i'm wondering can apexi vafc be used just as a tachometer for a non-vtec engine? because rather than spending 100+ dollar for a tachometer for my DX i might as well buy a used vafc.

 

it can, but a used vafc is still 200 bux.

 

i thought you can get vafcs for 150. and i don't really like 5" tachometer. plus i might be needing it when i get started on my mini-me..i think in the long run i'll save more money.

 

just buy a sun pro from autozone

 

You could use it, but make sure to put it in a place where you don't have to look way from the road to see it (maybe on top of the steering column). I have my AVC-R in my glove box and it's not the safest place to keep looking when you're hauling *** .

 

my tach is about 50 off when idling... at redline its almost 350 -

The vafc i have is mounted above steering wheel, even when viewing only one control (like rpm's .. throttle ... vtec engagement ... psi all that ****) its still hard to see because its fuckign 4 numbers flying uplike crazy - its like a digital tach on pontiacs, it would be hard to get it right at redline each time - its good to find right redline tho

this is what i mean ... this is a shot from my car ...

 

nice set-up man..yeah probably it's hard to read. hmm..might need some reconsidering.

 

even if the vafc is set to the gauge reading i doubt it will be easy enough to read like a regular tach while driving.

 

so it make no sense to buy an RSM? or is the rsm display larger?

 

Yeah when I had my prelude for all of 2 days it had a VAFC in it and when I was diagnosing my RPM and VTEC problems it was VERY hard to drive and read the VAFC. It was mounted on the center console.

 

I did the same thing you did... My very first mod on my dx was a v-afc....

DAMN DO I REGRET IT!

If i where you i would definitly not do this, there are also many reasons linked to this.

1) stock civic w/ V-AFC??
2) Very hot, theifs will want it no matter what... Then you will have a broken window or something and a loss of a vafc.
3) very hard to read while driving, yeah it looks really cool, and trust me that is the main reason why you want it, but for driving it isnt functional.

So i say go to a junkyard or look on the classfieds for new cluster, they run for like 50 bucks for the ex cluster...

Or you could get the sir2 cluster that looks really cool, just as cool as a V-AFC

 

vafc's are the **** but dont make sense to spend all that money for a stock motor.

 

is it legal to change to cluster? or there's some way to legalize it ( go to dealer or something)..

 

yeap vafc doesn't make sense before i do my swap. probably i'll just buy the vafc and install it once my swap is done.

 

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No oil pressure at idle? joo got problems MANG

 

Why do you want to use it as a tachometer? You already have one.

 

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it wasnt hooked in at the time

 

nope NaVamous, DX doesn't have a tach. that;s how cheap *** it is. i just remember "shifting point" i.e 32 mph for first gear...and "engine noise"

 

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i loved my old dx, when it sounded like it was gonna blow i shifted

 

What is more acurate? in RPM your Gauge or V-afc?

 

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and its small

 

hmmm..i guess it about the same as reading the odometer while driving..

 

why dont u get the s-afc u dont have vtec why get that??? n plus the s-afc might have the tach on it...... sumone correct me if im wrong...

 

just buy a stock cluster with a tach. the harness already has the plugs and tach signal. just take out the one you have on now and place the new one in with the tach.

 

If anyone want to get rid of theirs, im willing to take it off ur hands.