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| stateofidleness |
 Dec 30 2007, 11:59 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 810 Joined: 1-September 07 From: Canyon Lake, Texas! Member No.: 8,065 Region Association: None  |
Ok so im not the best manual driver.. i have VERY limited experience on a kia sportage....
im thinkin one of these things may be for me, at least until i can "hear" when to shift and get experience and "learn" my car well enough to just know when to shift how hard is it to install one of these? what all is needed? can ya'll educate me on these i was intrigued by an ad i saw on the speed channel for www.autometer.com somethin like this: http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail....egoryCode=3342Y give me the low down Thanks -Steve |
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| Rand |
Dec 30 2007, 05:14 PM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,413 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Does your tach work? Why not just watch the tach until you get used to the sound of it at different RPM? You don't need a shift light on a street car. I'll shift anywhere between 3k and 5k+ depending on how hard I'm driving it and rarely rev it beyond that. When winding it out hard just keep it under redline. And if your powerband starts dropping off before redline, no need to keep winding it up.
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stateofidleness Shift Lights Dec 30 2007, 11:59 AM
SGB Is your 914 not running? Its pretty hard not to r... Dec 30 2007, 12:11 PM TINCAN914 Go out and drive it, as stated above you will have... Dec 30 2007, 12:23 PM stateofidleness will do
can you educate me on how a shift light w... Dec 30 2007, 12:40 PM Brando At a certain rpm it comes on basically. You may ne... Dec 30 2007, 02:02 PM McMark :agree:
Reach a certain RPM and the light comes o... Dec 30 2007, 02:13 PM stateofidleness alright cool.. guess i was overthinkin it
anxious ... Dec 30 2007, 02:36 PM Joe Ricard I have a shift light in my Autocross car. Because... Dec 30 2007, 05:48 PM iamchappy I have a shift light in my street driven car becau... Dec 30 2007, 07:17 PM iamchappy I have a shift light in my street driven car becau... Dec 30 2007, 07:18 PM
burton73 There is a shift light in my 86 Carrera. It goes o... Dec 31 2007, 02:27 PM |
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