no tach DX

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no tach DX

By areg
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:47 am #19213 Can anybody tell me how to fix the no tach problem in a dx. When do you shift when you are trying to be a little quick off the line. No i don't mean street race. Can ya tell me the mph to shift each gear?
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By ChicagoMike
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:58 am #19214 Just shift where it feels comfortable.
Best thing to do is just get another guage cluster from a different model EG that already has the tach. They're pretty easy to find, and everything will plug right in.
Or invest in a aftermarket one, they're pretty easy to install.
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By areg
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:06 am #19215 wouldn't a car that didn't have a tach not have a hook up for one?
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By ChicagoMike
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:41 am #19217
areg wrote:wouldn't a car that didn't have a tach not have a hook up for one?


No, the connector should be behind the dash for plug and play. I'm running an automatic cluster on my manual civic just because it has a tach. My car didnt have a tach when I first got it.
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By hondajunkee
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:00 am #19224 yep ive thrown ex/si gauge clusters in dx civics all the time and the tach always works, plugs right in, just like if your civic dosnt have a clock the plug for it is still there
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By dogfight
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:43 pm #19867
AddictiveAllMotor wrote:
areg wrote:wouldn't a car that didn't have a tach not have a hook up for one?


No, the connector should be behind the dash for plug and play. I'm running an automatic cluster on my manual civic just because it has a tach. My car didnt have a tach when I first got it.


same here, i used an SiRII a/t gauge cluster, no problems at all! currently using an ITR one. ;)

you should not run into problems hooking up an EX one.
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By asianrob
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:31 pm #19935 its all the same plugs Auto or manual..... sooo it work no matter what with out wiring anything at alll :woot: :thumb:

By benskorner
- Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:52 pm #21542 dude i got the same problem. i got the dx too and i hate not having a tach. aftermarket tachs r like 100+ too so its nice to kno that u can swap in another models dash. i usually shift from first at 10-15 from second at 25-30 from 3 at 35-40 and from 4th at like 55-60, depending on if its like a hill or w/e
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By BAXTER_EJ1
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:43 pm #23568 Holy shit, you shift that low?

Economy driving, I'm shifting into second between 20-30, third between 40-50, fourth between 70-80 and fifth between 90-100.

I have the LX, without a tach either. I'm considering getting the stock grey coloured gauge pod for the driver side pillar and putting in oil pressure, a tach and another gauge.

By benskorner
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:15 pm #23624 yea well i also am in high school and dont have a job. i have to pay for gas and that way i get 35 mpg. :( also because i dont have a tach its hard to keep the revs up just right and i have the stock clutch. :thumbdown:
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By ohDirka
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:18 pm #23626 yea i dove the shit out of my dx. i never had a tach i just shifted when i felt like it. i had the revs up real high a few times but the rev limiter never kicked it. well i the rev limiter did kick in once when i topped out my car
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By BAXTER_EJ1
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:22 am #23661 Anyone realize how hard it is to find 2" tachs? If anybody knows a website or company who sells them, please direct me.

I don't want a huge 5" ricer on my dash, but those smaller onces that you mount right on/above your steering column look nice.

What can someone recommend? Having done a tach/gauge install?
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By ohDirka
- Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:52 am #23664 i kinda like the auto gauge one..ive always been an auto meter fan but i like that series of auto gauge
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