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'71 road runner Rallye Cluster Tachometer Behavior?

road robert

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I recently bought a '71 rr (383 original points ignition) with a broken tachometer (stuck on 2000) and sent the entire cluster to Gary the Tachman in S.C for repair and calibration. I installed it yesterday and although the tac works, it is slow to respond when increasing and decreasing RPMs, sort of "floats". Is this normal behavior for an original 7000 RPM rallye tachometer? The only new replacement I could find was the 8000 RPM replacement and want to keep car as original as possible. Thank you!
 
I would call Gary and see what he says. My 70 tach does not float.
 
Gary just called me and said that AlLL Mopar tacs made by Stewart Warner have a slow response (see below disclosure). It is calibrated and verified to be accurate (pics and Stewart Warner slow reaction letter from Gary:
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Let's try that again - I tried to attach a pdf and converted into a picture. Here is the explanation from the Tachman:
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My 71 Bee factory oem was also very slow to respond in regards to my Autometer Ultralight

I would have thought that newer conversion would of fixed that ?

OR

Did he just calibrate the factory board behind the tach or update with newer electronics ?

I have a newer Reproduction 8000 Rpm tach but never installed it because I hate the way it looks

Go figure
 
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