Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:55:04 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: Another 9000 question - CS Turbo without turbo gauge?
"Anon-e-mouse" <JDOEnospamCOM> wrote in message news:TBk2e.905$qY5.696nospam.usenetserver.com... > First, let me say thanks to all who have answered my previous questions. > > I was very interested in this 9000 CS Turbo in Wisconsin (about 300 > miles away). Before making plans to drive out I asked every question I > could think of. 9000 seems like a nice car, but... it has no turbo > gauge. Was the 9000 CS Turbo made without a turbo gauge? Could it be the > person just did not know? If not, is it possible to just purchase an > instrument panel off say Ebay and install it easily? All I would need to > do is run a vacuum line to the gauge correct? > > Without the gauge it is somewhat of a deal breaker as I see it important > to monitor the boost. Especially on an older car where the risk of the > turbo burning out is greater. > The turbo guage is handy but not really terribly important as you can feel the boost in the power the engine produces. What concerns me more is the possibility that the car is not really a turbo at all, or that the instrument cluster has been replaced and the mileage on the odometer may not be even close. Of course they may have made a 9000 without a boost guage, I've never seen one though.