Boost Gauge Question

[WhoNeedsV8]

I recently installed an autometer boost gauge and it appears to be responding very slowly for some reason. I spliced into the line off the intake manifold (right hand side) and it seem to read vac much for sensitive compared to splicing onto the other line. I checked for leaks in the nylon hose, only thing I noticed is a small pinch in the line. At idle with some throttle it won't raise more than -19 (starting at -20) and hits full boost alot slower than any other boost gauge I've seen.

 

[tim_korn_99]

I recently installed an autometer boost gauge and it appears to be responding very slowly for some reason. I spliced into the line off the intake manifold (right hand side) and it seem to read vac much for sensitive compared to splicing onto the other line. I checked for leaks in the nylon hose, only thing I noticed is a small pinch in the line. At idle with some throttle it won't raise more than -19 (starting at -20) and hits full boost alot slower than any other boost gauge I've seen.

buy a new line. a pinch or a kink will have a huge effect on the response of the guage. when i first installed my boost guage, the a-pillar pod would bend the line when it was mounted, and it caused the response to be very SLOW...
-Tim

 

[Defiant]

I spliced into the line off the intake manifold (right hand side)

Do you mean the passenger side? Or the driver's side, which is the LEFT side. The car's sides don't change just because you're looking backward.