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DISCUSSION => Electrical => Topic started by: bossco477 on January 19, 2012, 09:54:38 PM

Title: How does the tach work??
Post by: bossco477 on January 19, 2012, 09:54:38 PM

I recently installed my standalone ecu and lost my tach

Anyone know how I can get it the right signal to work ???

Title: How does the tach work??
Post by: MLM on January 22, 2012, 06:19:18 PM

The tach would have been one of the wires connected to your factory ecu. Find the wire (white/blk stripe from memory???) <
Your standalone should have a configurable tach output. Connect and set to tacho. I did the same on my ecu and it works perfectly.

The signal should be a 12v pulse.

What ECU are you using out of interest?

Title: How does the tach work??
Post by: Gabs on March 16, 2012, 11:33:33 AM

To bosco and MLM, What standalone engine management have you installed? Also wondering if you had it installed at a shop or not? Price Point? I've been looking into this as I part together a Turbo M42 Build.