Anyone Ever Install An Aftermarket Tach Before?

Kinja'd!!! "PS9" (PS9)
01/28/2015 at 20:24 • Filed to: None

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The car I brought doesn't have one, and I'm thinking this will be my first mod. Any pointers?


DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! Jedidiah > PS9
01/28/2015 at 20:28

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If it has a distributor, just plug it into the tach terminal and run the wires through harness holes in the firewall and mount it wherever you want.


Kinja'd!!! BrianNutter > PS9
01/28/2015 at 20:49

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Gear it for 100mph and throw racing pads on it. That is life's first lesson in all things.


Kinja'd!!! crowmolly > PS9
01/28/2015 at 20:59

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Did you pick a brand?


Kinja'd!!! McMike > Jedidiah
01/28/2015 at 21:12

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I did the same thing, and there were only four wires. One was ground, one was light, and the other two ran to the coil/distributor.

I think.

It came with a piece of paper, and I read it.


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > PS9
01/29/2015 at 10:11

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never did an aftermarket tach (I replaced the whole gauge cluster from a higher spec to get my tach) but I did do an integrated shift light.

apparently enough years ago though that the pictures in the thread are long since gone, but it was a pretty simple matter of finding power, and a tach source signal. both of which I obtained from behind the cluster, but could be obtained more directly from in the engine bay.

http://honda-tech.com/honda-civic-de…