Question on shift lights - Honda Prelude Forum

SikRedRX-8 · 08-17-2003, 07:21 PM

The ones that you can buy for the big tachs, can you set them up to go off with a stock tach?

CrazieLude · 08-17-2003, 10:11 PM

yes, my friend had one on his mustang.

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prelude styl · 08-18-2003, 11:39 AM

HMMM.... I don't get how though. Because the way the shift lights work is, you put in a 'pill' into the tach that at whatever RPM the pill is, that's when the shift light comes on. There needs to be some sort of signal that sends to the shift light at a predetermined RPM... I can't imagine how we could do that.

SikRedRX-8 · 08-18-2003, 12:55 PM

See that is what I was thinking but I could have sworn I seen it somewhere. It would be nice I can tell you that. Anyone have any ideas?

prelude styl · 08-18-2003, 03:15 PM

yeah I've thought about it before as well.. and I couldn't figure out a way. The only light I can think of is a vtec engagement light, which is simple to wire.

It would be nice to be able to buy just a shift light though *sigh*.. I don't want a monstro-humongo-tach

G_Loc · 08-18-2003, 04:08 PM

you don't need an aftermarket tach

found an adjustable one on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2428141930

and found an autometer one (which you need RPM pills for so it would turn on at a specified RPM):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2427759934

edit:

I think this is better than either... it doesn't stick out as much and is adjustable:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2427792866

prelude styl · 08-18-2003, 04:51 PM

Nice finds...

If I were to get any of those, it would be the Autometer one for sure. They still use pills, but incorperate it all into the shift light.. smart. I wonder if they've made one of those in the Cobalt series....

bsi · 08-18-2003, 05:10 PM

whoa

, i was just thinking about this today (my work truck doesnt have a tach

, i would definitely get the autometer one though, the first one looks ghetto, and the third one kind of does also. my .02

G_Loc · 08-18-2003, 06:27 PM

i'll be the oddball and say i'd buy the last one

i'd rather have it light up from 5500 rpm all the way to 6500

prelude styl · 08-18-2003, 06:49 PM

not that it's not cool, but it's defeating the purpose of why I'd buy it.. it's still something you'd need to pay attention to, to see where your at, where as with a shift light, the whole point is you can never take your eyes off the track, and shift when the light comes on.. so all your attention is diverted to driving the hell outa your car.

Tee-Dot · 08-12-2010, 06:55 PM

Dear D98Prelude:

This thread is dead. Move along...

preludatic · 08-12-2010, 10:34 PM

Back when I had my ricey lude, I installed a shift light into the door vent. It was adjustable by turning a dial in the back of it (which I did by opening the door and the dial was just inside the hole on the door panel). The positive wire hooks up to a wire under the hood near the distributor cap... can't remember which color exactly.

Here's a pic of it when I had it in.