Autometer Tachometer Install Question

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sjbsuperman1425
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Well i've been searching for awhile now (about a month or two) and have not found a concrete answer. I've searched for both CA18 and SR20 Autometer tach install on different forums and came up with little to nothing. I've read you can use the yellow/red wire from the ECU and it'll work and i've also read that you need to buy a tach adapter and tap into the coil power wires and wire it that way. The only midly concrete answer i got was from a guy from Rhombus-Tuning who used an Autometer Phantom Tach and he said he DID NOT use a tach adapter. But I was hoping someone could give some confirmation or a little walk through of what they did.

BTW, will an Autometer Speedometer wire right up as well? just curious

Thanks Fam.


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Wired into the ecu signal wire, no adapter needed. CA18DET :D

(ignore the ****tyness of my boost gauge...my very first upgrade to the car that never got fixed lol)

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thanks for the post. that boost gauge is tizight lol i dont understand whats so bad about it? i think it looks nice lol

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heh, the actual install looks very ghetto.

np on the post. I was having a similar issue and just took a chance heh.


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