dose a 6 cyc and 8 cyc tach have a diffrence

[TY318]

hey my car needs a tach and i was gonna put in the standard one i dont want any aftermarket guage i want origgg so i was wondering if the holden vh sle tacho is any diffrence from the 6 cyc like my car is a 6 cyc so i was thinking of getting the sle tacho and putting it in but im not sure if it would work CORRECTLY would love any infomation thanks

[TY318]

and dose anyone know how to get to the screw on the drivers side under the drivers side air vent and head light switch its in a holden vh commo last time i tried it i almost broke the air vent i didnt know there was a screw there hahaha so im not sure how to get to it the fuse box unit thing is n the way and i cant relly see the screw from there

[DerekP]

Same same as far as I know.

[TY318]

Same same as far as I know.

so you think the sle tacho would work with a 6 cyl

[soop]

One way to find out.

But I don't think it will. I've a funny feeling it will read less RPM then what it is actually doing.

[DerekP]

so you think the sle tacho would work with a 6 cyl

Yep. The SL/E came out with a 6 also.

[old mate]

v8 tacho and 6 cylinder will be different. a v8 tach will read slow on a 6.

[TY318]

thanks guys

[DerekP]

v8 tacho and 6 cylinder will be different. a v8 tach will read slow on a 6.

I'm curious, I thought they would be the same. Can you help me understand how they are different?

Cheers

[vh-sle]

I'm curious, I thought they would be the same. Can you help me understand how they are different?

Cheers

The way to tell them apart is that a VH V8 tacho redlines a 5000rpm, the 6 cylinder redlines at 5500rpm.

[TY318]

The way to tell them apart is that a VH V8 tacho redlines a 5000rpm, the 6 cylinder redlines at 5500rpm.

iv looked on ebay and i found a couple and theres on that redlines past 5500rpm or is 5500rpm any ways the guy said it came out of a sle with the 253 in it dose that mean it is a 6 cyl tach

[vh-sle]

iv looked on ebay and i found a couple and theres on that redlines past 5500rpm or is 5500rpm any ways the guy said it came out of a sle with the 253 in it dose that mean it is a 6 cyl tach

Yeah, looking at the pic it would be about 5800rpm redline for the 6 cylinder version, 253ci is 4.2 litre so that should be a V8 one with the 5000rpm redline.

This is a V8 one:

mint vh sl/e ,sle dash 247, on clock ,vb vc - eBay Dash Parts, Interior, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 04-Aug-10 22:54:57 AEST)

This is a 6 cylinder one:

Commodore VH SLE Tacho Cluster SL/E - eBay, Other, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 11-Aug-10 09:50:26 AEST)

Cheers