Rally dash redo
That is a cheap gage. I bought a VDO to replace it years ago but when I tested it out this spring, it sat too high and the glass had too much glare.
Anyway here's some pictures. I don't recall what I origonally made it out of. Maybe a metal cover for a wall mounted light switch?
The current version of this tach mounts differently.
The foam had seen better days so it was time to replace it.
It was time to address the small birdsnest of wires I had added under the dash, so made a auxillery gage harness.
Orange wire is connected to the plug in the original harness for instrument lighting on a console.
Tach power now comes from a fuse in the box - the same way it would have been done if the car came with a tachometer.
'67 had a bulkhead connector cavity available for tach signal, so I used that location as well.
edit. PS. here's a version Shumacher was making.
TachBracket
Personally I want the tach in front of my eyes but below the line my eye makes with the front of the hood. So that bracket isn't for me. picky picky picky.
Home made spring-type mount that slips on the dash lip. At first I worried about it passing tech at the strip and for SCCA autocross and had fishing wire running right and left. But its proven to be pretty snug in there and no issues with any techs.
That is a cheap gage. I bought a VDO to replace it years ago but when I tested it out this spring, it sat too high and the glass had too much glare.
Anyway here's some pictures. I don't recall what I origonally made it out of. Maybe a metal cover for a wall mounted light switch?
The current version of this tach mounts differently.
The foam had seen better days so it was time to replace it.
It was time to address the small birdsnest of wires I had added under the dash, so made a auxillery gage harness.
Orange wire is connected to the plug in the original harness for instrument lighting on a console.
Tach power now comes from a fuse in the box - the same way it would have been done if the car came with a tachometer.
'67 had a bulkhead connector cavity available for tach signal, so I used that location as well.
edit. PS. here's a version Shumacher was making.
TachBracket
Personally I want the tach in front of my eyes but below the line my eye makes with the front of the hood. So that bracket isn't for me. picky picky picky.