Auto Meter 2601 Z-Series 2" Mechanical Vacuum/Boost Gauge - High Performance Car Gauge for Turbocharged & Supercharged Vehicles - Perfect for Racing, Tuning & Engine Monitoring

I bought this meter for my 1988 MR2 SC. This style matches the instrumentation nicely even down to the selectable green back-lighting. It's nicely packaged and for the price it has just enough quality to do the job well without being too fancy or overbearing. I decided to buy an established brand instead of a bottom dollar unit because some things just need to cost enough to work right and last and I was not disappointed. The 2601 meter kit together with the 2204 Mounting cup had all the parts I needed to complete the basic installation.Installation, however, was somewhat challenging on my mid-engine car. One of the issues is that the vacuum tube is 10' and that was not long enough to route the tube around the side of the car to the dash. I chose to run it through the center column and had to remove the seats and part of the interior to do it. Even then the tube was just long enough. I purchased 4' of washer hose to jacket the plastic tubing to protect it in the engine compartment and to improve the look of any exposed tubing at the dash. I also had to cut down the mounting studs on the meter so that it would seat all the way into the cup.Once the meter was mounted, the tube routed and the tee-fitting was in place, it was fairly easy to connect the tubing with the supplied ferrules and nuts and adapters. The tubing works perfectly well with this kit, but one needs to take some care to avoid kinks and not tighten the connections too hard.The meter is very responsive and shows me precisely what is going on at my intake manifold. It sits in the "VAC" side when I am idling or coasting, but quickly jumps into "PRESS" when my supercharger kicks in. Very cool.The only thing I would change with this product is to supply longer tubing to accommodate atypical setups.