Boy oh boy did I have fun for alil while today When I was installing the boost bolt into the intake I got to like 12.00000000001 ftlbs like it said and then she got loooooose... WTF!!!! So I start to back it out and I know its screwed at this point because only bout 1/4 inch of the threads came back out! NOW WHAT?! Lucky my dads friend had a reverse drill bit that we tapped into the hollow bore of the bolt and it backed itself out thank god.... Needless to say I'm less than impressed with the quality of these things. Anyways I just ended up doing it old school style and tapped a hole in the intake elbow and called it good.

Heres a crappy pic of my issue....

 

where did you get the bolt from ?

 

Luke... The more I look at it, them more it looks like a bad part. Any warranty on these things?

 

PDR has them but they are like 8 bucks or something insane like that , but they are very very strong and high quality the ones supplied with gauge kits and stuff , is just enough to work . no over kill built in

 

I paid 8 bucks for this one! The reason I bought one was to be a simple install and it ended up gettin me pissed off and worried till I got the drill bit to work.

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Oh and BTW I ripped off all the crap for the Banks tuner today, that was a mess too. So needles to say it was a busy and eventful day.....

 

Im sure luke will make it right with you and change his supplier

 

Tapping the intake is supposed to be easier on the guage.

 

mine i put in was fine, it came with my ISSPRO guages...ive heard that too about being hard on the guage how is it hard on them??

 

i dont see how its going to be any easier on the gauge but its a more precise measurement

 

We've never monitored a significant difference in boost psi anywhere in the same portion of the intake tract... certainly not more than the gauges' resolution.

Naturally, there are measurable deltas across the CAC(s), or injection points in the case of NO2 & H2O/CH3OH.

However, air flow varies considerably - not to mention the wide range of air temperatures present throughout the intake tract.

I believe that reading boost from the intake horn - rather than the entry into the head's cast plenum - helps to isolate the gauge from any reversion pulsing which may occur during high-RPM low-boost engine operation.