944 turbo modifications
As you may have already realized, I am no longer a 944 turbo owner.  However, I performed many of the common 951 modifications on my former car before selling it, including a VDO boost gauge, autothority chips, and a manual boost controller.  See here for an excellent photo description of chip installation.

My former website documented details and photos on many of these modifications.  Although I no longer own the 951, I have reintroduced some of these photos in hopes they will be beneficial to a car owner or two out there.  Contact me by
email if you need to.
VDO boost gauge
I purchased a VDO boost gauge from Huntley Racing and installed it in the A pillar.  This gauge had the same black face as my stock dashboard, and was mounted to the A-pillar by a bolt-in mounting bracket I purchased from Summit Racing. The gauge had readings for vacuum (-30) and boost (+25), indicating vacuum in the intake manifold at idle and boost pressure when the turbo spooled up.  The gauge would rest at "0" with the engine off, indicating atmospheric pressure..

The gauge itself was illuminated by a line spliced in to the dashboard headlight knob.  It would illuminate when the foglights received power. 
The mechanical line for the boost gauge was spliced in to the vacuum line on the KLR computer box.  The photo to the right shows the yellow KLR vacuum line which is interrupted by a T-shaped brass connector.  The T is spliced in using blue tubing that came with my manual boost controller (see below).

The brass T is then connected to the (faintly visible) black vacuum line from the boost gauge using another brass connector.  The boost gauge essentially reads the same vacuum or boost level that the KLR box reads, as it is one continuous closed circuit.  It is important that the connections therefore be airtight.
manual boost controller
Many other versions of the turbo boost controller are available now, including electronic boost controllers.  However, this is a simple mechanical boost controller available through Huntley Racing that you can mount in the cockpit.  I found it much more user-friendly than the Lindsey Boost Enhancer, which is very popular. 

The H.R. manual boost controller uses a vacuum line connecting from the cycling valve, running through the boost controller, and exiting through the wastegate.  It is infinitely adjustable and allows you to manually dial in lower or higher boost levels.  It can be made to work with either single or dual port wastegates - talk to Huntley Racing.  Here is a photo of the controller itself located in my glovebox - a very nice installation that is out of the way and keeps the interior looking stock.
dashboard lighting improvement
What a pain!  You're doing 90 mph down the freeway then you look down to see what your boost level is - but you can't see!! 

I removed the instrument cluster in my car (requires steering wheel removal) and recovered the three silver light tunnels that you see here.  I stripped off the old paint and recovered them with tinfoil and double-sided scotch tape.  I also replaced the three 2 watt light bulbs with 3 watt bulbs.  The result - much improved nighttime lighting!!

Unless you have
replacement light tunnels, do not force them off - they are bonded on and will break.  Also, 5 watt bulbs are too hot and will melt the bulb sockets.  Click here to see a new LED solution by a member of Rennlist which drastically improves lighting.
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