davek Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Like all of us trying to get our 240Z tachs functional. I was thinking about these cheap tachs on ebay or amazon--Sunpro, Sun super tach 2 About $30. If meagsquirt will operates these tach I could strip it down and fit into my 240Z tach housing. Probably swap the needle. Anyone tried this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 You should be able to use a tach adapter to make the stock tach work which is probably better than most you can buy. I even got my current driven tach to work with MS3x with the 8920 adapter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cramer Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I used a cheap parts store Sunpro on a build that never had a tach to start with, driven off an MS3-Pro tach output. It worked excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thanks Matt Any idea if I can get an OEM tach from a later model car at the junk yard to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cramer Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Ones that are wired straight to the ECU are usually a safe bet. I'm not sure which ones are easily transplanted, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Not for nothing, but it seems like a lot of work when you can get the stock tach to work pretty easily with a tach adapter. For the most part I've read that the OEM tachs are pretty damn accurate and some can be adjusted. Buy a 50$ tach adapter and wire it and done. It will look stock and match the rest of your gauges if still using OEM. Since I have had my adapter on there it has worked flawlessly with the MS3X. Didn't you post that you couldn't get your tach to work before? Might give the wiring another try. It will a ton easier and faster than retrofitting something else. just saying... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 OK madkaw I'm finally ready to do the tach adapter. Are you using MSD #8910 or 8920. Or some other make. Sounds like the 8910 will do the job. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davek Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 I removed the guts from a SunPro tach and fitted to my stock tach housing and face. Didn't take that long and works perfectly. You may have seen my thread on MS Extra trying to get the stock tach functional. now the speedo mystery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris83zxt Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) I used the 'toyota' style DIY tach adapter to get the stock ZX tach working with my MS3. There's a diagram for the wiring somewhere on the MS forums. About $5 in parts and some soldering. Edited November 11, 2016 by Chris83zxt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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