Monster Tacho?

[TUF.EB]

Hey

Just at work bored, thinking about putting a silver faced Autometer monster tacho with shift light in the EB Ghia.. I can get one fairly cheap but not to sure if I should get it.

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on Monster tachos and how they look in E Series inteiror?

Ive got standard EB GHia inteiror, 50/50 velour and leather, its that light grey colour.

personally think it would look pretty nice being silver faced and interior being a light grey interior.. Was just after a shift light, as car has no REV limiter and I always tend to REV past redline hehe :

[GXL078]

Can you fit an MSD soft touch rev limiter to these?
I reckon if you do get a monsta (sic) tach you should also get a sticker for the back window which says: "My other car is a Nissan Skyline GTS....in my dreams."

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Where would you put it? They look out of place on e-series...........

You can just buy the shift by itself..........

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

Where would you put it? They look out of place on e-series...........

You can just buy the shift by itself..........

Id go for the A pillar

[Mongoose]

ummm, if your ghia is an auto witch im pretty sure it will be, why bother? whats wrong with the one in the car?

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by xcgxl

Can you fit an MSD soft touch rev limiter to these?
I reckon if you do get a monsta (sic) tach you should also get a sticker for the back window which says: "My other car is a Nissan Skyline GTS....in my dreams."

Rev limiter has been removed due to the unichip.

MSD tough rev limiters are expensive arent they?

No one puts a Autometer/Autogauge monster tacho in a skyline man..

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What kind of money are we talking about to buy the Autometer/AutoGauge?

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by DRHEMI

What kind of money are we talking about to buy the Autometer/AutoGauge?

$100, thats why I stated fairly cheap

[Professor Farnsworth]

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monster tacho's belong in one place, Autobarn.

[TUF.EB]

Thats barely used, will everything they come with new, and PERFECT condition.

RRP is about $400odd I believe

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by mrcrackers

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monster tacho's belong in one place, Autobarn.

LoL why is that mr cracker

[Tiga_EL]

Yeh get one theyre awesome, but make sure you get one where you can change the color of the neon in it, to like pink/green/blue ;) Oh and dont forget to set the shift light properly, so when you cut it up it goes spacko in ur face, and illuminates the smoke... SIKKK!!!

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by Tiga_EL

Yeh get one theyre awesome, but make sure you get one where you can change the color of the neon in it, to like pink/green/blue ;) Oh and dont forget to set the shift light properly, so when you cut it up it goes spacko in ur face, and illuminates the smoke... SIKKK!!!

Hahah lol

The neon ones are cheap china made ones man, cant have that

Im going proper autogauge/autometer, shift light is the main reason I want it.. So I can light up the smoke when doing circle work in the middle of Princess highway on a Saturday night. :

[Tiga_EL]

Originally Posted by TUF.EB

Hahah lol

The neon ones are cheap china made ones man, cant have that

Im going proper autogauge/autometer, shift light is the main reason I want it.. So I can light up the smoke when doing circle work in the middle of Princess highway on a Saturday night. :

Hahah "puttt itt thheree bruddda"

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by Tiga_EL

Hahah "puttt itt thheree bruddda"

lol.. :

[JAYBA]

can be functional and look good....
but before you buy one ask yourself

do the revs on your car climb that fast that you need a HUGE needle and
a blinding flash light to tell you to change gears....i dont think so
does your car even rev past 6000....doubt it
does your car spend most of its time at the drag strip...highly doubt it
does you car already have a taco...probably
do mainly w*nkers that dont need monster taco's have one.....

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by JAYBA

can be functional and look good....
but before you buy one ask yourself

do the revs on your car climb that fast that you need a HUGE needle and
a blinding flash light to tell you to change gears....i dont think so
does your car even rev past 6000....doubt it
does your car spend most of its time at the drag strip...highly doubt it
does you car already have a taco...probably
do mainly w*nkers that dont need monster taco's have one.....

Not a bad checklist.

My car sits in the garage all week, only gets driven, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. Rarely drive it on a week night, if I do its to get like dinner or something, 4km max Il do.

I want it more for the look, over the practicality of it. I reckon they look tough, and on a slammed 5L clean EB it will give it a different sort of a look.

[mcflux]

Abu your Windsor would rev to around 6.2k (fuel cutout point), but won't make any more power after ~5k... so your std tacho would be fine ;) How about just getting a shift light on its own? "stockstandard" put a bright LED in his dash that worked off an RPM switch

EDIT ahh so it's just for "looks" :P I reckon you should hook up an oldschool alarm clock like this:

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Abu your Windsor would rev to around 6.2k (fuel cutout point), but won't make any more power after ~5k... so your std tacho would be fine ;) How about just getting a shift light on its own? "stockstandard" put a bright LED in his dash that worked off an RPM switch

Yeah man I dont rev it much past 5000, sometimes I take it to 6, well I have but rarely. I originaly just wanted a shift light, but I always liked monster tacho's. I remember NEEDFORDSPEED had a 5" autogauge black face in his EA, loooked maddd.

I have seen stockstandard's LED shift light, pretty nice I reckon. Ive already bought a tacho, and will probably mount it and wire it up tonight, I just put this thread up to see what everyone else thinks!

Not that I really care what everyone else thinks, its just nice to see other peoples taste in things.. and it made my lunch break come WAY quicker!

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Abu your Windsor would rev to around 6.2k (fuel cutout point), but won't make any more power after ~5k... so your std tacho would be fine ;) How about just getting a shift light on its own? "stockstandard" put a bright LED in his dash that worked off an RPM switch

EDIT ahh so it's just for "looks" :P I reckon you should hook up an oldschool alarm clock like this:

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Hahah maybe back in your time man, in my day autometer already released a monster tacho.

[JC]

Originally Posted by TUF.EB

Rev limiter has been removed due to the unichip.

MSD tough rev limiters are expensive arent they?

No one puts a Autometer/Autogauge monster tacho in a skyline man..

Would it not be cheaper just to get the rev limiter put back in, even at a higher level than previously? Monster tach = $400 odd, and will make your car look crap, IMO.

[Professor Farnsworth]

back in dave's time ? sheesh.. back in my day we didn't even HAVE clocks. Let alone that stylish flav-a-flav number pictured there.. ^^

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by JC

Would it not be cheaper just to get the rev limiter put back in, even at a higher level than previously? Monster tach = $400 odd, and will make your car look crap, IMO.

I reckon no one over the age of 20 apprecites Monster Tacho's!.. I dont think I posted the price in this thread, but its $100, almost brand new, perfect condition.

I dont realy want it for performance, or to watch the revs, more for looks. :eclipsee_

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by mrcrackers

back in dave's time ? sheesh.. back in my day we didn't even HAVE clocks. Let alone that stylish flav-a-flav number pictured there.. ^^

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[TZENU]

You could always go the Stewart Warner ultra shift-lite, will keep everything looking neat IMO...

http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=1569

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by TZENU

You could always go the Stewart Warner ultra shift-lite, will keep everything looking neat IMO...

http://www.vpw.com.au/productgroup.a...&PrdGrpID=1569

They look awesome man. Stewart Warner make some mad gauges, good quallity too. Il have a look into it for the future.

[TUF.EB]

Im still a fan of the silver faced autogauge tacho.. yellow cap on the back of the shift light, pillar mounted, nice white light! Ooo just doesnt it for me :

[merlin]

Originally Posted by TUF.EB

I reckon no one over the age of 20 apprecites Monster Tacho's!.. I dont think I posted the price in this thread, but its $100, almost brand new, perfect condition.

I dont realy want it for performance, or to watch the revs, more for looks. :eclipsee_

Why even spend $100 then - if its just for looks why not just put in a phony gauge off an air compressor or something

[TUF.EB]

Originally Posted by merlin

Why even spend $100 then - if its just for looks why not just put in a phony gauge off an air compressor or something

Thats just ***, why would you do that?

Atleast the tacho looks good, and it works!

Thats like pure ****/cheapo stylez

[mr_xr8]

if you only need the shift light why dont you get a pivot shift light, there small bright and can be set to anything. http://pivotjp.com/product/flame-shiftlamp_top.html