Autometer 5" Tach Locations???

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Sep 16, 2008 | 09:26 PM

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Autometer 5" Tach Locations???

Just wondering where everyone has mounted their tachs in the vehicle and how they have been working.... Any pics???
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Sep 16, 2008 | 10:07 PM

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I have mine on the hard plastic surrounding the guages at about 2 o'clock....with my lite--and a 2" oil pressure guage to the left a couple inches...{Autometer]

Sep 17, 2008 | 11:37 AM

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Far left corner of the dash up aginst the "A" Pillar, Shift light at about 5 o'clock. You can kind of see it in my sig pic.

Found some pics, sorry still a work in progress.

But I used only hardware that came with the tach aswell.

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Sep 17, 2008 | 06:20 PM

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You can see mine in this pic next to the A pillar. I love it, looks cool and is SO much more accurate then the stock POS.

Sep 17, 2008 | 06:27 PM

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SSNISTR, what are the two red lights for on both the vents?

I like your setup!

Sep 17, 2008 | 06:43 PM

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Good question, i was wondering the same thing. Also, why do you guys have the 5" tach, is it really more accurate and worth the money or no?

Sep 17, 2008 | 07:10 PM

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tach

i love that location.........how did you mount it to the car....what is exactly needed

thx

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Sep 17, 2008 | 08:48 PM

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Good question, i was wondering the same thing. Also, why do you guys have the 5" tach, is it really more accurate and worth the money or no?

Night and day more accurate. Plus the stocker only goes to 7 grand. I'm shifting at 6700+, and wanted "more" tach.

Sep 17, 2008 | 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by neil1b

i love that location.........how did you mount it to the car....what is exactly needed

thx

Just the hardware that Autometer supplied.

Sep 17, 2008 | 08:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SSNISTR

You can see mine in this pic next to the A pillar. I love it, looks cool and is SO much more accurate then the stock POS.

I have mine in the same location.

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i love that location.........how did you mount it to the car....what is exactly needed
thx

I just placed mine where I though it looked good using the pedestal mount that came with it. Then used a Sharpe to mark the locations of the holes in the pedestal, then drilled small pilot holes. Took the tach out of the pedestal, Then screwed the pedestal to to the a pillar. Put the tach back in and boom its done.

Sep 17, 2008 | 08:52 PM

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Where is the best place to purchase one?

Sep 17, 2008 | 09:09 PM

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Where ever you can find the cheapest price.

Sep 17, 2008 | 11:43 PM

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i have it mounted on the a pillar.

this was the old set up. a buddy of mine fabbed a bracket for it.

Sep 19, 2008 | 07:31 AM

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best tach

What are the big diff between the models of the auto meter tach's..... what sould I look for as in lighting(through the dial) etc. I just want to make sure I get what I need. The unltra light II seems to be popular.....is it just due to the color or is there any bennifit

Sep 19, 2008 | 07:12 PM

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I chose to go cobalt because I like the look better.

Sep 19, 2008 | 09:22 PM

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Mine is a Phantom, it matches my NR Racing overlays the best.

Sep 21, 2008 | 11:55 AM

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i don't mean to sound like a dick. but why not just a shift light. and use the factory tach for a close est? i know factory aint always right but hell the shift light will be.

Sep 21, 2008 | 12:32 PM

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i don't mean to sound like a dick. but why not just a shift light. and use the factory tach for a close est? i know factory aint always right but hell the shift light will be.

Well considering the factroy tach only goes up to 7 grand and I'm shifting near that and wanted a easy to read accurate tach.

Not to mention the factory tach is super slow. I had just a shift light before I did the cam and the difference was crazy.

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