Aftermarket tach install?

[Ataraxy]

hey so my roomate just gave me an aftermarket tachometer and i wanted to know if the are hard to install?

and possibly how to install one?

[Brash22]

Not hard at all. What sort is it, and why do you need it? Does the factory tach not work?

[Ataraxy]

its a sport tech autometer

and im using it cuz i need the light cuz i cant pay attention to my tach and the road at the same time

[Brash22]

RPM wire goes to the coil, though it's a long time since I've installed an aftermarket tach, so not sure where. The ground goes to a nice clean earth somewhere (not a tin of soil like some have done) and the easiest way to get the light on is to take a feed off of the dash light wire. The rest is all going to be very specific, so without any more info, no more help can be given.

[Ataraxy]

yea i got it all installed now : )

did it all myself and wasnt as hard as i thought : )

[sfields]

nice! Yea gauges generally arent THAT hard.. some are kind of a PITA but its usually pretty straight forward atleast.

[mizlude]

should have bought a apexi rev speed meter man. they aren't huge and ugly and they can take away the jdm speed cut (that is if you have a jdm h22 with a jdm p13 ecu) they also do 0-400meter time (1/4 mile) and all kinds of other stuff along with a shift light here is a vid of mine doing work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_IZAv4paRI

[97' Lude]

damn i need one of those, what did u pay for that?

[Ataraxy]

yea see the only reason i stuck with this one was because i got it for free : )