[VTR] Shift Light

[Joe Curry]

When I was doing serious autocrossing, I had a shift light installed on my
Spit and it worked pretty well.  Since in an autocross the driver is very
busy cranking on the wheel, the light is a nice warning to let him know when
to shift without taking the time to look at the tach (even if it is
working).

But Ihave not seen any of them that are not as you put it "Tacky"!  They are
all very large in order that the light is easily visible.  There are
electronic tachimeters available with built in shift lights.  So if your
tach is not working, you might find one that fits into your current mounting
hole.


Joe C.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Chip19474 at aol.com>
To: <vtr at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 2:10 PM
Subject: [VTR] Shift Light


> 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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