

Rob Munach wrote: 


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Hmm. I'd vote for oil pressure & temp as important...
I mean if you just want to stay legal; then speedo is the only thing.... gas
guage is just for convience (not running out) oil & temp could save your engine
from damage....

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:06:58 GMT, Rob Munach <commotion> wrote:
 

Not to mention -- the boost gauge indicates how long you may want to let the
turbo cool -- if you've been driving hard and seeing the boost gauge go up &
down -- you know to let it cool a bit; if you drive and haven't really seen it
up at all; you may opt for a shorter cool down period.

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:37:53 GMT, Carl 1 Lucky Texan <not>
wrote:
 

>H. Whelply wrote: 

Actually one of the best uses for the boost gauge is as an ECONOMY gage. Keep
that needle out of boost and you'll get better gas mileage. There used to be
some cars that had vacuum/economy gauges to help one keep from using too much
gas.

Having said all that, it's darn near impossible to not use and enjoy the thrust
from the turbo on the WRX!

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Carl 1 Lucky Texan wrote: 
Well it usually feels safe for me to drive 70mph on a 55mph interstate,
but I can still get a ticket. If you aren't going to worry about your
wallet or your license to drive I guess a speedo is not required. FWIW,
my old GPz550 race bike had NO gages after a bad endo-ing wreck. I raced
it many times like that.

 

Josh Assing wrote: 



I prefer idiot lights for these functions as I don't have to constantly
scan them to determine if there is a problem. A bright light on my dash
is much more obvious to me then a pegged gage. A few seconds w/o oil
pressure is all it takes to trash your bearings. If you don't happen to
be looking at the gage at that moment then you are outta luck! Actually,
I would prefer a gage and a flashing strobe idiot light.