[VTR] Shift Light

[Chip19474 at aol.com]

List,
 
Has anyone installed a shift light on their TR6 or TR4?  I  disassembled the 
tach, cleaned and carefully oiled/restored it back in 1999  during the early 
stages of my TR6 restoration project.  It is accurate in  warm and hot weather 
but this past fall I noticed that it randomly seems to want  to lag a bit past 
4000 rpm on cooler days.  Since cooler days and evenings  are when I really 
like to "exercise" her (to take advantage of that denser cold  air fuel charge) 
and since my motor has been extensively modified allowing me to  seek a 
higher, non stock redline, I'm thinking of installing a shift light  so I don't 
send a connecting rod through the block some day.
 
I've looked in JEGS and Summit Racing catalogs to get ideas.  I don't  want 
something that's too tacky or looks like I should be lining up at the local  
drag strip.  Unfortunately, most of the lights I've seen are also a little  too 
large (out of scale) for the 6's dashboard.
 
Any ideas?  Footnote - yes I know that I can probably solve the cold  day 
sluggishness by removing the tach, cleaning again and re-oiling but it's  just 
not quite "bad" enough to do that yet and wouldn't it be really unique to  know 
exactly when you've reached redline instead of relying solely on  
interpretation!?
 
TIA,
 
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack, PA
1976 TR6  CF57822U



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