i dont have a tachometer in my car. i was wondering how hard it would be to install an aftermreket tachometer on my '97 plymouth neon

 

it isnt too hard...i cant remember the wires since its been awhile since i took mine out

 

yeah i just found a post a little while ago to just find a 1st gen neon tha has a tach in it and swap it, and keep the odometer

 

not hard at all...but u might need a tach driver..i had to get one when i put one in my 96 plymouth

 

^if you go aftermarket....but not with the stock gauge cluster

i never needed an adapter for any of the 3 cars ive had tach's in

 

I went to a yard, picked up a r/t cluster for 50 bucks, dissassembled everything, took the good bulbs and made sure all was working, then I took the odo off mine and put it on the other one, works just perfect. Have to be somewhat careful though, and DONT MESS WITH THE NUMBERS! highly illegal, plus you can easily **** up the cluster

 

speaking of messing with the numbers, you always hear of people talking about turning back the milage....but on newer cars you cant....neons have a then plastic clip that goes between all the numbers...if you turn the numbers back then the clip will break and your milage will be stuck.....then you can get cought...
but for entertainment purposes only, if sumone were to change the milage too see how it work, turn the miles forward....roll over to 000000...then start from there and go to where you want it.....then there will be no breaking of the clips or anything.....remember, entertainment purposes only

 

And just so people know, the odometer is for keeping track of the milage on the chassis, not the engine.

 

yeah i put an aftermarket tach in my car and it has some lag (delay in it) the needle doesn't start moving for about 5 seconds after i rev the engine...whats my problem?

 

Did you cut the stock tach wire or just tap into it?