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Old Jul 2, 2007 | 03:33 AM
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i searched and came up with nothing. i was wondering where would a good location be to tap into the vacuum lines at. i looked earlier and there is a small vacuum line that is connected to the throttle body. it already has a t-tap installed on it. my question is that would it work for the boost gauge if i just find a tap that is 4 sided instead of 3(basically like a cross) and hook up the gauge thru that, would it work? any help is appreciated.
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vacume line from the BPV works perfect for me. Then for power tap it into the fog light plug behind the dash, and ground the other wire.
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thanks for the response. are u talking about the fat tubes connected to the bpv? because most gauges comes with the little tubes only.
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it should be the tube directly connected to the BPV. Follow it to about the center of the tube, cut it in half and put a T reconnect the vacume tubes together, then insert the Line from the boost gauge through the firewall gromet into the T fitting. Ill take pics for you real quick, from the motor side.
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Should look like this brass T fitting that came with my TRD gauge.

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thanks very much for all your help.
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No Prob Man. Besides thats what were all on here for riiight???
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hey one more question for u. are our oxygen sensors narrow or wide band and whats the difference. the a/f gauge is for narrow band only. sorry but im a noob at gauge installs.
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