I finally got around to installing my new gauges and ran into some problems with the boost gauge. The gauges are auto meter sport comp II and when I push the boost gauge fully into the a pillar pod the line is pushed up tight against the tapered part of the a pillar causing the line to pinch immediately. The port for line to go into is right at the bottom of the gauge and if I rotate the gauge so it is sitting upside down in the pillar mount it is fine. But to have it facing right side up it contacts the tapered part of the pillar. I was wondering if anyone else had this problem. The only thing that I can think of is to run 2, 90 deg fittings off the back of the gauge to get the line to be positioned more in the middle of the gauge where it wont be pinched.

If I'm understanding your problem, you have the boost gauge on the bottom with your other gauge on top of it. Where your pillar fits into place by the dashboard and windshield, it gets a little tight. You might think of reversing the gauges and put your EGT gauge on the bottom, since it's only an electrical line for that and run the boost on top. This should give the boost line room for movement and not be pinched in the corner of the dash and windshield.

My boost gauge is actually the top one. The part where it is hitting is on the new a pillar pod where the pod tapers up. Here is a picture to explain what I am talking about. It points to the location where the plastic boost tube is getting pinched at. By the time you push the gauge all the way into the pod and have the fittings attached to the back of the gauge it goes in so deep that it runs out of room

Sounds crazy!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
But take a lighter and heat the line up ever so lightly and then bend it and it should stay that way!! just be very careful use very little heat and then try it. If that dont work add a little more and so on so on. Till it holds the shape that you bend it to. I did it with my line installed to the gauge so all i had to do is heat and pull the gauge up to get tension on the line till i seen that it had bent to what i needed !!!

Hopefully this works !!!! Let me know!!!

Earl

I took a picture of my pod for better example. I ended up having to by a 45 deg fitting to get the line to go down the pillar smoothly. After doing this though my gauge still wouldn't push fully in when the pillar was installed on the truck. The new problem was that the back portion of the gauge itself was now contacting the factory pillar behind the new one not allowing it to go in all the way. The 2 threaded studs comming out of the gauge are also hitting the side of the new a pillar causing problems as well.

I ended up swapping the boost gauge to the bottom location on the pillar and put the pyro up top since that gauge is about a half of an inch shorter than the boost gauge. I must say though that this auto meter a pillar pod has no quality what so ever and fits terrible. I hope no one else has problems with their pillar like I did.