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crazybill


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posted May 02, 2007 04:35 AM        
tach signal

hey guys.... im testing a somewhat proto-type 2 step unit for the zx14 and need a good tach signal . Im wondering where theyre picking it up for dyno testing ?

Im told the 14 doesnt have a standard tach signal to the tach

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crazybill


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posted May 02, 2007 04:51 AM        
btw , i did do a search and found white/red tracer...
i just want to confirm , is this the wire used when dynoing though ?

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BobC


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posted May 02, 2007 05:30 AM        
We just clipped the dyno pick-up over a plug lead, prior to the stick coil. Couldn't find a satisfactory signal up at the ecu.
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buddy


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posted May 02, 2007 06:25 AM        
The manual says the 14 uses a twisted pair to send binary signals to the ecu which decodes the signals and operates the guages. This system they call the CAN system. If cut into it will likely be destroyed.
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crazybill


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posted May 02, 2007 06:54 AM        
i was afraid of that... im wondering if i can use a signal right off the crank signal . if i can get this to work out itll be a nice alternative to the msd .
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crazybill


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posted May 02, 2007 06:58 AM        
also , anyone used the msd and know if it trips the FI light like it does on the busa ? thats one of the "features" we're trying to avoid .
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chunter


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posted May 02, 2007 08:37 AM        
Save yourself hassels and go to the ecu for the signal. Just discovered this past weekend in working with Ray from MSD that if you have an ignition kill tied to the neg side of the coils for an air shifter it interferes with the MSD light. For a 2 step I'd err on the safe side and pick up the signal back at the ecu, right (throttle) side plug white w.blue tracer wire.
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crazybill


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posted May 02, 2007 12:59 PM        
right on chip... thanks a ton buddy !
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jdrill04


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posted May 02, 2007 06:47 PM        
i am trying to hook a dyna shift light into the tach on the bike. could somebody tell me whitch wire is the tach signal wire and witch one is the power wire. could you also tell me if it will hurt anything if i splice into these wires .
thanks.

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smokinzx14


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posted May 02, 2007 07:34 PM        Edited By: smokinzx14 on 2 May 2007 20:39
quote:
i am trying to hook a dyna shift light into the tach on the bike. could somebody tell me whitch wire is the tach signal wire and witch one is the power wire. could you also tell me if it will hurt anything if i splice into these wires .
thanks.
Use the white wire with red tracer on the coil on the left side of the bike... Get your power from the red wire with the silver tracer coming from the kill switch on the right handle bar .... or go all the way back to the fuse box and tap into the turn sig wire ... or any wire that is hot with the key on and cold when it's off...
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jdrill04


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posted May 03, 2007 05:27 PM        
i hooked into the white wire with the red tracer, and hooked the other wires like you said . i still can not get the shift light to work. it gives the quick flash to acknowledge it is getting power, but when i get up to 8000 it will not flash. any ideas. i was just wondering if i am tied into the right wire on the coil. i did splice into the white wire with red tracer of the coil on the left side of the bike.


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lietoome


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posted June 04, 2007 06:17 PM        
any updates? Trying to hook my Raptor shiftlight up. Thx.

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ZXGRIFF


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posted June 04, 2007 07:18 PM        
quote:
i hooked into the white wire with the red tracer, and hooked the other wires like you said . i still can not get the shift light to work. it gives the quick flash to acknowledge it is getting power, but when i get up to 8000 it will not flash. any ideas. i was just wondering if i am tied into the right wire on the coil. i did splice into the white wire with red tracer of the coil on the left side of the bike.




Have you gone well past 8,000? Just wondering if the tach is way off from what the actual RPM is..... Just a thought....

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jdrill04


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posted June 04, 2007 08:46 PM        
i went to 11000 , and still nothing. but i figured out the problem i need to tie into two coil wires to get the right signal. i was only picking up half. so i will see what that does.
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chunter


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posted June 05, 2007 03:05 AM        
Go back to the ECM to get the signal. If you are running a digital ignition kill it interferes with the signal needed for the shift light.
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lietoome


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posted June 05, 2007 04:30 AM        
I'll be running the muzzy air shifter, so I'll be digging into the ecu for that signal.
thanks for the help.

BTW, Chip, the swingarm is just kick ass. thanks
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CajunBoyz


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posted March 28, 2012 07:43 AM        
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i went to 11000 , and still nothing. but i figured out the problem i need to tie into two coil wires to get the right signal. i was only picking up half. so i will see what that does.


Did you ever get your shift to work, once connected to 2 coils?
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