[urq] Coil-On-Plug in '84 ur-q Tachometer Feed?

[Martin Pajak]

Patrick,

I think Mike's plate if full enough to worry about a 6-speed, this one has
been off the road way too long now.

Mike,

Concentrate.. 6-speed bad, running car.. good!! :)

Cheers
Martin


> Patrick Carlier
> A friend of mine did this . Hes' got an ur-q RS4 .
>
> The AAN ecu has a tach out wire , only its' signal is far to weak
> to drive the analog gauge .
> IIRC there's a resistor and a diode to be removed in the tach ,
> and another resistor has to be replaced with a different value , and
> then the ecu tach signal can drive the gauge directly .
> I'll contact him and try to obtain some more detailled information .
>
> Btw , have you ever considered putting in a six speed gearbox with the 3B
> .
> It's not an easy conversion , but it can be done .
>
>
> Pat
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Rogers" <brogers at terrix.com>
> To: "'Michael Hopton'" <Michael at siliconoptix.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Coil-On-Plug in '84 ur-q Tachometer Feed?
>
>
>> Any particular reason you don't want to stick with the mechanical feed
>> from the tranny?  Or have you swapped in a Torsen?
>>
>> Brandon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
>> Behalf Of Michael Hopton
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 2:50 PM
>> To: urq at audifans.com
>> Subject: [urq] Coil-On-Plug in '84 ur-q Tachometer Feed?
>>
>>
>> I am finally motivated to complete the coil-on-plug engine conversion in
>> my '84 ur-q. I had a 3B setup working perfectly but for some depraved
>> reason decided to convert it to coil-on-plug. During the conversion an
>> RS2 turbo, exhaust cam, MAF
>> injectors and 944 turbo intercooler were added. So it is finally
>> coming together.
>>
>> Any ideas on how I get an RPM signal for my '84 ur-q analog
>> tachometer from an AAN coil-on-plug engine/wiring loom? Is
>> the tachometer signal pin 40 on the ECU any good?
>>
>> cheers, Mike
>>