anyways. i did my b16 swap and the tach is reading like 500-800 rpms too high. anyone else ever have this problem?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prettylew &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyways. i did my b16 swap and the tach is reading like 500-800 rpms too high. anyone else ever have this problem?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What do you mean?

 

sorry if i wasnt clear,. well for example, if my car is idling at 1000 rpms. the tach on the dash reads 1800.

 

howdo you know its not accurate and maybe it is idling at 1800?

 

best bet check ur grounds.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bodiez &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">howdo you know its not accurate and maybe it is idling at 1800?</TD></TR></TABLE>

trust me i know. ive been around cars and hondas too long to not know that its idling WAY below 1800. i dont need a TACH to tell me that. my ears are fine. all i know is that its idling somewhere around 1000. could be 1100 maybe 900 but definitely not at 1800 where its reading.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prettylew &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

trust me i know. ive been around cars and hondas too long to not know that its idling WAY below 1800. i dont need a TACH to tell me that. my ears are fine. all i know is that its idling somewhere around 1000. could be 1100 maybe 900 but definitely not at 1800 where its reading.</TD></TR></TABLE>

then whats the problem?

 

Don't trust your ear. Trust a digital tech reading from your ignition wire.

 

i dont know but this may be a stupid way to tell but bring your rpms up to almost redline and see if its right if your redline is 10,000 say and its past that then your know your tach is messed up

 

I agree, get a meter onto the plug wire and check it forsure.

 

did u check your accelerator cable? maybe its too tight or it cud be the idle valve.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cars101 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont know but this may be a stupid way to tell but bring your rpms up to almost redline and see if its right if your redline is 10,000 say and its past that then your know your tach is messed up </TD></TR></TABLE> That's a horrible idea, that's like if you have an itchy finger slicing your whole arm off.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ***$nyper &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> That's a horrible idea, that's like if you have an itchy finger slicing your whole arm off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol it was just an idea.

 

trust me guys my tach is at 2000 at idle. i KNOW when a car is at 2000. so i KNOW my tach is WAY off. its not like im sayin its off by 100rpms. its off by like 1000rpms. which is VERY easy to hear if your not a complete moron

 

tru wat about then gettin a aftermarket tach

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by prettylew &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">trust me guys my tach is at 2000 at idle. i KNOW when a car is at 2000. so i KNOW my tach is WAY off. its not like im sayin its off by 100rpms. its off by like 1000rpms. which is VERY easy to hear if your not a complete moron</TD></TR></TABLE>

Settle down, theyre just suggestions.

I kinda agree with the redline tactic lol.

 

borrow someone else's tach or get a cheapie $20 one and hook it up in your engine bay. should only take 5 mins to hook up cause your not mounting it. that should give you a reading you can trust. then you can put it back in the box and return it good luck and quit being a jackass to people that are trying to help you.

 

im not being a jackass, its just everyones suggestion is "get a real tach"

but i know its off, u can BARELY here the motor its idling so low and nice. but the tach in my car is way high at like 2000 sometimes 2200.

 

does your tach return to zero when the car is off?

ever had the cluster out?

what distributor are you using?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ~sp33~ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Settle down, theyre just suggestions.

I kinda agree with the redline tactic lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol thanx it wasnt that bad of an idea hahaah

 

if you pay for shipping ill send you a free tach....

 

Well if you won't listen to us and check it with another tach and you are already so f'n sure it's your cluster then STFU and get a new cluster already and quit wasting our time.


ps i love the new

 

 

stock pr3 ecu? Go out and run it to 8000 rpm. Let us know at what rpm on the tach it said vtec on at.