thechef

iTrader: (13)

hey guys i have a autometer monster tach w/shift light sitting around and i am debating whether or not to put it in my ws-6 do you think it will cheapen the look of the car????
anyone else put one in there car and if so where did you mount it???? got pics???

GREEN GOBLIN

I vote another for no, it's to rice in my opinion <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />

The Death Knight

if you hooked it up and used it right, go ahead and do it. make sure you try different places, see what looks allright. try to not let it look like a <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" /> ricer

BIGBOS

I got a 5" tach mounted on the dash, kind of in the middle, but its mounted just to the right of the steering wheel... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

1 BAD BIRD

iTrader: (3)

OMG since when is a tach RICE!!!!!!! Man you guys can get SOOO up tight on that RICE word <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

BIGBOS

A few of the fastest cars(LS1's) in the country have 5" tachs....Prostock, Pain, Mikey?

Country Boy

iTrader: (24)

Your car already has a tach, just get a Harlens Shiftlight. Do you need to know precisely when you pass 4000 RPMs or something? It looks like ***.

BIGBOS

the stock tach SUCKS....its about 1000rpms or more slow as soon as you start doin some power mods...and now I'm hearing that the harlan light is not shooting off fast enough...

Kobwo

I have a harlan and shift on the light. It's set for 6K and it never bangs off the limiter (6.2K). Excellent piece of equip for cheap.

chev4life

iTrader: (1)

I wouldnt do it...never liked them that much. <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" />

alexWS6

i dont like them that much, kinda rice but at least its functional and helpful in this case. i prefer them on the left side, that way the inspection/license stickers kinda cover it up.

PaiN

Stock tachs are definately SLOOOOOOOWWWWW!

It probably wouldn't be an appearance mod I would choose. But from a functional standpoint...they work well.

Mine is a playback tach, no need for lugging laptop, and atap cable down the track to check my shift reaction, and rpm extension on the shift. Also can adjust shift light setting for each individual shift. I love it! Although the bummer is right after I bought mine they came out with a new version that has an indiglo type of guage face... I like it better than the style I have.

to each his own.

jmX

Nope. Rice (unless for some odd reason you actually need a 5" tach, like you are going blind or something and MUST know exact engine rpms for something). Get a shiftlight, hide it in an A/C vent, and be done with it.

dug

iTrader: (10)

Its a legitament mod. These tachs are very slow and inconsistant. I have hit the rev limiter when the tach only showed 5600rpms. Plus its confusing with the redline starting at 5800 and with the needle going past straight up.

Lately, Ive been shifting off the speedometer. Its more accurate.

11 Bravo

iTrader: (3)

I put mine in only because I already had it when I bought the car. I don't really need it for my A4. But, I get many looks and many comments about it. It does look pretty cool. Rice, umm, no. That's a pretty juvenile thing to say. It is way faster than the stocker. It is supposed to get recalibrated by AutoMeter for LS1's because the needle shakes badly under 1000 rpm. I bolted mine on the lower part of the a pillar cover. Fits perfect in there. Going to get rid of it when I get a 2 gauge pod.

absolut_speed

iTrader: (1)

I agree that it is a legitimate mod, but only if you need it. I saw way too many lame imports with monster tachs on my last trip into Chicago. The perception of the aftermarket tach has become twisted into a boy racer image.

Personally, I just couldn't justify it unless I were regularly racing, which I'm not. I'm opting for a shift light in the A/C vent for those couple track appearances that I make.

To each their own, if you need it, go for it.

Pro Stock John

iTrader: (34)

I think folks are too quick with the rice comment.

I have had tachs in like five cars.

My 98 Formula A4 has one.

I have had shift point problems in the past and put the tach in a few years ago so I could watch it shift.

I got it for information not to impress anyone.

chasgiv3

iTrader: (1)

I have a 7" tach on my car. This way when the cops are chasing me they can see what RPM I'm shifting at. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_tounge.gif" />

Ok actually a real tach is a good idea. The stockers are crap.

What I always laugh at is the A/F LED light that people put on. That's got to be the most annoying things I've ever seen. Who has one of those?

John...... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Pro Stock John

iTrader: (34)

ROTLMAO!!!

The A/F ratio gauge is intertaining but it's pretty darn useless. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

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<small>[ September 09, 2002, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: Pro Stock John ]</small>

BIGBOS

I like the light show it produces, but mine only reads now after I have my foot to the floor for like 5 seconds... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />