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Aftermarket rev counter

Post by kaos » 15 Aug 2007 03:50 am

how easy is it to install these puppys?

Considering i cant remeber seeing a coil pack in the engine bay etc. and there normally 3 wire units.

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Post by d3k4y0 » 15 Aug 2007 09:33 am

Not as easy to install as the OEM one I'll be willing to bet, that's more or less just plug and go.

Is there a reason why you want an aftermarket one?
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Post by Chris_C » 15 Aug 2007 10:10 am

It's not hard as long as the renix has a rev counter output (should be a grey wire from memory). The renix has the coil built in. Even if the renix didn't have a wire, depending on the rev counter, you might find that you can wrap a wire around the king lead, and the EM field is usually enough to trigger a rev counter. Both the grey with and the king lead way would guve you 2 pulses per rev, which is what the stock counter needs, and I'm guessing is the same for an aftermarket. The only other 2 wires you would require are +12 and gnd, preferrably switched ign for the +12.

Depends if you want the try hard 12" aftermarket gauge with shiftlight, or to look standard as to which you get I'd imagine ;)
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Post by kaos » 15 Aug 2007 02:54 pm

aftermarket for the shiftlight function mainly but i know where my shift points are at the moment.

and because i want it on top of the dash so its more visable.

wheres does the OEM rev counter go to? mines an 89 1.4 340

No problem wiring it in +/- its was more wheres the feed etc :)

i shall whip the dash out over the weekend again amd try and see this grey wire.

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Post by MJ » 15 Aug 2007 03:12 pm

The stock rev counter goes in the dash next to the speedo, I assume you have a clock there now. :)

Unless you mean where does the wiring go...
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Post by kaos » 15 Aug 2007 05:17 pm

yeh ive got a big ol' clock there.

So its a grey wire is it the only grey wire out of the 2 plugs?

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Post by Chris_C » 15 Aug 2007 05:52 pm

Should be pin 5 of the LH of the 2 plugs according to the green books, which is claims is black, but I'm sure I used a grey wire... To help you orientate, pin 2 of that plug is earth, i.e. brown. Your car currently uses pin 6 for power to the clock on a pink wire.

Ahh, ok, looking at p58/9 of the wiring green book (can be downloaded if you look further down the forum, very useful) the wire out the renix is grey, then turns black.
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Post by IvanAE86 » 15 Aug 2007 08:34 pm

Usually tacho's take their signal off the negative terminal of the ignition coil... cou can also wrap a pickup wire around the ignition cable as a coil, this will also pick up enough signal.

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Post by Jason B » 16 Aug 2007 02:59 pm

Chris is right, should be the grey wire out of the left-most plug on the renix supposing you are facing the renix from the side where the plugs are ;)

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Post by kaos » 16 Aug 2007 03:55 pm

facing it from sat inside so smallest one is on the left the fuel gauge side biggest on the speedo side.

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Post by kaos » 08 Jan 2008 08:15 pm

sorry to bring this one back up.

Just got my rev counter and a few other guages through the post and im looking at the wiring diagrams.

now as said the rev counter should go to the coil negative, would i be right in asuming the rev counter lead from the renix is connected to the coils negative? so this should all work correct once wired in.
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