well got an acewell

[nimhbk]

well purchased an acewell dash to replace my dead gtir clocks

in the end went for this one

http://www.acewell.co.uk/Acewell Speedometers/ACE-7xxx/ACE-7659.htm?action=full&id=66

If it works will put up some pictures up hopefully will try getting it in on Sunday.

they seem to work a bit slow on the rev's side but for £200 and mot approved still pretty cheap

 

[Gaz gtiR]

you cant moan at that for £200! let me know how you get on fitting it & if it works mate. i mite have grab 1 of them myself

 

[watoga]

If I didn't have a Racepak IQ3, I would have been tempted with the Koso RX2N which costs about £250. I always thought the startup and aesthetics of the RX2N were pretty nice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ78LGLTxac

Different anyway,
Dave

 

[nimhbk]

well started to fit the thing everything working apart from the important bits lol
anyone know the colour of the ecu tacho wire as i dont want to take it of the HT leads
back gave up so will try again in the week.

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[samgtr]

VERY SMART. how does it look turned on

 

[nimhbk]

Sam looks good if the two main functions worked
they forgot to send the instructions so hopefully have the rest done next week

 

[watoga]

anyone know the colour of the ecu tacho wire as i dont want to take it of the HT leads

I'm pretty sure the tacho signal to the ECU is a blue/black wire. I couldn't get my IQ3 to read the signal though, and had to use an external module connected to the ignition coil. Hopefully it will work for you though.

Good luck,
Dave

 

[nimhbk]

Thats the wire i tried, looks like it will be a wire around the HT Leads then!
Also any one know what the spade connector is for of the top of the distributor!

 

[watoga]

I used an MSD Tach Driver (part number 8913, as seen at http://www.msdignition.com/Products/Accessories/Tach_Adapters/8913_-_Tach_Driver,_DIS_Ignitions.aspx) to generate an appropriate tach signal. It says this MSD part is for DIS ignition systems, but it works fine with our GTiRs. An alternative is the HT wrap-around (as you mentioned), such as the MSD GMR (http://www.msdignition.com/Products/Accessories/Tach_Adapters/8918_-_Tach_Signal_GMR_Pickup.aspx), but I've been advised that these kits can induce quite a bit of noise into the tach signal. As such, I opted for the coil driver and haven't had any problems.

Good luck,
Dave

 

[Gaz gtiR]

VERY SMART. how does it look turned on

wet & warm most likely ;-)