Anybody have experience with these clock tachs?

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Old April 13th, 2014, 07:03 PM
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Anybody have experience with these clock tachs?

I wan't a tach for my car so I can actually be sure when I'm shifting haha, and the clock is broken anyways, and fixing the clock seems silly when I can put a clean little tach there, just wondering if anyone has used the same kit, and how hard it is to install? If I have an aftermarket dizzy I just have to run a wire to the tach hookup on the dizzy right? But if I have a stock one I imagine its harder? I haven't taken a close look at my dizzy yet but I just noticed today it has a brand new black cap on it, so I dunno if it just had the cap and rotor replaced or its an aftermarket, is there an easy way to tell?

http://www.shiftworks.com/tachs-nova.htm#1968
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Old April 22nd, 2014, 11:23 AM
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Should be a straight forward install by the looks of it. If your after market HEI distributor has a 'tach' terminal, yes you can hook it up just as you described. If you have a stock distributor (points?) the install isn't really that hard. The tach wire goes to the negative side of the coil.
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Old April 24th, 2014, 01:53 PM
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Thanks dude!
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Old April 24th, 2014, 04:59 PM
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Or you could do this with a regular old aftermarket tach. I guess it depends upon what size the hole in your dash is.

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...s-supreme.html
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In my 72 I used a sunpro suntach in a gutted column shift speedo housing fits in there nicely and I think it looks OK

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Old April 24th, 2014, 05:58 PM
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Ken, it's in a 73 Omega.
Have a look at this page. What he wants to consider is putting that shiftworks.com tach where the clock is - to the right of the speedo.
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