bambooluv

Im posting this for my friend david enjoy.-pdang

romeo619romeo

why do you need a vacuum box for???how much are you pushing?

boostaholic

It just makes running the vacuum lines a lot easier not to mention cleaner since you can do away with all the T's. What'd you make yours out of? Car looks good Hopefully we can meet up when i'm back in houston to get on the dyno again.

DeepSi

I really dig the vacuum box. What is the vacuum source for the box, brake booster? Nice setup

SIXTYdashONE

Very Nice Peter.... , What kind is it? just curious

TurboDANDEE

David is gay! when we gonna dyno dude?

SiRkid

that is so sweet!
its like my car but minus boost for me.
HOW many vaccuum sources do you need? why do many?
but the box is sweet!

BoostedSi

that box is pretty sweet.

bambooluv

David fabricated the unit himself. I believe he bought the piece of aluminum for no more than 20 dollars and got the threads and all machined. Very easy to do your self with the proper tools.Im sure david will eventually tell use where and how he got this acomplished.-pdang


[Modified by bambooluv, 4:28 AM 3/12/2003]

TurboDANDEE

Thats David's car (TurboSi) and he made it from scratch.

baddassduramax

what all do you have entering and exiting the vac box?

TurboDANDEE

i believe 1 is only entrance and the rest are exits.

B18EG6

Nice idea! I kinda did that.......kiiiiinda. Just used brass nipples/tees and mounted them on firewall. Upper right set of tees is for vac, lower left is for oil




[Modified by B18EG6, 2:21 AM 3/12/2003]

ninesecrx

Gauge cluster looks sweet and clean

turbo Si

Thank's for all the replies guy's. I got the idea for the vacuum box from Alex (GSRev), and decided to make one myself. As you can see I did not cut out an area on the block to mount directly to the wall so I just made a bracket . The next one i make will be better and smaller with more sources. The block actually cost me $4.00, and 5.00 for the tap, and 12.00 for the bit. I had a machine shop do the labor since I've never used a drill press, never the less it's easy and very cost effective with a much cleaner look and it allows you to locate a leak much easier!
This block does not have one single source to feed off of. Me and my cousin thought about that before doing it, and realized that each output is a source within itself! So i don't know why Golden Eagle has one big plug for a source.

Dandee, we should be dynoing March 22. I just have to get in touch with Lawrence and Pasal.

Once again, thank you Peter for taking time out to do this!

Mase

yeah it is sweet, but how do you take enough time to look down and monitor them while you're boosting and still drive ? lol ive always wondered

turbo Si

We'll the main one I pay attention to is the EGT which is the easiest to look at in the top left corner. They are actually real easy to see with just a glance.

boostin b16

sweet!! where did you get the actuall "box" from? (the alluminum you tapped the fittings into)

boostaholic

David, where'd you get the box from?

blufke

what sizes of hosed did you use? may have get my buddy to make one for me(cnc guy).

turbo Si

Theres a shop not to far from me called, I believe, Metal Wharehouse. They have just about everything over there. I forgot what size size we used for the lines, but it's pretty much the average size that comes with the vehicles out the factory. We also sanded and polished the box although it's a little dirty in the pic!

avividmemory

I really like how you did the gauges!!

Who did the fiberglass work for you? we dont have any good places for that around here and I'd like to do something similar...

KCHybrid

wow thats clean nice work!

turbo Si

We were deciding where to put the guages and a friend of mine came up with the idea to shape a piece of plexiglass and mount the guages into them. We were going to set the plexiglass flat, although it would have been dificult to keep the sides flush. Then I just had it upholstered. I also like the fact that the guages are not noticeable to others. Theives

boostedsol