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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:22 am 
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hey just wondering if the tacho on a 6 cyl dash would work properly in a V8...has anyone done this ???
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:28 am 
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In EB/ED, yes it will work.. but the tacho reads 33% higher.

In EF/EL/AU it works fine, V8 and 4L clusters are 100% compatible.

 

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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:52 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
In EB/ED, yes it will work.. but the tacho reads 33% higher.

In EF/EL/AU it works fine, V8 and 4L clusters are 100% compatible.


you could also try fitting a V8 tacho into the I6 cluster (replacing the original unit)

 

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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:07 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
In EB/ED, yes it will work.. but the tacho reads 33% higher.

In EF/EL/AU it works fine, V8 and 4L clusters are 100% compatible.


Why the difference?
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