tach for 700 Rhino

WV Hot Rod Rhino wrote:

i have tried 2 on mine and neither one will work right on the 700..i need steve to hook it up...lol

Don't feel bad. There are a lot of tachometers on the market, but not very many of them work in a Rhino, for whatever reason. I suspect that the reason is that the Rhino ignition coil has no ballast resistor which was the way that most all automobiles were set up (a carry over from the old breaker points igniton systems).. Back in 2005, nobody could make one work, so I went the snowmobile tach route. Apparently, times are changing and some are working decently.

I would like to have a tach, but heard enough about them not working right on rhinos to stay away. It would be cool to have if it works and don't cost a fortune.

seems like mine is woking but not sure till I check the manual for numbers. so no one knows what my redline is with my set up?

Hi guys,
I installed GLOWSHIFT Black 7 Color 3 3/4 Tachometer w/ Shift Light

In my 700 works great and it's support single cylender

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Tachometer-Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav

https://youtu.be/nANzddi0gbg

Briki wrote:

Hi guys,
I installed GLOWSHIFT Black 7 Color 3 3/4 Tachometer w/ Shift Light

In my 700 works great and it's support single cylender

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Tachometer-Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav

https://youtu.be/nANzddi0gbg

I have the trifire from hunterwork. and i wonder if this one would work with mine They say it fires 3 times for ever stroke so does that mean i COULD set it to the 3 cylinder and it would work right? Or is would it be set it to 6 cyl because the Rhino has a "wasted spark" that it doubles up on the 3 sparks???? Im very curious as the gauge looks nice and I wouldnt mind having a tach.

In behaind this glowshift tach there is small round switch I set it to 1 and connect white cable to coil that's it! piece of cake

Briki wrote:

In behaind this glowshift tach there is small round switch I set it to 1 and connect white cable to coil that's it! piece of cake

yeah i understand that...but my question is because the Tri-fire fires 3 times for every normal single fire i wonder if it would need set different? because then instead of a single fire per rotation you get 3....thus trippleing the tach reading (your at 1000 rpm and its showing 3000). but then because there is a "wasted spark" would it already be reading would it already be reading double and then the 3 fires for each on top of that? Im sure i could make it work but it was just more i was curious

ASPENDELL ROVER wrote:

seems like mine is woking but not sure till I check the manual for numbers. so no one knows what my redline is with my set up?

Because you are reading 800 RPM at idle and it should be reading 1500 or so, it certainly looks like you are off by a factor of 2. It undoubtedly would be a good idea to find the idle RPM spec for the 700 just to be absolutely sure. I would be very surprised if was indeed 800 RPM.I am thinking that it would be difficult to get a good smooth idle on a single cylinder at that low speed. Multiple cylinders fire alternately so there are more power pulses per revolution to keep the engine turning smoothly at any given RPM, hence the lower idle speed.

I cannot tell you what the redline would be for your engine, as the redline is a number to 'not exceed, lest your engine blow up'. It will be related to the capabilities of all of the components within the engine. However, the peak running RPM will be somewhere in the ballpark of 7,000 to 8,000 RPM based on what I see on my Rhino. For certain, it will be much higher than 4,000 RPM and it will be much less than 16,000 RPM, which would be what you would see if the tach calibration was off by a factor of 2, one way or the other. So, fire it up and wind it out on a straight stretch. If you see the tach at either of those extremes, you can be certain that is off by a factor of 2.

Briki wrote:

Hi guys,
I installed GLOWSHIFT Black 7 Color 3 3/4 Tachometer w/ Shift Light

In my 700 works great and it's support single cylender

http://www.glowshiftdirect.com/Tachometer-Gauges.aspx?sitelink=LeftNav

https://youtu.be/nANzddi0gbg

That looks like a decent set up for the $ how log have you had it and how does it take the elements?

I bought it in Nov 2011 And I used a thick slab of plastic to be installed works great

RedRhino64 wrote:

I have the equus 8068 in mine,i think it was around $70,its easy to hook up and comes with a pick up that goes around the spark plug wire. amazon and orieleys has them.

Hey Mike, the equus 8068 only goes to 8000 rpm's, what does Yours run at WOT ?

well I guess I have the same problem as JBS. the 8068 must not work with the 700 runing msd because it will only show idle at 800rpm. the idle for a 700 is 1500rpm. I notice all the guys runing the 8068 have 660 and no msd, so thats gotta be the problem, cus it is hooked up correctly and set up right. "if its too good to be true it usually is"....60 bucks...lol

ASPENDELL ROVER wrote:

well I guess I have the same problem as JBS. the 8068 must not work with the 700 runing msd because it will only show idle at 800rpm. the idle for a 700 is 1500rpm. I notice all the guys runing the 8068 have 660 and no msd, so thats gotta be the problem, cus it is hooked up correctly and set up right. "if its too good to be true it usually is"....60 bucks...lol

Do You have it hooked to Your spark plug wire ?

yep, and its pointed in the right direction towsards the plug. gotta be the msd. it was an easy set up, hardest part was taking out the plastic to run the wire

ASPENDELL ROVER wrote:

yep, and its pointed in the right direction towsards the plug. gotta be the msd. it was an easy set up, hardest part was taking out the plastic to run the wire

Is it chrome or black ? Reason I ask is I might give You Your money back on it if You give up.

I have the same kind and mine has never worked. Looks good though. Lol

My dash gauges are glow shift, I just ordered a steering column tach from them also. I'll give it a try. Larry, you can try my Equus if you want. I'll send it to ya, if it works, we can trade it out later. Inbox me your address if your interested.

Randy3451 wrote:

My dash gauges are glow shift, I just ordered a steering column tach from them also. I'll give it a try. Larry, you can try my Equus if you want. I'll send it to ya, if it works, we can trade it out later. Inbox me your address if your interested.

PM sent !

OK, guys with Equus tachometers that are indicating an RPM reading, but displaying the wrong RPM number. Here is a snip out of the Equus installation manual. It is an unusual (to me) setup scheme, in that there is an internal signal generator reference that is used to get a readout. The instructions give a step by step procedure to get this internal signal to register on the display. You will want it to display 1000 RPM after repeatedly pushing the little red button a few times (this is with the engine not running). This will set it up for 2 cylinder spark timing. Good luck and I hope that this helps you out. There is another chart which says that it should read 500 RPM if you are using an inductive pickup on the spark plug wire. With the lost spark situation, I believe that should work out to 1000RPM there as well. So you have to decide which setup you have to go by.

Thanks Steve ! But don't tell them how to fix it until I talk one of them out of there NON workin tach's ! HAHA

Firefighter wrote:

Thanks Steve ! But don't tell them how to fix it until I talk one of them out of there NON workin tach's ! HAHA

Oh, you ARE a sneaky devil aren't you.

SteveS wrote:

Firefighter wrote:

Thanks Steve ! But don't tell them how to fix it until I talk one of them out of there NON workin tach's ! HAHA

Oh, you ARE a sneaky devil aren't you.

HAHA Probably got a little gypsy in me !!!

Seriously tho, from reading You post, I think they could change the setting and probably be really close. I would think the ones that are reading from the plug wire should work on a 700 or 660

thx Steve, I tried both settings and it still read 800rpm at idle. I already got my money back, sent back to amazon. could it be the msd? it is a staight foward hook up, not too difficult, so I'm not sure. to me its worthless if it is not accurate.

maybe they only work with the 660 cdi mine workks great sorry you 700 guys are having problems, sell the 700's and buy the 660's

Has any one tried a TRAIL TECH VAPOR COMPUTER ???