yea your right, but im a nooobie so i rely on instruments

 

lol

 

I really can't agree with that. Shifting, is obviously a very important aspect of going fast, weither its AutoX or Drag racing. You want to shift at specific points, no earlier no later...

Why not have a light that lets you know when? Do you really know the difference between 7600 and 7800? Do you know it enough that you can concintrate on the turn 95% and use that last 5% to worry about shifting?

I just see no reason not to have a shift light if you are going to AutoX or drag race..

oh man, I can focus more on driving now, damn it that sucks


[Modified by StyleTEG, 12:59 AM 6/21/2002]

 

I know when to shift when I'm bouncing off the rev-limiter... J/k!!

I look down at my tach sometimes, but only for a split second, I know it's not good not have your eye's off the road, but I'm aware of my surroundings and usually feel comfortable doing it.

Usually though, I can feel the engine running outta breath up a 8000k RPMs, I usually can shift around 7600-7800 without looking.

 

Exactly my point FrankGSR

You can shift around 7600 - 7800 with out looking, and you can look for a split second when you are comfortable with your surroundings..

but in AutoX/track you are not going to be comfortable with your surroundings when your going through a turn and need to shift, and you are going to want to shift right at redline.

You really don't need a shift light for daily driving, but its a good investment to make if you plan on doing any track/AutoXing.

 

Thanks everyone I just installed it and it works great, i mounted it on the steering column on the left closest to the temp guage. its a great unit, it comes with a 3000 rpm pill to test which was good(i didnt feel like reving it to 7k to make sure it worked) pretty straight forward, i used the cig lighter for my - and switched +, and the blue and silver wire on the back of the cluster(on the connector closest to the rpm and temp guages), for my signal wire. I would recommend it, i may even get a 4200 or 4400 pill for daily driving(dont really need it but its cool to have)

Hopefully this thread will help someone else on down the road.

 

it does! thanks!

 

dang 4 months later.