monster tachos

[ah789454]

hello my fellow hondowians!!

i keep reading about people wanting to put these monster tachos (with shift light) on the car so they know when to change gears.

why dont u try listening to the car it tells you when to change.

wouldnt you agree??

[one more chance]

unless ur car doesnt come with a stock tacho or your car is tuned to rev beyond the stock tacho reading...i dont see the point in them!
i do have a stand-alone pivot shift light though....its not always easy to listen to the engine when ur concentrating on the road ahead! :wink:

[civicboy]

ya...u can do dat 2 :)

[Setanta]

This thread has a point?

[A'PEXi]

if u have the stero up u can hardly hear the engine :P... just fancy stuff for your car, unless you really need it for obvious reasons.

[MTX BOY]

unless ur car doesnt come with a stock tacho or your car is tuned to rev beyond the stock tacho reading...i dont see the point in them!
i do have a stand-alone pivot shift light though....its not always easy to listen to the engine when ur concentrating on the road ahead! :wink:

True true 8)

[Weq]

I have got a 'monsta' tacho, dont wnat 1, but i findit hard to listen to the rev's as once its over 5000rpm its all the same to me.. Its so eay to hit the revlimit, espically when u ca doesnt want to stop revving

[Setanta]

Rev limiter?

As in, you know you've hit redline when the engine chokes on the limiter.

Weird, but I always know what my car is doing, it's called peripheral vision :P

[mo]

or you just know your car really well pete :wink:

[skoota]

Even with the stereo loud I reckon it's easy to tell when to change gears. Plus the red line like sticks out like a sore thumb - I don't see the point in 'em.

[wynode]

If you have a loud enough stereo you probably won't hear your engine.

But i'd value a dual stage shift light over a BIG tacho. Say you're on the track and constantly above 5000 RPM, to tell when to shift up a gear you'd have to keep glancing down at the tacho.........not something you'd like to do at 150km/h +

[Weq]

Yer a shift light would come in very handy. Usually i can tell that a car needs to change gears by the power curve/sound of the engine, but the civic brakes all the rules i tell ya.. Oh yer for this reason, i hit fuel cut for the first/only time while draggin with stereo up :)

[Rowie]

yeh, a shift light is handy for dragging when you want to get the most out of the revs.....

[XXpl0Sive]

I have a multi-stage shift light - it has six really bright LEDs, 4 are read, 1 is yellow, and the final one is green. They light up sequentially as you hit the desired RPMs.

I don't drag so it's useless to me until I get another car :lol:

[SiR]

How much is it for one of these shift light thingies? Is it a hassle to get it installed? Provided the price is within my budget, I'd love to have one installed on my car.

Thanks!

[skoota]

Yeah, actually i think a shift thingy would be good/fun. How much and all that??? :D

[XXpl0Sive]

Around 150-200 :)

[skoota]

Just for some lights???? Christ! :shock:

[XXpl0Sive]

Yep!

It measures the electrical charge in the tacho wire and lights up accordingly.

[CAT_SPEW]

I just bought one fo those Gizzo dual stage shifft lights from autobahn.
Haven't hooked it up yet but should be on soon.

I've got a autometer monster tacho w/ shift light if anyone wants it. Looking for $220 firm.

[SiR]

Around 150-200 :)

I guess that's a reasonable price. Whether or not I'd be willing to part with $150-200 for some shift lights is another matter.

Btw, how hard is it to wire it up? Is it a DIY job or something for the mechanic?

[XXpl0Sive]

DIY job
Just some basic electronic knowledge is required ;)

[Choongas]

yeah DIY job for sure! JayCar has a cheap kit for like.. $30 i think i bought mine for. You get 3 lights and you solder the thingy up. You can adjust all 3 lights to wherever you want them to go off at.. pretty simple. Stuff paying over $100... thats just ridiculous i reckon!

Here's a photo :)

http://members.optushome.com.au/civic/shift.jpg