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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 08:37 PM
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Thumbs up Just finished installing my S-AFC...

... and everything seems to be working. Now I'm ready for the dyno tomorrow to set it up. One noticed though when I was checking the RPM on the S-AFC. It is not the same with the stock gauage. At idle, my stock gauage reads +- 750 while the S-AFC stays around 500. Is this normal or something is wrong with my stock RPM gauage? It hink 500 at idle is really low. Any idea guys?
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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 08:47 PM
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S-AFC

Let me know what your settings are on yours because I have similar mods and I don't have a dyno close by.

I have also noticed the difference in rpm readings. I think that the S-Afc is more accurate because it is just a digital reading straight from the ECU but without the guage that could or could not be accurate getting in the way.
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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 09:29 PM
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My s-afc is reads pretty close to idle, but way up around 8,500 its off a couple hunderd rpms. O-well. I trust the s-afc over the stock 12 year old tack. CJ
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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 10:03 PM
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my idle is dead on but anything over 2000rpm is off by 200-400rpm.... the afc will be right.
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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 11:04 PM
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ok, i took her out for a spin and here are some reading comparisons:

750 (stock) - 500 (safc)
3500 (stock) - 2600 (safc)
4500 (stock) - 3000 (safc)

as you can see, it is over 1000 RPM off.
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Old Sep 20, 2002 | 11:42 PM
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that is concerningly off... might wanna check that your S-AFC is hooked up right.. to be off by 1000 at that rpm seems pretty bad for the stock gauge..
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Old Sep 21, 2002 | 02:13 AM
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i had the cylinder wrong. it was setup for 6 instead of 4. So I put it to 4 and everything is now in sync
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Old Sep 21, 2002 | 02:25 AM
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Originally posted by SPDST3R
i had the cylinder wrong. it was setup for 6 instead of 4. So I put it to 4 and everything is now in sync
When you say In sync, like 750rpm (stock) Is 750 rpm (s-afc)? If It Is, than you'll be the first to have matching tachs. I'll be Installing mine soon and am Intimadated to have a contrast with the rpms.

I'll post my results.
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Old Sep 21, 2002 | 10:11 AM
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yup, it's 99% sync all the way up. Now i can really tell the idle is not steady because the numbers are going up and down. But I noticed that the idle is smoother now. My idles used to move bet 700 and 900 and now it stays at 750'ish.
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Old Sep 21, 2002 | 12:02 PM
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I believe the S-AFC and tach get their RPM signals from different points...The S-AFC gets it from the CAS, the tach from the trailing coil. But I could be wrong (probably am).
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