Shift Light
08-05-2007, 03:57 PM
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Shift Light
I am thinking about maybe putting a shift light in my car. If i do, I want it to be really inconspicuous and not one of those big bulky ones the size of a small guage. Does anyone know of like a little led insert that I could put somewhere in my guage cluster or something? Nothing really fancy or flashy, just functional you know? I saw this cool video of a supposedly prodrive shift light, but I havent been able to find any information on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg4t-mNbmg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg4t-mNbmg
08-05-2007, 06:23 PM
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yea im thinking of rigging up an LED to tell me when to shift. with my new setup it's pretty scary to look down when going full throttle.
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08-05-2007, 06:56 PM
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Yeah there is one called...Rapter.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
And you can put it anywhere, I like the idea of putting it in the left center air vent.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
And you can put it anywhere, I like the idea of putting it in the left center air vent.
08-05-2007, 07:18 PM
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Yeah there is one called...Rapter.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
And you can put it anywhere, I like the idea of putting it in the left center air vent.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
And you can put it anywhere, I like the idea of putting it in the left center air vent.
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08-05-2007, 07:23 PM
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Yeah there is one called...Rapter.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
And you can put it anywhere, I like the idea of putting it in the left center air vent.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
And you can put it anywhere, I like the idea of putting it in the left center air vent.
08-05-2007, 07:45 PM
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yea because it's smart to look down at your gauge cluster when going full throttle.... I didn't really need one on my old setup since the revs weren't as quick but now everything goes by pretty quick and I would like to focus on the road 
08-05-2007, 07:51 PM
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I gotta figure out how to wire in one. I know some guys with their 93-01s have done it and retain their stock dash (just a few gaps)
08-05-2007, 09:47 PM
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I just listen to RPM frequency. on my setup, and most others, your peak torque is in the lower RPM. past 6K RPM doesn't matter and you're just wasting fuel.
08-05-2007, 10:31 PM
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I would set my light to 6500 or so. I run a vf-34 on a 2.5 and I have plenty of steam in the higher RPM's. And daredevil, I would be happy to drive against you on track 
. I can listen to my rpm frequency, and usually do - how do you think I have shifted under full load for the past 20k miles? But, none the less a light would be nice - sort of like a luxury.
The sti cluster would be sick, but if theres issues getting it in and working properly as well as gaps from it not fitting right, I am not sure it would be such a great idea. Putting that shift light in the air vent is a good idea however...I might actually do that. Who knows. I want something just like a single LED that is on my dash, and flashes when its time. Thats it.
. I can listen to my rpm frequency, and usually do - how do you think I have shifted under full load for the past 20k miles? But, none the less a light would be nice - sort of like a luxury. The sti cluster would be sick, but if theres issues getting it in and working properly as well as gaps from it not fitting right, I am not sure it would be such a great idea. Putting that shift light in the air vent is a good idea however...I might actually do that. Who knows. I want something just like a single LED that is on my dash, and flashes when its time. Thats it.