Question about stock Tach

[Daggar]

Is there anything that can be done to a stock tach to make it as accurate as a good aftermarket piece?

 

[89white50]

i know my buddy had his stock boost guage in his 03 cobra tuned to be accurate at a dyno shop. not sure about our old tacks though.

 

[Paul Perreca]

I wish, i think aftermarket tachs are ugly, any where you put them... not them themselves, just their position in the vehicle.

Paul Perreca

 

[Daggar]

Yep... that's what I'd like to avoid. There's always the option of replacing just that gauge in the dash but you'd have to customize the dash panel. THEN (of course) you'd have to do all the others so that it looked right.

 

[Paul Perreca]

yea, pain in the ass, for some reason, all i ever see is that huge yellow tach w/ a bright light on it lol

 

[vikingpower]

Yeah I like the sleeper look without the huge dash-mounted tach, and less attention from potential theives too! Hopefully somebody knows something about this

 

[Daggar]

Try it again... ttt

 

[slow93]

i had an autometer sport comp tach and my stock tack was maybe 2-3 hundred off,pretty close if you ask me

 

[5LugFoxFanatic]

I just put mine on the steering column. I use the light for autocrossing. It's not too obtrusive and has the tach in the middle. So far my stock tach is accurate as you can see.

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Here's a pic of the light going off.

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[stang8urimport]

Yep, the Tach in my 83 was real acurate at lower RPM, but around 5000, it really started reading very fast. I'm wondering if the factory did this to prevent people from really revving the engine up high. Anyway... I did this..

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[Daggar]

So I take it then, that the short answer is "No". lol Having the stock tach recalibrated and checked or adjusted for accuracy just isn't in the cards.

 

[5.02GO]

Yeah I like the sleeper look without the huge dash-mounted tach, and less attention from potential theives too! Hopefully somebody knows something about this

I love sleepers. They rock.