montyz81 Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 All, I am installing a megasquirt system in my 81 turbo (has an 82 engine in it). When I hook up the ignition coil, do I keep the factory wires hooked up along with the the new MS wiring? I’m assuming I need to in order to keep the tachometer working. thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyz81 Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 19 hours ago, montyz81 said: All, I am installing a megasquirt system in my 81 turbo (has an 82 engine in it). When I hook up the ignition coil, do I keep the factory wires hooked up along with the the new MS wiring? I’m assuming I need to in order to keep the tachometer working. thank you for your help. Anybody? I want to make sure I don’t fry anything attached to the original wiring Loom or the new Megasquirt system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyz81 Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 So. I got the car running, but the tach doesn’t work When I hook up the ignition coil, what do I do to keep the tachometer working? Connecting the factory wiring along with the megasquirt coil wires causes problems. The spark plugs seem to fire at the wrong time. Without the factory wiring hooked up, the engine seems to run smooth. What do I need to do to get the tach working again. Thank you for any advise you can give me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Tech Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Sorry that I dont know about your exact setup but when I put an MSD ignition on my zx I had to get a tach adapter to get the tach to work...dont know if the msd tach adapter only worked with their ignition box or not but mayb that gives you a direction to research. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova_6969 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 what manual or instruction set did you use to hook everything up? was there any mention of that problem? I seem to recall some forum or another talking about this type of issue, but that was a few years ago; I don't remember where... or how much details there was.. and when you mention the factory wiring, I imagine you mean all those wires that are connected to the cold that lead back to the tach (I think that's how it's set up, I didn't do the MS installation on my car so I'm not sure how it works). I know my car still has some of the old wiring attached to some of the posts on the coil.. probably exactly for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeti's280zxt Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 The blue wire next to the coil is the tach signal wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris83zxt Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 There's some diagrams out there that show how you can make your own circuit using a diode and a automotive relay and it works for s130's. I drove my stock tach that way for the past 7 years. It recently quit and I decided instead of troubleshooting the circuit (which was a bit redneck the way I installed it initially) I would just get one of the diyautotune tach adapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismoluv Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Its been awhile since I have looked at the Megaquirt systems, there a a few different ones now-a-days. On some of the models the tach gauge signal wire is re-routed to the MS box. Or you should be able to splice in the ignition signal before it gets to the MS box. Either way its not so plug and play. How are you liking the MS, smoother running, easier DIY tuning? I have been wanting to do it to my mustang project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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