<VV> Fwd: Corvair conversion to electronic ignition and the Tachometer

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi folks,

Got this via my website, seems he's using a GM HEI setup and needs to 
know how to adapt the tach output on the HEI to drive a stock Corsa 
tach.  Reply to him or me.  Thanks.

--Bryan

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Christopher Zink" <zink@vnet.net>
> Date: Tue Sep 28, 2004  12:19:27 AM US/Eastern
> To: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan@skiblack.com>
> Subject: Re: Corvair conversion to electronic ignition and the 
> Tachometer
>
> Bryan,
>
> Thank you for your help with this.  Yes the unit is a stock GM HEI 
> ignition.
> If I can find out the correct voltage for a stock corvair tach 
> connection on
> a stock corvair distributer I should be able to compare the correct 
> voltage
> with the voltage I am getting from the tach connection on the HEI
> distributer.  A simple resistor should solve the problem if it is 
> placed in
> line between the distributer and the tach.  I just need to know what 
> the
> voltage should be.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan@skiblack.com>
> To: "Christopher Zink" <zink@vnet.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Corvair conversion to electronic ignition and the 
> Tachometer
>
>
>> Ok, that makes sense.  Just to be clear, the electronic unit you put 
>> in
>> is a stock GM HEI unit, yes?  I don't think I know the answer, but 
>> I'll
>> post it to the folks on VirtualVairs and see if someone out there has
>> done a similar setup.
>>
>> --Bryan