Hey, thanks man! Anything you find out, let me know ASAP. I'd say you're right about the positioning of an aftermarket tach, as it'll be easier to see as well and not take up so much space. Let me know about the chrome rings too, I think it'd look in my car.

I just realized I don't have rear door speakers. Looks like this'll be the next thing I get after the seat covers

 

Emerald green DXs represent.... I'm still in need of a tach for my car too . I've done a couple of mods to my car nothing serious. But like they say once you start you can't stop...

 

This is normal. The slightly higher idle is used to help warm the engine up quicker. Once the engine is at normal operating temp the idle should be pretty low. It's a feature that doesn't help much during this season, but helps a lot in the winter mornings.

I'm kinda surprised your contour didn't do this.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty surprised I never noticed it either. Although, I had a CAI on the Contour so that may have drowned out the vibration or sound a little. Plus, I never had a tach on the Contour so I couldn't tell what RPM range it was in.

Another reason I need to install a tach on my Green Machine!

 

hey Ryan and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to our Club. There are TWO BIG fridge'S in the corner with anything you can think of in them...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have.

make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom don't care....and take it easy.

oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!!

 

I am in the process of painting the valve cover white following that priviously posted link's instructions. Thanks alot for posting it, I'll have pics up soon of the finnal product

 

If i remmeber correctly, about the digital odo, u can unplug it, cuz the miles isn't saved in the actual cluster..... well i can't remember properly, doing a search will help u find alotta threads about it

but i think someone said that it saved into the ecu, so you can unplug ur gauge cluster, and intall an LX or ES gauge cluster (include tachs), and ur mileage and stuff will still be the same.

don't take my word for it tho, search for the threads, and make sure what i say is valid, b4 attempting anything , but ur smart enought o know that hehe

and welcome to the club, and have fun

 

Don't bother. It won't make any difference. Well, besides adding unnecessary weight to your vehicle

 

Back to the unplugging the cluster statement. I wish someone could tell for sure, because I like many of you here long for a tach. I don't want a stand alone tach because I think it is just too big. I would love some of the ES gauges that are white with red lights.

I am pretty sure the chrome rings will fit on the DXs. The rings are the same size it is just gas, speed, and temp.
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Sammanntta cam

 

Your rear speakers should be in the deck lid! Although by leaving the rear door spots emtpy, Mazda sure does offer a nice place to put a small set of woofers.

 

Well, the big thing for me would be if I threw in another cluster, I may void the factory warranty. Not a good thing to do if something comes up broken and they notice that a DX shouldn't have a tach. I'd need to be absolutely sure I could do this, and also, that it would keep the same mileage.

 

It shouldn't void the warranty, but they seem to get more agitated when you "replace stuff" than when you "add stuff." I think I'm going to just add an aftermarket tach.

I have an old Autometer one, but it's kinda 70s looking and I don't think it will work properly with the newer ignition systems. I'll just save it for another car down the road. But it's the perfect size - 2 1/2 inch face. I don't want one of those giant 5" deals with the bright orange shift light in them.

 

You should definitely get the 5" ones. They add 8-10 hp to your car.

 

8-10 hp no way more like 13-15..The shift light adds a extra 5!!

 

So what happens if I get a V-Tec badge for the trunk lid, how much does that add?

(I got this idea from an obviously "gifted" Mercury Mystique owner, image below)



Or maybe I should just paint it bright yellow, that'll get me 30 hp EASILY!