$10 shift light how-to

SuperDave · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject:

I'll get a better video, maybe of mine while driving (i'll set the shift points lower to avoid tickets)

steve1989 · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

So wait, with stock ecm.. this will light when your regular shift light in the dash is on? I don't think the one in my dash ever lights when im WOT

Six_Shooter · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject:

steve1989 · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject:

I hope you mean disable cuz I was like oh.. a fancy word.. looked it up in the dictionary and it means.. with hot spices lol... and yea thats a bummer... I guess I have to wait for someone to figure out how to run it off a tach lead and only light when it hits 5V.. which I believe is 5000rpm

Six_Shooter · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:13 pm Post subject:

steve1989 · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

I mean a free one

Six_Shooter · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

Nothing good is free.

Besides if you look hard enough you can find plans to make an RPM activated switch.

steve1989 · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

Well I actually have a MSD Shift light in my other car with the little plug in's for selecting rpm.. they wouldn't happen to be rpm activated switches by any chance ?

SuperDave · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

It would be possible to build a small circuit to tie this in directly to the tach lead but then it deffenetly wouldn't be a $10 shift light.

stock setting for "RPM above which shift light is always on" is 5600 RPM

Of course there are settings for the minimum RPM VS assumed gear but those really only come into play for regular driving.

steve1989 · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:

So wait.. the economy shift light will come on at 5600 RPM?

SuperDave · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

Issac, i found these at work today.. i've got like 30-40 of them laying around... anyone who knows power LED's knows what these are

SuperDave · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:47 am Post subject:

steve1989 · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

If you wouldn't mind I'd be interested for sure

isaachayes · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

Low dome batwing luxeons !! LOL old school!!! 30lumens maybe! haha

Maybe more, those look like newer ones that have the phosphor applied EOS like the high domes do. What you need is a cree MCE in there now

What do you have those luxeons laying around for? Area lighting that never was installed?

SuperDave · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject:

they go behind the reels in a slot machine.. they light up the symbols when you hit a good combination.

i bench tested them, 1A @ 3.3V. They turn angry blue at 1.5A

no MCE's, unless i decide to put one in my U2

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