Date:         Sat, 17 Apr 2004 05:44:38 -0400
Reply-To:     ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET
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From:         Ian Butler <ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Are Jetta Tachometers calibrated for a 1.9 l Wasserboxer?
Comments: To: Kirk Hockin <dochockin@TELUS.NET>
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Kirk Hockin wrote:

> Greeting Listees,
>
> So I headed up to the local junk yard where Vanagons go to relax into
> eternity (Malahat Auto Parts) and looked around for a later Vanagon with
> a Tachometer I could snag.  All the Vanagon's had been well canabalized.
> So now I'm considering putting in a Jetta tachometer.  What I'm
> wondering is if a Jetta Tachy is calibrated to accurately report a 19. l
> WBX's RPMs?  I've searched the archives and most mention of a Jetta
> Tachy seems to relate to converted engines.

AFAIK all tachs are alike so long as the cylinder count is the same.  So
if you take any tach out of a four-cylinder gas-engine car, it will work
in the Vanagon.  You might want to make note of the wbx's redline on the
gauge face, though.  VW inlines are a wee bit higher revving -- 7200 on
16-valve, 6800 or so on many 8-valve, vs. the Vanagon's 5400 or so.

ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net
'88 Audi 5000S quattro
'88 VW Scirocco 16v
'87 VW Vanagon GL syncro (for sale)
'77 Mercury Marquis (for sale)