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Nov 25, 2010 | 03:43 PM

Wiretaju

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tachmeter question

i did a 5speed swap to my ef hatch and i didnt have a tach on. soo i bought a tach and installed it. my problem is that i know that im reving real high and it only read 3000rpm. whats the problem??

Nov 25, 2010 | 03:52 PM

Crx dude

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did you set the tach for 4 cyl? its a switch on the backside of the tach.

Nov 25, 2010 | 03:56 PM

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i did a 5speed swap to my ef hatch and i didnt have a tach on. soo i bought a tach and installed it. my problem is that i know that im reving real high and it only read 3000rpm. whats the problem??

the tach should have a cyl. setting. really you coulda just found an si cluster and put that one in there. that is if it was the right year of course.

Nov 25, 2010 | 03:57 PM

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Re: tachmeter question

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did you set the tach for 4 cyl? its a switch on the backside of the tach.

yeah its one the 4cyl setting

Nov 25, 2010 | 04:01 PM

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Re: tachmeter question

ok well what does the tach go up to? how high can you get it to read..if you floor it is 3k the highest itll move?

Nov 26, 2010 | 02:59 AM

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ok well what does the tach go up to? how high can you get it to read..if you floor it is 3k the highest itll move?

about 3.5k - 4k rpm

Nov 26, 2010 | 06:28 AM

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where do you have the signal wire hooked up too?

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