Re: AMC tach redlines- V8 vs I6?

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It's the other way 'round. The 4500 is for the 6 and the 5000 is for the 8. :)

Ken Ames

Quoting John W Rosa <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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> I've got a couple of tachs here from donors-unknown
> and the original '6 CYL' and 8 CYL' markings are 
> long ago faded and unreadable.
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> Two have a 5000RPM redline and one has a 4500RPM
> redline. I *think* all three came from 77AMXs.
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> My guess was that the higher RPM was for the 6,
> but figured I'd ask others that have such tachs
> to be certain.
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> Any answers?
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> John
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