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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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| burton73 |
Dec 31 2007, 02:27 PM
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Senior member, and old dude Group: Members Posts: 3,852 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California 
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There is a shift light in my 86 Carrera. It goes on at 3,500. You see it as a small arrow in the tack. When running hard you just go past it to red line but if you are babying your car then you can shift there.
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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 Rand Does your tach work? Why not just watch the tach u... Dec 30 2007, 05:14 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
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