Show me your boost gauges!

[r5gtt]

Wait till you see the location of mine if all goes well  no vents or newsouth gauge and steering pod I had and sold it on as it wasn't for me. should have kept the gauge though 

[stuart-88]

Prosport evo. Sweet little start up sequence too 

[AJP]

I noticed this in a Scirocco at the dealers a few months ago.



I'm guessing if it was an easy retrofit to the mk5 I'd have seen it by now. The big vent thing on the top of a mk5 dash though... is it of any real use? And could it be swapped for the Scirocco pod?

[lukemk5gti]

Iv got a p3cars in my car but for some reason it slowly drains my battery, probably doesn't help I only use the car once a week
It is a great bit of kit tho im assuming that because my car is an 05 has something to do with the drain




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Could it not be the usual battery drain stereo issue?

[lukemk5gti]

I had one on mine when i bought it, don't want it, welcome to it if you want?

Its a complete replacement to the vent.

You need to put up more posts before I can pm you about this buddy!

I might take it off you though!

[Madone]

I noticed this in a Scirocco at the dealers a few months ago.



I'm guessing if it was an easy retrofit to the mk5 I'd have seen it by now. The big vent thing on the top of a mk5 dash though... is it of any real use? And could it be swapped for the Scirocco pod?

I thought this too when I saw the Scirocco interior, wonder if anyone has done it. Can imagine the gauges from VW won't be cheap though !, does look very nice. Really not a fan of pods in air vents or stuck on the top of the steering wheel cowl. Always look really added on. Very happy with my Polar FIS. Great bit of kit, good value too compared to the gauge +pod system too. 

[jaffa]

Iv got a p3cars in my car but for some reason it slowly drains my battery, probably doesn't help I only use the car once a week
It is a great bit of kit tho im assuming that because my car is an 05 has something to do with the drain




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Could it not be the usual battery drain stereo issue?

No I already changed the canbus for the satnav it's been fine since I disconnect the gauge
I wish I could use my car more if I'm honest but I'm stuck driving a Citroen dispatch 1.9 non turbo diesel all week


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[lukemk5gti]

Iv got a p3cars in my car but for some reason it slowly drains my battery, probably doesn't help I only use the car once a week
It is a great bit of kit tho im assuming that because my car is an 05 has something to do with the drain




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Could it not be the usual battery drain stereo issue?

No I already changed the canbus for the satnav it's been fine since I disconnect the gauge
I wish I could use my car more if I'm honest but I'm stuck driving a Citroen dispatch 1.9 non turbo diesel all week


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Suppose the only solution is to remove the P3 and sell it to me!

[gttdigoof]

Wouldn't the ECU work out boost pressure using the manifold air pressure (MAP) sensor? That would be a way of the PolarFIS being able to display both requested and "actual" (as a calculation of ambient air pressure taken from MAP reading). Just a guess though...

I may be wrong but as far as I can work out, the Polar FIS is connected to the Diags CAN bus but using the cable as it exits the Gateway in the same way the VCDS lead would, it will send continuous requests to the ECUs for the required data (in the same way VCDS does). In theory, you should be able to see all the data you can with VCDS if the FIS were programmed to, just by sending the right command.

I doubt they would plug directly into the powertrain CAN bus from a safety point of veiw (you dont want to screw up your bus ;) ), but I purely base that on the fact that I've seen people say their FIS box has problems due to the connector wires breaking and also that the Vector CAN bus equipment I have says it cannot be used in the USA as they dont like direct CAN bus connections.

I'm guessing the vent mounted gauges are the same.

[MateyGuv]

I noticed this in a Scirocco at the dealers a few months ago.



I'm guessing if it was an easy retrofit to the mk5 I'd have seen it by now. The big vent thing on the top of a mk5 dash though... is it of any real use? And could it be swapped for the Scirocco pod?

I thought this too when I saw the Scirocco interior, wonder if anyone has done it. Can imagine the gauges from VW won't be cheap though !, does look very nice. Really not a fan of pods in air vents or stuck on the top of the steering wheel cowl. Always look really added on. Very happy with my Polar FIS. Great bit of kit, good value too compared to the gauge +pod system too. 

Anything is possible if you really want it...... To get this working you'd need to convert from CECM to BCM which is a ball ache to say the least. Custom mounting needed as the centre vent on our cars is a different shape. Then the absolute kicker is that the boost gauge from VW measures atmposhferic and not actual so the gauge isn't really any use. It looks good for people to show passengers but if you want it to keep an eye on things you'd always be 1.2 bar over reading. I still want it cause I'm a tart    To be fair the BCM also opens up loads more interesting technology to retro fit. Definitely over my skill level but the BCM conversation has been done 

[AJP]

I noticed this in a Scirocco at the dealers a few months ago.



I'm guessing if it was an easy retrofit to the mk5 I'd have seen it by now. The big vent thing on the top of a mk5 dash though... is it of any real use? And could it be swapped for the Scirocco pod?

I thought this too when I saw the Scirocco interior, wonder if anyone has done it. Can imagine the gauges from VW won't be cheap though !, does look very nice. Really not a fan of pods in air vents or stuck on the top of the steering wheel cowl. Always look really added on. Very happy with my Polar FIS. Great bit of kit, good value too compared to the gauge +pod system too. 

Anything is possible if you really want it...... To get this working you'd need to convert from CECM to BCM which is a ball ache to say the least. Custom mounting needed as the centre vent on our cars is a different shape. Then the absolute kicker is that the boost gauge from VW measures atmposhferic and not actual so the gauge isn't really any use. It looks good for people to show passengers but if you want it to keep an eye on things you'd always be 1.2 bar over reading. I still want it cause I'm a tart    To be fair the BCM also opens up loads more interesting technology to retro fit. Definitely over my skill level but the BCM conversation has been done 

Interesting info. I agree, it does look pretty cool.

If this would be a bit too much of a job to be worthwhile, what about a custom built pod that resembles the Scirocco's, using the mk5 top vent (or the void left when you remove it) as a template?

That'd be a nice little project. You'd have the freedom of design, the choice of dials and gauges, and it shouldn't be too complex to rig up.

[jaffa]

Iv got a p3cars in my car but for some reason it slowly drains my battery, probably doesn't help I only use the car once a week
It is a great bit of kit tho im assuming that because my car is an 05 has something to do with the drain




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Could it not be the usual battery drain stereo issue?

No I already changed the canbus for the satnav it's been fine since I disconnect the gauge
I wish I could use my car more if I'm honest but I'm stuck driving a Citroen dispatch 1.9 non turbo diesel all week


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Suppose the only solution is to remove the P3 and sell it to me!

I like my solution of unplugging it while the car sits glad I posted in here it reminded me to get back in touch with p3cars to find out why it's happening

It is a great bit of kit and it tells you all sorts and I love how it blends in and looks so oem


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[MateyGuv]

@AJP these are already on the market - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=45886.0 - first pic in a post. The reason I really would love the VW scirocco R gauge pod is because I have this to install https://instagram.com/p/BGTpSlmr97j/
So all the dials will match 

[AJP]

@AJP these are already on the market - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=45886.0 - first pic in a post. The reason I really would love the VW scirocco R gauge pod is because I have this to install https://instagram.com/p/BGTpSlmr97j/
So all the dials will match 

That would be a bit special. Love those colour dials. Keep us updated if you do decide to get the Scirocco dials too. Would love to see that.

I'll check out that link now.

[AJP]

The Newsouth dash pod in that link looks a bit obviously 'stuck on' to me.

Thinking laterally... what about a display of the Polar values, but on say an RNS510 or something. You could have 'virtual' needle gauges, certainly for boost, which would make it easier to see psi values at a glance. In theory. And it'd also have that cool factor. Is that possible?

I'm sure plenty of cars come with that, R35 GTR springs to mind.