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Offline FY1Cuda

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Does MP Orange Box Mess w/ Tach?
« on: February 18, 2012 - 02:48:56 PM »
Saw The4ork's post about his tach and CP says that he probably needs a tach adapter.  We have a Mopar Perf orange box and a tach w/ an RT-Eng circuit board.  When the car is idling, the needle will fluctuate, sometimes down to zero.  Does the orange box interfere with the signal for the tach? Anyone know?




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Re: Does MP Orange Box Mess w/ Tach?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012 - 03:11:50 PM »
the orange box only single fores the plugs so no it should not affect it

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Re: Does MP Orange Box Mess w/ Tach?
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2012 - 05:40:36 PM »
Thanks for the info.

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Re: Does MP Orange Box Mess w/ Tach?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2012 - 10:12:41 AM »
 Just a note the FBO box affected the RT Eng. tack on my Challenger. It reads around 2000 at idle but re calibrates once the engine RPM's are up. I think they called it double spark at idle or something like that.

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Re: Does MP Orange Box Mess w/ Tach?
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2012 - 10:32:59 AM »
I have an RT-Eng tach and an MP orange box. My tach works fine, proper idle reading all the way up to 5k and no fluctuations at all.
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Re: Does MP Orange Box Mess w/ Tach?
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2012 - 01:26:54 PM »
Thanks for chiming in.  Maybe a loose connection. :dunno: