Where do yall guys think the best place to put the boost guage line at? Do i tap the intake mani? If so where at?

 

intake manifold after the throttle body....

 

Okay thanks....any idea where to tap it at?

 

Take the manifold off and drill and tap a hole.
Or you can make a T off the brake booster before the ccheck valve.
If it were me I would do the first method.

 

save yourself the work....

tap brake booster line before the check valve for both the blow off valve and boost gauge.

wastegate should be tapped from the charge pipes (anywhere on them or the compressor outlet)

Done.

 

Yea I would try the second one...I need to get a t fitting now

 

I went ahead and tapped the intake mani on the back closer to the driver side

 

So are the check valves Mandatory for turbo motors? I can't find one to buy at autozone/ o'reillys. All i find in the vacuum/PCV section are inline filter looking valves. Nothing says "check valve" or anything..

So cliffs: i'm boosting motor, currently no check valve. Why's it needed.. Do i need it? and WTF do i search for at the part store?

 

you don't need to buy a check valve, it's the one in the line for the brake booster. you need to tap before that valve, as you don't want to pressurize your booster.

 

I just put a couple Ts in the vacuum line between the intake manifold and the pressure regulator. One to boost gauge and the other to BOV. Works great. You can actually see it quite well in this pic

 

my car didn't come with a check valve.. went ahead and bought one today and rigged it up