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Re: [T3] tach cylinder conversion


On 12 Feb 2003 at 21:13, orntar@att.net wrote:

> is it possible to adapt an 8cyl only tach to a 4cyl? any one ever heard of this?
> maybe some kind of electrical conversion, or could you just adjust the internal
> pot (or whatever it is for adjusting a tach) to read correctly?

There's probably a pot in there, but it's unlikely to have enough adjustment 
range to do the job for you.

> if you had a 4cyl revving at 1000 rpm hooked up to an 8cyl only tach it would
> read 500 rpm. it would always read half of what you are actually runing, right?

Right.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA


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