Tachometer for my model A
 

Can I use a 12-volt tack with a 6 to 12 volt Step Up regulator

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Yes on some. No on some. Try it.

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I recently bought and returned an electronic voltmeter from Harbor Freight that was supposed to be able to register engine RPM. Supposedly, either from clipping the probe to the coil or using the coil wire pick-up. It did not work. It just registered random numbers on the display. I took it back and claimed it was defective. They graciously exchanged it. The second one did the same thing, so I took it back and did not ask for another one.

I don't know why it would not work, but perhaps because it needed 12-volt power instead of 6-volt.

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Too much noise from the unshielded ignition system for digital meters, especially inexpensive ones, to work. This is why analog meters with a needle are recommended for the Model A.

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Ditto

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I'm an analog guy in a digital world. So is the A. :)

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Unless there's some reason you want 12 volt, this place sells 6 volt, + ground, 4 cyl tachs for $125

http://www.westach.com/

(Disclaimer: This post is only information, not recommendation. I have not done business with them so you're on your own there.)

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I use a "tiny tach". Simple to hook up and works. I have a 6 volt system.

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I use this model from Westech.com Works well.
Model: 2CT32-6V
Price: $124.65
Tachometer 3,500 RPM, 2" round, std pt ign, 2 imp/rev, 6 volt pos or neg grd ( 4 cyl )

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My ears are still working pretty well so I live in a tach free world.

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I am using the same one and it works well.

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This is a pic of a Westach in a model A.

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Red line 7200??

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Actually it was 6500. I never bothered to set the red pointer.

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Yes Y-Blockhead your right. Here is the web address.
[url]www.westach.com
The tac shown in post 13 is not the same one I have.

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Bill, you ever see the videos on this Gogomobile with a 'Radial' engine. pretty crazy

https://youtu.be/f2V7B7-gdRA
https://youtu.be/Xk8d-bMhViM
https://youtu.be/luvkcP0mkgA

Sorry for the detour...

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The Westech 6-volt model 2CT32-6V looks interesting. Could some of you who have installed this device post some descriptions on how you mounted it and hooked it up eclectically in a Model A.


Tom Endy

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Not trying to be critical or funny, but why would I want a tach in a Model A? I have one in my Mustang Cobra, which does redline at 7,000...been there many times in fact. But the Model A just does not make sense to push and the actual RPMs do not seem important. Is this a curiousity being satisfied?