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If I were going to fit shift lights, I'd try to find a couple of spare indicator lights, like the existing ally trimmed ones in the dash. Fit one with an amber light, one with a red one, mount them somewhere near the rev counter, and it'd look quite smart I reckon.
(As an aside, I think this'd be a nice way to do "fan on" lights, instead of LEDs in the plastic of the steering column. Again, use indicator lights, one left, one right, in red or amber, mounted under the temp guage.)
(As an aside, I think this'd be a nice way to do "fan on" lights, instead of LEDs in the plastic of the steering column. Again, use indicator lights, one left, one right, in red or amber, mounted under the temp guage.)
I wouldn't bother. The top revs it's worth using are 5000-5250, after that you're just wearing out all the rotating bits without getting extra power. And you can hear the engine telling you that it's time...
Spend the money on brakes or suspension -- ie something to make the car go faster (and that does include brakes)!
-Manek-
Spend the money on brakes or suspension -- ie something to make the car go faster (and that does include brakes)!
-Manek-
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If I were going to fit shift lights, I'd try to find a couple of spare indicator lights, like the existing ally trimmed ones in the dash. Fit one with an amber light, one with a red one, mount them somewhere near the rev counter, and it'd look quite smart I reckon.
Looks smart but totally useless as it can't be easily seen. The Cerbera has this and I found it next to useless. I have a system on the 520 and I will be putting an OMEX one on the Griff. Key point is to use the biggest brightest LED you can find and set it about 300 rpm below the revlimiter so that when it comes on, the 300 rpm means that by the time you have recognised it and strated to dip the clutch, you are on max revs but not on the limiter. The 520 has a 10mm ultra-high-extreme-make sure you are wearing shades it is so bright LED which you simply can't notice. It also gives you a nice suntan...
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
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Looks smart but totally useless as it can't be easily seen.
I was also thinking of the 10mm turbo nutter bastard LEDs... possibly in the same bezel as all the other stuff though. I'm not quite up for doing anything to my car that doesn't look like it's sort of supposed to be there.
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Hmmm, maybe you need an even brighter one then. Or an eye test. Or a proof-reader.
(You know I'm only teasing, don't you Steve?)
You know I have magical protection from the great god Gaffa
and that he can smite people's cars before they offend him.... How's the boiled over Chim? The Omex has been fine. Easy to set up. Relatively easy to fit but getting a 10 mm LED through a grommet is almost impossible - cut the wire, feed it through and reconnect. Mounted mine ontop of the plastic cowling so it could be removed wothout damaging anything. Probably do the same on the Griff.
Steve
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