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Old 02-13-03, 09:46 AM
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shift lights

since drag season is coming up.. ive been looking around at shift lights. i dont really want this hugh monster tach on my dash, but a light would be nice.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=3487

has anyone used these before, or what do you think/how hard would it be to hook up? i know it goes on the "pills" but could you use this?

http://store.summitracing.com/productdetail.asp?p=2435

not sure exactly the light they are talking about.

what i REALLY wanted was a led in the console between the stock tach and the speedo that lights up when the rpm's get there.but i would be able to adjust it. but i dont know of anything to adjust it with is it even possible?
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Summit sells one for $40 that I have in one of my cars. It's completely functional, and adjustable without pills (there's a dial on it). I'd recommend taking a look for it. I'm pretty sure it's made by Proform.
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You can just hook up a shift light to your the wire that causes your buzzer to go off when you redline it.
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Originally posted by Rotary Revolution
You can just hook up a shift light to your the wire that causes your buzzer to go off when you redline it.
thats what i was thinking, but i want there to be an adjustment with a dial or something.

ill probably go with the light and the pills, i just thought it would be helpfull to set it at 2500 in the mornings when its cold, and 7k for drag racing, and so on.. but ill probably just go with that.
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I'm running the Autometer Shiftlight currently and I'm about to order a Adj-a-chip pill (0-12,000rpm). The Shift Light works great and with only three wires to hook up, it's cake work to install.


PART#: ATM-5340 @ Summit Racing


PART#: 254-NCRPM4000 @ Jegs

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Re: shift lights

Originally posted by onepointone
what i REALLY wanted was a led in the console between the stock tach and the speedo that lights up when the rpm's get there.but i would be able to adjust it. but i dont know of anything to adjust it with is it even possible?
That's exactly what I did. There's actually a pot in the tacho circuit board that allows adjustment of the over-rev buzzer so yes you can adjust it. If you're handy with a soldering iron you could even run some wires out and mount a new pot and dial somewhere in the dash.

Mine...

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This looks like the one I'm going to get, thanks for the lead http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=32898
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Wowzer, that speedometer goes over 200mph? swwweeet!!!
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Originally posted by Vubonic
Wowzer, that speedometer goes over 200mph? swwweeet!!!
Look closer... it says km/h.
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yea, also notice how its sitting at 8k


could you give me more details on how that was done? i think thast what im going to do.. i just dont know what i would use to adjust it. i mean, i definately want it to be adjustable from the dash so i can change it as im driving and so on...
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DOH! I feel retarded lol
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Originally posted by onepointone
yea, also notice how its sitting at 8k


could you give me more details on how that was done? i think thast what im going to do.. i just dont know what i would use to adjust it. i mean, i definately want it to be adjustable from the dash so i can change it as im driving and so on...
It's pretty easy. You just take the buzzer wires and run them to an led instead. Make sure to use an approriate resistor so you don't burn it out.

If you want to be able to adjust it from the dash, you'd need to remove the potentiometer from the circuit board, solder a couple of wires and run them out to a new pot mounted in the dash.
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