New Westach Combo Gauge from Genos

[1 ALC]

Friday night, pulled the Dodge into the shop and installed my new gauge.

I went to Advance and bought a 6 fuse aux block and put in under the column, and used the block for 12v power ign on.



The instructions from Genos were great, I mounted it in the "hole" in the dash. The most time consuming part was opening up the hole in the mount panel for tthe gauge and running the wires. On the drop down cup holder, there is a small "door" for the light on the upper surface, I popped it out and probed the "+" wire and tapped into it for the light.



I did a search on EGTs and Boost and my readings seem to be in line. max of 20 boost and 1,000 egt pre turbo.



I also mounted a "TDR" emblem on the grille. Borrowing an idea I read here, I discarded the velcro, glued a bolt on the back and bolted it on the left (drivers) side grille. I used a commercial adhesive- SEM panel adhesive (OEM approved for attaching metal panels to vehicles) A note if anyone uses the bolt idea, close the hood slowly - you don't want to stab your condenser! This is why mine is on the left side.



I ordered it online from Genos, who sent me an email with UPS delivery estimation and tracking number, very good service.

 

['956Wheel]

Geno's is it!

I have the Westach combo and its real nice, only trouble was when I boosted the boost to 32 PSI the hose would blow right off the barb at the intake..... had to glue it!



Mike

 

[RustyJC]

Re: Geno's is it!

Originally posted by '956Wheel

I have the Westach combo and its real nice, only trouble was when I boosted the boost to 32 PSI the hose would blow right off the barb at the intake..... had to glue it!



Mike

A small tie-wrap pulled really tight around the hose keeps it from popping off the barb at the intake fitting or on the gauge - sorta like a mini-hose clamp, but it takes up a lot less room!



Rusty

 

[gitchesum]

I like mine. I also used the tie-wrap to hold the hose on. Especially after the gauge drops to 0 after you redline. Scared the crap out of me. The tie wrap can hold it even under this kind of boost.

 

[RJOL]

Mine Too...

Mine did that while towing up a hill at about 18PSI. When it first blew off it scared the s**t out of me until I realized what happened. Put two small tie wraps on it so it won't happen again...

 

[1 ALC]

Somewhere in the Genos instructions, it says to use a tie strap on the hose, I almost forgot it. But I had read here somewhere about it blowing off, so I pulled the gauge back out and put it on.