hal m

This is one of my newbie questions. Since I bought the car in April, I have not moved the computer display from the boost gauge setting. Do others look at different information or switch around.

Also, while I have your attention, do you folks let your engine idle for 30 seconds or so before shut down to cool off the turbos?

Hal

TB993tt

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by hal m:
<strong>This is one of my newbie questions. Since I bought the car in April, I have not moved the computer display from the boost gauge setting. Do others look at different information or switch around.

Also, while I have your attention, do you folks let your engine idle for 30 seconds or so before shut down to cool off the turbos?

Hal</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Hal
The LED boost guage is not accurate -fun but fairly meaningless <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> I tend to have mine on outside temperature so I can compare intake temp with ambient.
Second question: yes, usually a bit longer.

John H. in DC Area

I keep mine set to the speedometer, even though it seems off by about 3-5 mph.

Regarding the second question, it depends on the kind of driving I just finished. If I was stomping on it hard, I'll let it sit for about a minute. If not, no more than about 15 seconds.

EricGT3

I keep the boost gauge on the display most of the time, but I do change back and forth to other functions. I always let the car idle for a minute after driving. If driven hard, maybe even a couple minutes.

I wonder if the speedometer or the computer display is more accurate?

acastell

My default setting is the boost gauge or weather.

If I did not 'boost' in the last 2-3 min before shutting down the engine, then I idle for ~30 sec. If I did 'boost' in the last 2-3 min, then I will wait ~2min.

AC

Ran

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by hal m:
<strong>This is one of my newbie questions. Since I bought the car in April, I have not moved the computer display from the boost gauge setting. Do others look at different information or switch around.

Also, while I have your attention, do you folks let your engine idle for 30 seconds or so before shut down to cool off the turbos?

Hal</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">1) Always at boost reading except in rare instances when relatively low on fuel.
2) Always 2 minutes before switching off. In almost every drive, I see over 4K rpm and quite some boost so this practice is probably essential but I am sure that I would idle for 2 mins even if I did not see any high rpm/high boost activity. Manual seems to agree from what I recollect.

Seljan

I usually have mine on weather around town..then switch over to boost,once the engine is up to operating temp..and I have some road in front of me

Ruf-Racer

Boost gauge? I don't even have one in the Ruf car! No radio either! Alios said I don't need a boost gauge. So that's it! Radio? Why? The engine sound is sweet. Always cool down carefully. Warm up carefully is also important, never run past 4k RPM before showing some solid oil temp numbers at least 08:30!
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R

vrus

I usually cycle between Boost, Temp, and Fuel distance remaining (when I am running low on fuel). If I am running on the track, I usually leave the Temp on.

The only time the boost gauge is really useful is to see if your car has entered "limp" mode. It will read a maximum of 0.5BAR.

Typically, a boost gauge is used to keep an eye out for possible overboost situations. Other than that, there really isnt any need to see what boost you are running at any given moment. With that, I offer that the factory gauge won't read past 0.8BAR, so looking for overboost is not possible.

Also, digital boost gauges don't display fast enough to be accurate, especially the factory one, so I wouldn't rely too much on what is displayed on there.

krish

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica"> Originally posted by hal m:
This is one of my newbie questions. Since I bought the car in April, I have not moved the computer display from the boost gauge setting. Do others look at different information or switch around.

Also, while I have your attention, do you folks let your engine idle for 30 seconds or so before shut down to cool off the turbos?

Hal </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">I leave mine at outside temps. And I try not to let my car idle for too long. If I have pushed hard, I'll go into ultra slow cruise mode the last five mins to my destination.

Hope this helps,

cheers,
Kris
'97 993tt artic silver/classic grey.

Peter S 993tt

Boost or fuel range if I'm low. I always let it cool at least 30 secs.

ZCAT3

Hal - I usuually look at fuel economy, unless I am driving hard, then I want boost to be sure I am getting everything the car has to offer. The digital gauge has quite a delay in it though - by the time initial boost is registering you are often at full boost.