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This isn't my car, nor am I doing the mod. The car belongs to my dad, and he is in the process of installing a Zex nitrous kit. He had also ordered a traction control unit to go along with the nitrous kit. One of the wires has to connect to the tachometer wire, which he can't find. I tried looking it up online and could not find anything that is relevent to what I'm looking for. Anyone that has anything helpful would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
not sure anyone here will be able to help you. You might want to try a holden/pontiac forum: GM Inside News Forum
I had to tap into my gauge cluster when I installed my tach, but you should be able to use the coilpack or something
@exodus0784, thanks. But my dad said he could call the nitrous help line tomorrow. But I also know that he wants to try & wrap this up tonight. I'll look it up & see what I can find. Thanks again.
@thehunterooo, I wasn't sure about that idea, but my dad said he was reading that somewhere. Where on the coilpack would he have to connect it to?
i have no idea, it does not work on the aveo though, but on must cars you can connect it to the coilpack, or so ive read, i would try to google it a bit, you have a device to read the signal right?
If you mean the traction control unit, yes. Otherwise, IDK what you mean. My dad was saying that he would know where the tach wire is on older cars because they'd put it around the distributor, but many new cars don't use a distributor, so he can't find where that wire is. Like I said, he could just call the help line, which will be easiest for me. Thanks for the tips.
no prob, it took me about 15 threads until i figured it out :D
3 months later, and he finally has the damn thing figured out! He actually wired it up the other day.
Did you do a happy dance? I'm sure some would be curious as to which wire you used.
What wire did he use to pick up the tach signal?
haha for real, i was waiting for this :D
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Naw, not as happy as he is. I'm just glad that he finally got that installed. That thing just helps tell the nitrous "hey, don't run below this rpm, and don't go over this rpm". Helps from keeping the engine blowing on you, even though he did a pretty good job maintaining that. I wish I knew a little more about this stuff, but it looks like he got it going through a wire on the coil pack. I'll have to get a pic of the main unit, and where the wire is connected to. But that car is starting to be quite the ride, for a 4-door sedan (hell, it was before my dad even did anything to it)! Zex is a great company, just be careful with their liquid-filled gauges if you decide to order anything from them.
I guess it's the injector that he wired it to. I just checked with him. But, like I said, it's quite the car now.