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Question for Blade owners


DavidC

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IF I were to go for a blade engined car, does the dial kit from Westie include a tach that reaches 12k -14k rpm or will I need to get an SPA tach from somewhere?

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I'm sure they do a rev dial with enough numbers on it. They also sell the SPA Tacho as a £400 option. I have it on mine and can confirm it to be a total waste of money! It often records inaccurate data (500+ MPH at Mallory) and always fogs up on the inside when it's hot! This is a real pain in the A*** as you cannot see the digital speedo.

Stick with the original ones or cough up for a Stack system.

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For about another £35 on top of the normal gauge, they supply an Elliott gauge that does the trick

Cheers

Barry

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cool, it was just one of those random questions.

Now, the other question is regarding reverse......if you don't fit a reverse box, do you just use a very long propshaft, or 2 shorter props with an angle/CV in the middle?

DC

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You could use the tacho from the bike, for virtually nothing... Just ask for it when you order an engine from a breaker...

Propshafts... you have a two piece propshaft, with a centre bearing. It's fairly easy to make a centre bearing mounting that bolts on the existing reverse box mounts on the chassis.

See http://cdslash.rm-rfstar.org/orange

It's a piece of cake, and will save you a grand on the price of a complete car with a reverse box. Better off without it, let alone the financial aspects.

Cheers,

Al.

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