Where and How to mount a shift light
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I bought a Autometer shift gauge and mounted it in the SLP boost pod.
http://marylandspeed.com/slp-single-...0a-p-4152.html
http://www.autometer.com/level-3-dig...tem-gauge.html
http://marylandspeed.com/slp-single-...0a-p-4152.html
http://www.autometer.com/level-3-dig...tem-gauge.html
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Line of sight, and even up around the mirror is a good location.
Hence the reason for the shift ligtht, is so you don't have to look down at the dash gauges to know when to shift (so mounting it down around there is pretty redundant to start with, since the you could just look at the tach instead).
Hence the reason for the shift ligtht, is so you don't have to look down at the dash gauges to know when to shift (so mounting it down around there is pretty redundant to start with, since the you could just look at the tach instead).
Last edited by Dano523; Mar 21, 2015 at 01:52 PM.
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Line of sight, and even up around the mirror is a good location.
Hence the reason for the shift lift, is so you don't have to look down at the dash gauges to know when to shift (so mounting it down around there is pretty redundant to start with, since the you could just look at the tach instead).
Hence the reason for the shift lift, is so you don't have to look down at the dash gauges to know when to shift (so mounting it down around there is pretty redundant to start with, since the you could just look at the tach instead).
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Even better yet, both EFI live, and Hp Tuner, allows you to set when the LED will light up (PCM sends out the 5V on the unused PCM pin (HP tuner, engine>fuel>cut off-DFCO>misc> lamp RPM).
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St. Jude Donor '14, '16
Well you just made my $100 shift light a $.50 one thanks 
. I wasn't aware that was an option in HPT since the car didn't have an indicator light to begin with.
. I wasn't aware that was an option in HPT since the car didn't have an indicator light to begin with.
Last edited by sevinn; Mar 21, 2015 at 05:07 PM.
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Agreed if you are staring at the dash, instead of the track as you are driving down instead; since you could just put a LED in the OEM dash gauge shift light location that does not have a LED now, then use the PCM 5v on the unused pin out to active the led when it comes time to shift.
Even better yet, both EFI live, and Hp Tuner, allows you to set when the LED will light up (PCM sends out the 5V on the unused PCM pin (HP tuner, engine>fuel>cut off-DFCO>misc> lamp RPM).
Even better yet, both EFI live, and Hp Tuner, allows you to set when the LED will light up (PCM sends out the 5V on the unused PCM pin (HP tuner, engine>fuel>cut off-DFCO>misc> lamp RPM).
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