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Offline The4ork

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help with rallye tach - wiring diagram?
« on: February 15, 2012 - 09:11:53 AM »
i need to figure out how to wire it up correctly to work (none of my gauges work except the ammeter) and have it run off of an MSD Streetfire box




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Re: help with rallye tach - wiring diagram?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2012 - 10:10:37 AM »
there are 2 wires at the factory tach , blue 12 v power & a grey signal wire , the grey wire needs to connect to the MSD but you may need a tach adapter to eliminate the multi spark signal under 3000 rpm so ti will read properly .

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Re: help with rallye tach - wiring diagram?
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2012 - 02:17:56 AM »
and im guessing it grounds out through the housing?

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Re: help with rallye tach - wiring diagram?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2012 - 08:53:12 AM »
yes , there is no external ground wire

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Re: help with rallye tach - wiring diagram?
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2012 - 01:07:35 AM »
so should i try running the grey input wire to the tach output off the msd box to see if it works without the filter?

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Re: help with rallye tach - wiring diagram?
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2012 - 09:28:17 AM »
you can try it , it will not blow up the instrument, it  just wont read correctly

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