kneedragger74
Been Around the Block
I purchased an after market tachometer, the instructions show a 2 cyl. 4 stroke hook up. Is there any way to get it to work with a 4 cyl. engine?
After market Tach
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kneedragger74
Been Around the Block
Would you be able to explain that a little more?
Do you have the wiring instructions?
Most aftermarket tachometers (the electronic kind, anyway) work by counting the pulses going through the plug wire to a spark plug. There's a pickup that detects when the voltage spikes though the wire. This detection method is called induction. The electronics know that the engine has turned over two times for every one pulse it counts and so it doesn't matter which cylinder you check so long as you're not on a wasted spark system (e.g two coils, four cylinders).
Most aftermarket tachometers (the electronic kind, anyway) work by counting the pulses going through the plug wire to a spark plug. There's a pickup that detects when the voltage spikes though the wire. This detection method is called induction. The electronics know that the engine has turned over two times for every one pulse it counts and so it doesn't matter which cylinder you check so long as you're not on a wasted spark system (e.g two coils, four cylinders).
Swapmeet Louie
Put some metal in yer eye....
inductive= senses the pulses of the ignition or plug wire.
kneedragger74
Been Around the Block
Sorry for my ignorance. I DO have two coils. I believe a wire from both coils route through the stock tach. I just wanted to be sure before I tried hooking anything up. The guys at DCC don't take returns on used electrical. Again, sorry, I just don't have much(if any) experience in the electrical realm.
Any other help is greatly appreciated.
Any other help is greatly appreciated.
Swapmeet Louie
Put some metal in yer eye....
if your tach dont have a drive, the tach is the wrong one.
kneedragger74
Been Around the Block
Thank you, sir.
