Tach

[91GWag]

What is the best way to set up a dash mounted electric tach?

I want to set it up so the internal baklight is in synch with the dash lights.

Anyone ever try or have pics of a hood tach. I'd like to put an old GTO tach on the hood, but they are $$$!!!

Thanks


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Kevin Bellerose
91 GWag "Big Dog" or "Knuckle Buster"
360/727/229
TFI Upgrade
"The Woodless Wonder Wagon"


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[Snakeyes_Tx]

I've got mine mounted on the dash right above the A/C controls...you can wire the light to the dimmer lights. The hood tach you're referring to is small, hard to read (especially in the rain) and doesn't last for long because of the vibration. The internal light of the tach's are generally kinda dim...

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86 J-20 "The Rusty Dinosaur"
360/727/208/44HD/60 <- 2nd of all of them.
"If you don't know what the numbers mean, you don't need to be here!"

[jeepbob]

I mounted mine on the steering column and I believe there was a thread on this a while back so you could look it up.

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65 wag. 360/edelbrock rb4/t400/20 t-case/4:10 d27/d44 broken power lok/onboard air/onboard 110v power(no inverter)/1999 Lincoln t.c.leather buckets/Lincoln ctr console/winch/33x12.50/tunes/water proof door pads
soon to have new motor/d44frt/d60r(4:10)welded diff/custom bumpers
see ya in da mud

[kuzzzer61]

steering column too , seems to be outta the way there

[nograin]

I'm not going to argue about durability of a hood mounted unit, but JCWhitney used to sell one kindof like the ol goat's (so it would look like it was a part of the original sheetmetal)

Personally, I'm not a fan of column mounted tach's cause I want them closer to my normal view. OTH, I'm not sure how often or for what you'll be using the tach for on a 91...placement has a lot to do with what you are going to do with it. Drag racers often use the column and Huge tach's. Occassionally they mount them outside, more with the older mechanically friven tach's. On my car, I clipped mine to the dashpad. Frankly, I only use it for tuning and drag racing, in autocross I put it in 2nd a leave it. I would guess that if I had a 4 spd manual tranny, I still wouldn't look at it in an autocross...but maybe I would occasionally.

Lights. Most aftermarket instruments come with a light. It is easy to run a wire to the fuse box and splice it into a circuit/fuse that is tied to the instrument lights/dimmer. I thought the autogage light for my current tach was too bright! You can sometimes get bulbs of differnt colors, or color tops to go over them, along with differnt wattages for the same base. That takes so hunting though. I think VDO gages has the colored bulb covers.

There was a thread not long ago on instrument panel colors. SpruceMoose I think has gone completely over to aircraft red. My reflection problem went away on the GW when I went with the Cibie H4 headlamps.



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no "wood" outside
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[64Trvlr]

I put mine on the steering column and wired it into the dash light circut. It works just fine and the light is synched. I started paying attention to the RPM I was pulling years ago. It seems I never get over 4500 and run mostly 3000 or under off road. So when I built my Traveler I tuned the cam, carb, exhaust, ect to perform best between 1000 and 4000 RPM.

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64 Traveler, 350/sm 465/
np 205/ d 44 ft and rear
w/4:88's,33.950's,Line-x interior

60 Willy Wag, Superhuricane6,T90,D18,
D 27 and 44, 4:88's

66 Wag,327,400,20,D27,D44
4:27's

[BobBarry]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by nograin:
Frankly, I only use it for tuning and drag racing, in autocross I put it in 2nd a leave it. I would guess that if I had a 4 spd manual tranny, I still wouldn't look at it in an autocross...but maybe I would occasionally.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You autocross your GW? Coool!

Do you need training wheels in place of the doorhandles, though?

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[SpruceMoose]

nograin: nope, wasnt me. still have the original dash lights, turned way down. but it does help to drive with the factory fogs on with the low beams, and the new 100 watt hella driving lights with the hi-beams. can you say "light up your world"? btw, i will change the sev marchal fogs over to 100 watt bulbs when i lose the next one.

sm

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"Spruce Moose"
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AMC 360, DANA 44 F/R 2.72, TF 727, NP 229
Jacobs Pro-Street Ignition, Edelbrock 4bbl Intake with Holley 2bbl Analog Pro-Jection
Flowmaster 2.5" 50 Series Delta muffler and tubing
Amzoil foam air filter, Amzoil fluids all around
30x9.5 BFG AT
HF,VHF,UHF ham rigs and too many antennas (not)
8-Ball shift knob from college (1975)
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