stock gauges suck !!!
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stock gauges suck !!!
ok it's offical stock gauges suck.
a few weeks ago I proved the water temp gauge sucks (S5). I hit 216F on an aftermarket one. and the stock gauge didn't move between 185 and 216!
but now today I installed my S-afc. it's RPM readings will be much more acurate then the tach. well my stock tach is 300rpm too low at 3000rpm. and 400rpm too low higher up. So I've been shifting to dam early all this time!
a few weeks ago I proved the water temp gauge sucks (S5). I hit 216F on an aftermarket one. and the stock gauge didn't move between 185 and 216!
but now today I installed my S-afc. it's RPM readings will be much more acurate then the tach. well my stock tach is 300rpm too low at 3000rpm. and 400rpm too low higher up. So I've been shifting to dam early all this time!
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Poor Scott... Sheesh, now I'm excited about getting my acf! I wanna see if my tach is messed up too! If it is, I'm gonna get me one of those HUGE 5 inch diameter tach's with the flashlight on the side that acts like a shift light! YEAH!!! Mustang drivers will think I'm the coolest!
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hmmmmmmmmm..... thats strange. I had my Turbo Timer (one of the fancy HKS ones) hooked up to the tach signal from my ECU, and at about 7000 it is about 200-300 off also. I figured it was the turbo timer... now... I don't know.
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Originally posted by Barwick
if your tach is low, you're shifting too late.
if your tach is low, you're shifting too late.
so when I shift when the stock tach says 7000, it's only at 6600.
so I shift too early.
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