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General Information => General => Topic started by: Spothead on July 05, 2007, 05:23:45 am

Title: how do I hook up a tach?
Post by: Spothead on July 05, 2007, 05:23:45 am

someone told me I could use the W terminal on the alternator as the tach signal.  I don't understand how this works my alt pulley is a lot smaller than the crank pulley, I would think it woudn't be accurate.

Title: how do I hook up a tach?
Post by: BlackTieTD on July 05, 2007, 09:27:55 am

there are multiple threads and links to a website or two that discuss this topic.

Title: how do I hook up a tach?
Post by: burn_your_money on July 05, 2007, 02:57:26 pm

Iif you have a stock tach and alt then it's been calibrated already

Title: how do I hook up a tach?
Post by: Infinitrium on July 05, 2007, 05:04:40 pm

I've read as many tach threads as I could find and they're a bit over my head. Is there any simple way of hooking up a normal gas tach?

Title: how do I hook up a tach?
Post by: burn_your_money on July 05, 2007, 05:51:26 pm

The simple way is to talk to Trev0rb on the baord and have him build you one, other then that it won't be simple but it is certainly possible