QUOTE(falconfp2001 @ Oct 8 2012, 04:13 PM)
MSD actually has a tack adapter to be used when using old analog tacks but I'm not sure if that would work in this case. You need to reduce from 8 to 4 so this might work.
http://www.autosportlabs.com/tach-adapter-p-65.html It is used primarily for EDIS since you have 8 spark pulses for 4 cylinders. It is a cheap product and requires very little skill to install inline with your tack output. I don't know what your ignition output is like so just a guess that this may work.
I don't think that will work after looking at the install. It is looking for multiple coil signals and sums them together. He needs to half his signal. This can be done by fiddling with the guts of the tach, or replace the guts with a modern replacement.
If you are really handy with a soldering iron, you could make a pulse halfer with some op-amps and a counter. Maybe $20 in parts but you will have to find the schematic online or in a book.