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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 02:37 AM
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just did lts,ory,hooker cat back,racetronix fuel pump, and slp air lid. and after that my stock tach cant keep up with the engine. any idea why this might be happening?
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 03:04 AM
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Stock tachs are always going to be off. Solution= get a shift light.
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Stock tachs are always going to be off. Solution= get a shift light.
cars an auto trans,and its not that its just off its moving alot slower than the engine now. after parts put on
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 04:24 AM
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There is going to be a delay w/ a stock tach, the signal comes from your pcm to the actual mechanism that moves the needle, moving parts will cause a delay. A shift light on the other hand takes a light via a signal directly from the pcm. There are no moving parts so no delay. Same principle as drivetrain loss. This completly normal, the engine is going to outrun a tach.
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