Tach Location Suggestions?

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  1. 2791fordmaveric

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    Anyone have any suggestions on where to put the tach? Pictures are welcomed!:D
     
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    I've been wondering about that myself. I hate to go back to old school with the hose clamp around the steering column but there is only so many places you can mount a big Auto meter tach :hmmm:
     
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    I was thinking about doing the three gauges on the a pillar and seeing if that would look good with the tach under it also thought of maybe putting it in the tray thing under the dash board
     
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    I'm not to keen on the a pillar pods - reminds me too much of a tuner :)
     
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    'Seems like a no-brainer. Put it on the column.
     
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    Here is my Monster tach on a mount hand built by my friend. I have a black dash cover to install yet and the ashtray still opens for access to the lighter socket for Garmin use. I tried it everywhere. The steering wheel covered the top part of the tach if I mounted on the column. In the corner of the windshield or actually on the dash hid a lot of outside real estate while driving but this is a very good position.

    Bruce
     

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    I did the old school ss clamp around the steering column. Pix in pg#1 of gallery
     
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    I like the pillar...........doesn't have to be in a pod.
    Mine is on the roll cage and it's out of the way an in plane view...and the limiter is attached to the tach.
     

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    top of right pod...:thumbs2:
     

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    In the gage cluster...
     

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    Just a question, why do you need a tach and what are you going to use it for................I know, kind of stupid question.......just wanted to ask.
     
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    Tach mount

    This works for me.
     

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    i put mine on the steering wheel, i previously had it just above the cig lighter and when i went to the track and got lined up in the right hand lane i found i was trying to look around it to see the tree, wasn't a real good place..
     
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    Are there any aftermarket digital "Heads-up" displays?? Or if someone wanted to butcher the parts out of a GM vehicle...

    I personally like the SunPro guts installed inside the left instrument cluster with cactusgrabber's decal overlay. I may even do it to mine someday.
     
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