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Old 04-04-2017, 10:47 AM
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It looks pretty cool and it's free:-)

How do I get the 12 inch long sawzall blades into the dash to make room? :-)

I also have the hood tach if needed for a while it could be used.

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Your car and you should do whatever makes you happy but I would do a mini shift light before I would add an aftermarket tach in the dash.
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I want one of those as well:-)

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Ryan,

We ran one of these vintage bad boys on our blown altered for years. Apart from the fact they look cool, they work great with the cable drive.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-JONE...NY29Qx&vxp=mtr
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petronix makes a sweet little rev limiter that fits in the palm of your hand. set it, hide it and pound away.
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I like the vintage Tachs, they are on the someday list.

My ignition has a rev limiter built in. Crane XRi:-) I will set it low and work my way up:-)

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Nice progress!

The 68-69 Olds dash has unique challenges and opportunities. I've tried mocking up an old S-W tach on my column, and it doesn't fit well because of the dash pad shape, unless you put it right in front of the speedometer or clock it nearly 90 degrees down on each side. I used to have pics but can't find them. However, the monster tach conveniently slides into the gauge cup area, and it's really hard to notice from outside the car because of how deep the gauge holes are. It definitely will make you more excited to drive it than a dash clock...
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On my 69' W-30, I installed a tach in the far RH instrument cove ... came out pretty nice ... TAZ
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I have seen a few 1969 F85/Cutlass S with this tach in the side dash pod.

Looks pretty cool to me:-)

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My ignition has a rev limiter built in. Crane XRi:-) I will set it low and work my way up:-)
Hope it doesn't work how my XRi did. I yanked it and no more bizarre electrical issues. I have heard from others the built in rev limiter is off by 500rpm
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