Just did the same thing myself, except I'm running an inline 4cyl with
cis injection. I spliced my vacuum line right off the intake manifold.
Now I can tell how hard I'm working the little sucker. I took some pics
which I'll post to my website soon.

Randolph Feuerriegel wrote:
>
> Greetings.
>
> Well my experiment with the vacum gauge connected before the check valve
> was a failure. The gauge readings were not matching the descriptions as
> per the manual, nor did they match the readings from a previous post I
> read. Tonight I changed the tee connection to the vacum line at the
> pressure regulator and voila ! The needle moves nicely with the engine
> rpm's and reflect the instruction booklets description of the readings.
> Didn't have time to do a test drive tonight, but going to the mainland
> tomorrow. Got to get some sleep, have to be up at 4:30 AM to catch the
> first sailing. Good night.
>
> R.Feuerriegel
> 88 syncro in Victoria

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