off-the-wall Boost gauge idea

[shineydave]

just had one of those brandy fuelled flashes of creativity and just wondered if my moment of madness could be of use to someone.

i spotted a post in the RS6 forum about tyre pressure sensors which got me to thinking what other things could be monitored by those tyre pressure sensing systems. wouldn't it be cool to be able to pop one in the inlet tract and use it to monitor boost pressure through the DIS or am i talking b**lox?

answers on a postcard to

insane of Bradford
next to the brandy bottle with a big fat cigar
yorkshire

[clived]

Doesn't the tyre pressure monitor work be sensing a change in rotational speed due to deflation, not acutal pressure?

[shineydave]

i have no idea, that's probably why no one has tried it before.

[>RS4<]

What i have seen is that the refresh rate of the tyre pressure sensors is so slow,you would see the turbopressure of 5 minutes ago!

Maybe if someone could make a sensor that works in actual time it would be handy....

[ZeroK66]

But you can get a system already that can display boost etc etc on the DIS?

[shineydave]

yup but this wouldn't require any wiring or add-on modules, just programming of the sensor in the DIS

[k5turbo]

Wot you got in that cigar off yours dave?????? just get yer hand in yer pocket n buy a boost gauge !! im buyin 1 so maybe we can get abit of disco on 2

[shineydave]

lol, it was the brandy!! i've got one on order from the states, should be here soon. got the car-pc working again as well. you going on thursday?