Tach & shift light
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Le Mans Master
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Tach & shift light
Anybody mount their tach on the steering column and not butcher the interior ? Have been looking at this one with the shift light.
http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/gauge/gtechpro/egs.php
Picture please !!
Pit-man
http://www.sigmaautomotive.com/gauge/gtechpro/egs.php
Picture please !!
Pit-man
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Le Mans Master
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From: Orange Park FL
No replies on the other forums..probably because there is no chopsticks (no one wants it) !! 
I know someone, somewhere has one mounted.
I know someone, somewhere has one mounted.
Last edited by pit-man; Dec 22, 2007 at 07:58 AM.
Le Mans Master
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These are excellent and many here use them.
Go to the install link and follow through to the Corvette.
http://www.raptorperformance.com/
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No, it's not. It's adequate - for a stock car.
It only displays to 7000rpm, and not very accurately, it has significant lag to it. (anyone with logging software and/or a shiftlight figures this out quickly).
Although I personally wouldn't install an aftermaket tach (many racers do)...I did install a Raptor shift light, because it's accurate and the response time is instantaneous.
For those with modded engines that can and do shift at 7000+...the factory tach is useless.
It only displays to 7000rpm, and not very accurately, it has significant lag to it. (anyone with logging software and/or a shiftlight figures this out quickly).
Although I personally wouldn't install an aftermaket tach (many racers do)...I did install a Raptor shift light, because it's accurate and the response time is instantaneous.
For those with modded engines that can and do shift at 7000+...the factory tach is useless.
Le Mans Master
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From: South Alabama
No, it's not. It's adequate - for a stock car.
It only displays to 7000rpm, and not very accurately, it has significant lag to it. (anyone with logging software and/or a shiftlight figures this out quickly).
Although I personally wouldn't install an aftermaket tach (many racers do)...I did install a Raptor shift light, because it's accurate and the response time is instantaneous.
For those with modded engines that can and do shift at 7000+...the factory tach is useless.
It only displays to 7000rpm, and not very accurately, it has significant lag to it. (anyone with logging software and/or a shiftlight figures this out quickly).
Although I personally wouldn't install an aftermaket tach (many racers do)...I did install a Raptor shift light, because it's accurate and the response time is instantaneous.
For those with modded engines that can and do shift at 7000+...the factory tach is useless.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Orange Park FL
Track use only. Yes, we found out quick the motor spins up quicker than the tach but I didn't want the shift ligt only as habit has me eyeballing the tach as soon as the motor starts winding up tight. Still not a bad idea..using factory tach and shift light for accuracy, but I am not trying to save a dollar.
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Look into a sequential shift light if you want feedback from your tach at different positions.
I had the Raptor for 1/4 mile and it worked great. When it turned on shift. For road racing though I went to a sequential shift light only because many times I need to know how much room I have left before I have to shift or even if the shift is worth it. Basically the suquential does tell me what rpm I am at but honestly I care less about that and more about where I am going.
I had the Raptor for 1/4 mile and it worked great. When it turned on shift. For road racing though I went to a sequential shift light only because many times I need to know how much room I have left before I have to shift or even if the shift is worth it. Basically the suquential does tell me what rpm I am at but honestly I care less about that and more about where I am going.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Orange Park FL
Look into a sequential shift light if you want feedback from your tach at different positions.
I had the Raptor for 1/4 mile and it worked great. When it turned on shift. For road racing though I went to a sequential shift light only because many times I need to know how much room I have left before I have to shift or even if the shift is worth it. Basically the suquential does tell me what rpm I am at but honestly I care less about that and more about where I am going.
I had the Raptor for 1/4 mile and it worked great. When it turned on shift. For road racing though I went to a sequential shift light only because many times I need to know how much room I have left before I have to shift or even if the shift is worth it. Basically the suquential does tell me what rpm I am at but honestly I care less about that and more about where I am going.
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