Revolutions

If you are not wedded to VDO instrumentation,

have 52mm TIM tachometers at £28.13 inc VAT and 80mm ones in a pod at £30.40 inc VAT. That's rather less than the £90 Croytec want for a VDO unit! Simon.

Ahh - yes, that's much better. thanks. although I will need reassurance that stuff for sale on a 'mini' web site is suitable for use with a V8 - ISTR these devices pick up their input from the ignition pulses and need a multiplier to work correctly

Admittedly mine is a rather ancient TIM tacho (the small face variety) but it works with the V8 in my chariot. Yes, it picks up the pulses from coil/distributor (LT, of course!) but it has a 3-way slide switch on the back to enable you to select between 4, 6 or 8 cylinder engines. It was originally fitted to an old Mk II Ford Escort (4-cylinder, of course) and now works perfectly on twice the number of cylinders. Nothing else is needed ..... unless of course they've changed the way they make the things over the years.

Steve

I have a 52mm TIM one in my V8 90. There is a switch on the back to switch between 4,6 and 8 cyls. If I remember correctly I got it from Halfords. About £25-£30

Richard

On or around Wed, 31 May 2006 00:05:03 +0100, "William Tasso" enlightened us thusly:

generic gauges such as the TIM ones normally have a 4-6-8 switch on the back. The one I had did, anyway.