MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: DubwayDan on November 19, 2008, 10:37:27 pm
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hi there,
just wondering if anyone knows what mk5 the dials with the boost gauge where the temp gauge normally is are out of?
cheers, dan :happy2:
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iirc it's the GT model.
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iirc it's the GT model.
x2 The GT TSI has a boost gauge, not sure about the GT TDI?
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iirc it's the GT model.
x2 The GT TSI has a boost gauge, not sure about the GT TDI?
why does this have one but the GTI doesnt???!!! thats sucks!!
imo boost gauge is vgery needed on a mapped car, then you know of any faults instantly! :happy2:
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iirc the guage doesn't actually show any boost numbers on it so in a way it's pointless.
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dan, yours being a TSI i thought you would have one??
and yep...its only the GT Sport TSi. the Gt sport TDi just have the normal temp guage
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Yeh I saw one at the Stealers a few weeks ago and it had a gimmicky boost gauge and it was a GT TSI :happy2:
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When I test drove one when they first came out its either fully over or not on, pretty pointless as you cant tell what it means.
GTI clocks look better anyway
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A boost gauge is useless without any numeric values displayed.
Also the water temperature gauge is very useful and it also gives a reasonable clue of the oil temp.
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I have been looking into gauges and came across this: -
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awesome-gti.co.uk%2Fshopimages%2Fproducts%2Fnormal%2Fliq_tt.jpg&hash=5abe03f1895ad279748742246462aaa194cb4a9e)
It only appears to be available for the Mk4 Golf and Mk1 TT, here some details from Awesome's website: -
The following are all data sources that can be shown on the gauge simply by flipping through the gauge menu:
Engine power / Torque / Boost pressure / Cmd pressure / Mass Air Flow / Air Fuel Ratio / Air intake temp / Exhaust temp / Coolant temp / N75 position / Dyno plot / Timing Correction plot / G-Force Display / 0-60mph acceleration timing / 0-100mph acceleration timing / Display and Erase Fault Codes
Not bad for £170 + the mounting pod :smiley:
Only down side is I can't find any details on a version for the Mk5 yet :sad:
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I have been looking into gauges and came across this: -
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awesome-gti.co.uk%2Fshopimages%2Fproducts%2Fnormal%2Fliq_tt.jpg&hash=5abe03f1895ad279748742246462aaa194cb4a9e)
It only appears to be available for the Mk4 Golf and Mk1 TT, here some details from Awesome's website: -
The following are all data sources that can be shown on the gauge simply by flipping through the gauge menu:
Engine power / Torque / Boost pressure / Cmd pressure / Mass Air Flow / Air Fuel Ratio / Air intake temp / Exhaust temp / Coolant temp / N75 position / Dyno plot / Timing Correction plot / G-Force Display / 0-60mph acceleration timing / 0-100mph acceleration timing / Display and Erase Fault Codes
Not bad for £170 + the mounting pod :smiley:
Only down side is I can't find any details on a version for the Mk5 yet :sad:
Spoke with Awesome about this a few weeks ago. One for the MKV is being done soon. Looks like a handy piece of kit though.
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Whilst more convient, you can do the same and more with a VCDS...
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How big is that gizmo? Surely it would have to be pretty big to give a practical and meaningful display.
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well mine is a tsi gt sport and doesnt have one :scared: was it an optional extra?
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Had a play around with VAG-Com last weekend and done some data logging with it.
It would be good to get the data that is readily available on the ecu displayed on the dash some how. hmm I wonder if you can get it on the driver info thingy?
Speaking of which has anyone seen the fuel pressure these engines run 100+ bar!!!!! feck me.
On a side note it would be good to do some sort of data base for everybody so that we can refer to it when we mod. for example I was doing 3rd gear test from 2k to 7k rpm this will take " X " ammount of time for stock and then we can bench mark for problem solving/tuning etc etc.
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imo boost gauge is vgery needed on a mapped car, then you know of any faults instantly! :happy2:
except in RedRobins case :evilgrin:
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imo boost gauge is vgery needed on a mapped car, then you know of any faults instantly! :happy2:
except in RedRobins case :evilgrin:
....Exactly! I was going to reply that because my boost leak was relatively slight and because the ECU was compensating for the loss (hence high % requests shown in my data logging), the fault was hardly noticeable on the gauge. It only became slightly noticeable when I started looking at it extremely closely.
If you have a major boost leak/problem and obviously a major loss of power, then the gauge is extremely useful in identifying the power loss as boost related.
^ I think i better add this to my Troubleshoot thread - Thanks Steve aka Phil :happy2: