Tacho advice

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Spryboy1974
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Tacho advice

Post by Spryboy1974 »

Hi there new to this great forum.

I own a Renault 19 16v but have fitted a Megane 1 2.0 f7r 714 engine with the wasted spark single coil pack setup.

I believe the original tacho just ran off the negative coil from the remix unit on the R19 engine.

What do I need to do to get this working in conjunction with the new engine setup and the S40 pro Ecu I am about to wire in????

Any advice would be great, thanks in advance

Neil
Alex DTA
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Re: Tacho advice

Post by Alex DTA »

You can either get a tacho adapter which is triggered from the ECU tacho out, or follow this guide:
http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php?1 ... ight=tacho
Spryboy1974
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Re: Tacho advice

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Thanks so much for the reply, will give it a shot! :D
Spryboy1974
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Re: Tacho advice

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Looking at the diagram on your link, don’t the diodes affect the signal back to the ecu to fire the coils? If you see what I mean?
stevieturbo
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Re: Tacho advice

Post by stevieturbo »

Have you even just tried the tacho output of the ecu direct to the rev counter ?

Good chance it will just work.
Alex DTA
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Re: Tacho advice

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Spryboy1974 wrote:Looking at the diagram on your link, don’t the diodes affect the signal back to the ecu to fire the coils? If you see what I mean?
Not sure what you mean.
It works, I've used it on my Golf.
Spryboy1974
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Re: Tacho advice

Post by Spryboy1974 »

Not up and running yet so not had a chance to test the ecu output.
Am at the point of wiring where I want to keep it as neat as possible so was hoping to only do the once.!?

Neg side of coils go back to ecu yes?
Just thought if diodes in-line will affect it??
Or do I run 2 sets of leads coming off the neg coils 1 for ecu and other for tacho?

Sorry if I am being dumb just not done this before.
Alex DTA
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Re: Tacho advice

Post by Alex DTA »

Two wires per coil signal.
One from ECU to coil, then spliced from coil to tacho. The diodes will be on this splice.
Spryboy1974
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Re: Tacho advice

Post by Spryboy1974 »

Perfect thank you Alex that’s what I had in my head!?
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