Civic EG

Can anybody tell me how to fix the no tach problem in a dx. When do you shift when you are trying to be a little quick off the line. No i don't mean street race. Can ya tell me the mph to shift each gear?

Just shift where it feels comfortable.
Best thing to do is just get another guage cluster from a different model EG that already has the tach. They're pretty easy to find, and everything will plug right in.
Or invest in a aftermarket one, they're pretty easy to install.

wouldn't a car that didn't have a tach not have a hook up for one?

areg wrote:wouldn't a car that didn't have a tach not have a hook up for one?

No, the connector should be behind the dash for plug and play. I'm running an automatic cluster on my manual civic just because it has a tach. My car didnt have a tach when I first got it.

yep ive thrown ex/si gauge clusters in dx civics all the time and the tach always works, plugs right in, just like if your civic dosnt have a clock the plug for it is still there

AddictiveAllMotor wrote:

areg wrote:wouldn't a car that didn't have a tach not have a hook up for one?

No, the connector should be behind the dash for plug and play. I'm running an automatic cluster on my manual civic just because it has a tach. My car didnt have a tach when I first got it.

same here, i used an SiRII a/t gauge cluster, no problems at all! currently using an ITR one. ;)

you should not run into problems hooking up an EX one.

its all the same plugs Auto or manual..... sooo it work no matter what with out wiring anything at alll

dude i got the same problem. i got the dx too and i hate not having a tach. aftermarket tachs r like 100+ too so its nice to kno that u can swap in another models dash. i usually shift from first at 10-15 from second at 25-30 from 3 at 35-40 and from 4th at like 55-60, depending on if its like a hill or w/e

Holy shit, you shift that low?

Economy driving, I'm shifting into second between 20-30, third between 40-50, fourth between 70-80 and fifth between 90-100.

I have the LX, without a tach either. I'm considering getting the stock grey coloured gauge pod for the driver side pillar and putting in oil pressure, a tach and another gauge.

yea well i also am in high school and dont have a job. i have to pay for gas and that way i get 35 mpg. also because i dont have a tach its hard to keep the revs up just right and i have the stock clutch.

yea i dove the shit out of my dx. i never had a tach i just shifted when i felt like it. i had the revs up real high a few times but the rev limiter never kicked it. well i the rev limiter did kick in once when i topped out my car

Anyone realize how hard it is to find 2" tachs? If anybody knows a website or company who sells them, please direct me.

I don't want a huge 5" ricer on my dash, but those smaller onces that you mount right on/above your steering column look nice.

What can someone recommend? Having done a tach/gauge install?

Best I could find so far. It is a 2" tach.

http://www.datcon.com/Tables/hdipho/106466.html

Here's another. 3rd up from the bottom.

http://www.autogs.gr/products_en.php?cat=59

i kinda like the auto gauge one..ive always been an auto meter fan but i like that series of auto gauge