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Old Oct 14, 2002 | 10:58 AM
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what is a good vacuum reading?

with my turbo, was wondering what vacuum i should be reading.. I tried searching, and never found a clear answer, but maybe 20-25 at idle?

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Old Oct 14, 2002 | 11:02 AM
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It's going to be the same as if you were N/A. 20-25 is correct.

How many psi's are you running now?
Old Oct 14, 2002 | 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by Y2KevSE
It's going to be the same as if you were N/A. 20-25 is correct.

How many psi's are you running now?
depends which of my guages you ask.. blitz has me at about 7.9psi max, and autometer shows about 6-6.5psi haha.. so who really knows?

what does low vacuum (18ish) cause? problems idling after ive been over 3000rpm ??
Old Oct 14, 2002 | 11:23 AM
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Originally posted by hlh0501


depends which of my guages you ask.. blitz has me at about 7.9psi max, and autometer shows about 6-6.5psi haha.. so who really knows?

what does low vacuum (18ish) cause? problems idling after ive been over 3000rpm ??
18-ish during driving?
Old Oct 14, 2002 | 11:26 AM
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Iansw has a problem with low vacuum with his S/C, but doesn't have any idling problems...
Old Oct 14, 2002 | 11:39 AM
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im reading vacuum of about 18 at 1000-1100rpm idle(high b/c we have it up tryin to get stall problem worked out)
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