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acewell to smiths tacho
chrisbeale - 14/1/12 at 09:08 AM

i have removed the digidash from my car, done some jiggery pokery and am up to the stage of putting in the new old gauge. am i right in thinking i can use the tacho feed wire that used to go to the acewell unit to go on the bullet connector on the back of my smiths gauge (neg from coil). i have looked over the various diagrams and cant seem to find a reason why it cant. just thought i'd see if anyone was sure. its an rvc gauge by the way so will work with the electronic ignition that i have.
cheers.

Proby - 14/1/12 at 09:48 AM

Should work fine matey, no reason not to connect it up to there.

chrisbeale - 14/1/12 at 09:49 AM

Great thanks. One more thing, 5 amp or 15amp bullet connector?

Proby - 14/1/12 at 10:12 AM

5 A is plenty beefy enough, it's only a signal wire to pick up the pulses.

ceebmoj - 14/1/12 at 12:27 PM

Can I ask why you have stooped using the acewel?

chrisbeale - 14/1/12 at 01:49 PM

I didn't like it. Have gone back in time and gone analog

ceebmoj - 14/1/12 at 01:57 PM

which one did you have? is there any thing in particular you did not like, or get on with?

chrisbeale - 14/1/12 at 03:25 PM

its an ace-3250 with warning light surround.
i just thought it looked tacky, didnt go with the car and needed changing.
i dont like the fact you cant see everything at once propperly either.

AndyW - 14/1/12 at 04:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by chrisbeale
its an ace-3250 with warning light surround.
i just thought it looked tacky, didnt go with the car and needed changing.
i dont like the fact you cant see everything at once propperly either.



If you want to sell the acewell u2u me with a price, could be interested!!

ceebmoj - 16/1/12 at 09:52 AM

thanks for the info. I have been trying to find pictures of ace well stuff fitted to cars to see what they look like. I like the fact that they are small and will fir above the steering wheel but I'm not sure I like the look of them.