Hooking up engine tachometer for tuning?

Kikwear · Post by **Kikwear** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:18 pm

My engine tach only has provisions for 8, 6, and 4 cylinders. If I select the 4, should I divide the reading by 4 to get the correct rpms? Just wondering because the manual says to attach a tachometer and I've never seen a 1 cylinder tach before.

MRFIXIT · Post by **MRFIXIT** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:24 pm

there are 1cly. tachometers out there, runs on a battery and the lead wire ties to the plug wire

Tippmann98 · Post by **Tippmann98** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:04 am

Yes, very handy they are. Expensive but its worth the quality. If you want pictures of one tell me and i'll post them on a site. Or e-mail them

Jamie_Miles · Post by **Jamie_Miles** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:02 pm

You can get a 1 cyl. tach for a race kart. Their kinda expensive as mentioned.
MyChron (http://aimsports.com) and Digatron (http://digatron.cc) make good ones. They can read your engine temp and everything.

The tach you get also depends on if your engine is a 2 stroke or 4 stroke, not just the # of cylinders.

darat · Post by **darat** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:56 am

don't u think that the tachs are a little pricey

MRFIXIT · Post by **MRFIXIT** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 8:54 pm

doesn't matter 2 or 4 stroke, 4 srtoke cart motor still fires on the exhaust stroke, the tach monitors ignition fire.