Tachometer Installation

[Tom Notch]

I purchased a SunPro tachometer for my 2000 Suzuki Carry. The truck has coil over plug ignition and has no distributer. The Tach was designed to work with a Distributer-less Ingition System (DIS) and has dip switches to allow it to work on any engine from 2 to 12 cylinders, so it should have been an easy installation. Problem: Where do you get the trigger signal for the tachometer? I could not find a lead wire behind the dash or on the engine. Has anyone installed a tachometer on a newer generation Suzuki mini who can give me a pointer? Thanks.

[RICAHRDT]

I"m in the same boat as you Tom, but I have a 93" Carry and just purchased a simaliar Tach Mine looks to hook up to the Dist. I was wondering the very same thing about tach's on these trucks. the engine is so quiet it hard to tell what its doing. Good luck with yours. The only problem I've seen eith mine was the wire length that came with the gauge. bout 16" not to thought ful on there part.

[ibkg]

I have a 1993 Mitsubishi U14T and I just installed a iEquus model 8068 tach today and it works on engines from 1 to 10 cyl also it comes with a inductive pickup that you just clamp around any plug wire for your tach signal hope this helps

[RICAHRDT]

WHERE did you install the guage it self? dash board? The one i got is a "Glow Shift"
its not a bad guage looks easy to install but it didn't come with much just playing with where to put the guage might not have to much choice
thanks

[ibkg]

I installed mine right on the dash I will post a picture of it later have a good day

[gbrad]

Hey Tom Notch,

Find the Hall Effect sensor and check to see if you can pick up a signal from there. On my '99 it is located on the rear of the cylinder head possibly being driven off the cam shaft. Another name could be cam position sensor, but the device is an optical or magnetic switch that controls the spark. Also called SPOUT, "spark out" signal. Mine has three wires one will show the firing signals.

As a test you might push a straight pin through the wires one at a time and with a test light touch the straight pin and see if you get a flashing light or solid light or no light. Obviously the one that flashes is the signal pick up.

Hope this helps.

gbrad

[Tom Notch]

Thanks to all of you for the prompt quality information. The cam position sensor sounds like the ticket. You guys are amazing!! Tom

[djmoe]

I used this one. It is programmable from 3-12 cylinder
http://www.iequus.com/product_info.p...ory_id=100_105
Works great!

[djmoe]

Also available from Canadian Tire
#34-0107-8
or in the US
http://www.iequus.com/product_info.p...ory_id=100_105

[micah]

What is redline on these motors?

[Rickster]

Tom Notch

I just received my Equus 6068 tach and noticed in the installation instructions the following:

C. For conventional 4-cycle and Coil on Plug ignition systems, connect the
GREEN wire to the negative side of the ignition coil (on Coil-On-Plug
Systems, make the connection to the negative side of one of the coils only).

Does this help you? What is the best way to find the negative side of the coil-on-plug?

[carry92]

Check the brown and white coil wire. The electrical diagram shows it as the negative coil wire

[oldsnowman]

What is redline on these motors?

Hi...i just put one of those tach's in my truck a mitsu and it works great on the red line question...i don't know at but at 100k's mine is at 6500rpm

wyatt

[micah]

Yeah, I was kinda thinking it is probably in the 7500 to 8000 RPM range for redline.

[carry92]

I think that you would get valve float before 8000 RPM.

The F6A engine has peak torque at 4000 RPM and peak HP at 6000 RPM.
Most engines with a 6000 RPM peak HP have a redline around 6500 to 7000 RPM.

The manual does not list and HP or torque specs?