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[CilverSeliST205]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SILVER-BLUE...609165518QQrdZ1

Above link sends you to a product called universal 3a racing shift light, which is not so universal since it needs a aftermarket 3a racing tach to work, but the seller "forgot" to mention it...

anyways, i ended up paying $25 for a aluminium tube with 4 led in it Can not return the product so i got to make it work.. here is how i want to do it:

OEM tach gets an input voltage corresponding to the rpms(please correct me if im wrong) if i run a variable resistor from that input to the base of a transistor that would switch 9V to the LEDs, then I will start the car and set the resistance to the low end and rev the car up i will get enough current to the base of the transistor to switch on the LEDs in shiftlight somewhere in low rpm range... then with increasing resistance i will get the LEDs to go on later in rpm range, and that is how i am going to adjust.

Am i going to make the tach read unaccuratley? Does tach input wire uses voltage as the only reference to rpms? Is this going to work at all? Thanks for reading/responses!

[creis]

well i'm not putting down any massive power or anything, but i can shift at the right rpm's without looking no problem (but again my needel does not move the speed of light)

just seems usless to me, your better of lurning your cars acceleration ablilities then just shifting to a light.

[97lestyousay]

well i'm not putting down any massive power or anything, but i can shift at the right rpm's without looking no problem (but again my needel does not move the speed of light)

just seems usless to me, your better of lurning your cars acceleration ablilities then just shifting to a light.

Do you just tell by sound? It is for racing. Consistancy is the key in bracket racing.
Shift Lights serve a very good purpose.