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Boost/BST on ScangaugeII
GT Level Member
03-29-2018
So my RPM been acting a little slow and car has been running rough lately. BST is showing -8 at idle. I'm sure anything in the negative is bad, especially negative increases when I'm actually driving. I'm guessing BST is boost right?... Where should I be looking for this fix?
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#2
Re: Boost/BST on ScangaugeII
Turbo is the way to go.
03-29-2018
"Boost" readings will show negative on a gauge when idling and driving because the "boost" gauge is like a math of two parameters or whatever.
I think logging boost is dumb because I'd rather log the actual MAP sensor data itself. I haven't owned a scangauge two before but the Aeroforce scangauge would read the MAP in/hgs parameter and would go from vacuum to boost all on the same channel without having to log a specific boost parameter.
Or you can log MAP kpa and learn to read KPA above 100kpa to get your boost number. Like 130kpa is 4.3psi, 140kpa is 5.8psi and 150kpa is 7.25psi.
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Re: Boost/BST on ScangaugeII
SE Level Member
03-29-2018
Scangauge is in psi, -8 psi is -16.28 inches of mercury. so that is normal at idle. I don't know how else the gauge would get the information than from the map sensor and just converting units. That is a about right for idle. Not sure why it would be running rough unless you were seeing something like 14 psi at idle on a stock car. My scangauge rpms do not match my real gauges if thats why you think rpms are low.
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Re: Boost/BST on ScangaugeII
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