Revolutions

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William Tasso

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• May 30, 2006

• #1

Greetings

Looking for a rev counter for the 110 (V8)

Any opinions on these folk/this product?

http://www.croytec.co.uk/rev_counters.htm

Prices are here: http://www.croytec.co.uk/Page_9.jpg

Does that seem sensible?

Thanks
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William Tasso

110 - V8 (white)

 

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Simon Oates

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• May 30, 2006

• #2

If you are not wedded to VDO instrumentation, www.minispares.com have 52mm
TIM tachometers at £28.13 inc VAT and 80mm ones in a pod at £30.40 inc VAT.
That's rather less than the £90 Croytec want for a VDO unit!
Simon.



"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Greetings
>
> Looking for a rev counter for the 110 (V8)
>
> Any opinions on these folk/this product?
>
> http://www.croytec.co.uk/rev_counters.htm
>
> Prices are here: http://www.croytec.co.uk/Page_9.jpg
>
> Does that seem sensible?
>
> Thanks
> --
> William Tasso
>
> 110 - V8 (white)

 

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William Tasso

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• May 31, 2006

• #3

Simon Oates <[email protected]> wrote:

> If you are not wedded to VDO instrumentation, www.minispares.com have
> 52mm
> TIM tachometers at £28.13 inc VAT and 80mm ones in a pod at £30.40 inc
> VAT.
> That's rather less than the £90 Croytec want for a VDO unit!

Ahh - yes, that's much better. thanks. although I will need reassurance
that stuff for sale on a 'mini' web site is suitable for use with a V8 -
ISTR these devices pick up their input from the ignition pulses and need a
multiplier to work correctly

--
William Tasso

110 - V8

 

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Steve

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• May 31, 2006

• #4

"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Simon Oates <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If you are not wedded to VDO instrumentation, www.minispares.com have
> > 52mm
> > TIM tachometers at £28.13 inc VAT and 80mm ones in a pod at £30.40 inc
> > VAT.
> > That's rather less than the £90 Croytec want for a VDO unit!
>
> Ahh - yes, that's much better. thanks. although I will need reassurance
> that stuff for sale on a 'mini' web site is suitable for use with a V8 -
> ISTR these devices pick up their input from the ignition pulses and need a
> multiplier to work correctly

Admittedly mine is a rather ancient TIM tacho (the small face variety) but
it works with the V8 in my chariot. Yes, it picks up the pulses from
coil/distributor (LT, of course!) but it has a 3-way slide switch on the
back to enable you to select between 4, 6 or 8 cylinder engines. It was
originally fitted to an old Mk II Ford Escort (4-cylinder, of course) and
now works perfectly on twice the number of cylinders. Nothing else is
needed ..... unless of course they've changed the way they make the things
over the years.

Steve

 

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Richard

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• May 31, 2006

• #5

"William Tasso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> Simon Oates <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If you are not wedded to VDO instrumentation, www.minispares.com have
>> 52mm
>> TIM tachometers at £28.13 inc VAT and 80mm ones in a pod at £30.40 inc
>> VAT.
>> That's rather less than the £90 Croytec want for a VDO unit!
>
> Ahh - yes, that's much better. thanks. although I will need reassurance
> that stuff for sale on a 'mini' web site is suitable for use with a V8 -
> ISTR these devices pick up their input from the ignition pulses and need a
> multiplier to work correctly
>
> --
> William Tasso
>
> 110 - V8

I have a 52mm TIM one in my V8 90. There is a switch on the back to switch
between 4,6 and 8 cyls.
If I remember correctly I got it from Halfords. About £25-£30

Richard

 

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Austin Shackles

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• May 31, 2006

• #6

On or around Wed, 31 May 2006 00:05:03 +0100, "William Tasso"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Simon Oates <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> If you are not wedded to VDO instrumentation, www.minispares.com have
>> 52mm
>> TIM tachometers at £28.13 inc VAT and 80mm ones in a pod at £30.40 inc
>> VAT.
>> That's rather less than the £90 Croytec want for a VDO unit!
>
>Ahh - yes, that's much better. thanks. although I will need reassurance
>that stuff for sale on a 'mini' web site is suitable for use with a V8 -
>ISTR these devices pick up their input from the ignition pulses and need a
>multiplier to work correctly

generic gauges such as the TIM ones normally have a 4-6-8 switch on the
back. The one I had did, anyway.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria"
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) from Divina Commedia 'Inferno'