Shift-i Sequential Shift Light
Discussion
I've no affiliation to this company but think it's a good product and may be of interest for your trackday cars.
Since the rev counter needle flies around the dial rather quickly post supercharging, I've found myself hitting the rev limiter a few times. I'd been thinking about a shift light for a while and found this;
http://www.shift-i.co.uk
http://www.ecliptech.com.au/
A big selling point for me is the fairly good looks. Most other sequential shift lights are made for motorsport and are rather utilitarian looking. Generally a square black box which isn't going to look too hot on your dash. The curved Shift-i is made mainly for bikes, where it wraps around the tacho, but I thought it would probably fit inside the Mustang tach bezel quite nicely. They also do a straight version which looks pretty good too. There is a template to check fitting here;
http://www.ecliptech.com.au/media/shift_i/installa...
I installed the shift light over the weekend. The install was easy, requiring only a connection to live, earth and a tach signal. The unit itself fits really nicely inside the tach bezel. I had a bit of a problem setting the device up to start with as it was giving me a "shift" indication between 1,000rpm and 1,750rpm. A quick e-mail to Ecliptech revealed that on some cars the tach signal must be taken from a fuel injector rather than a coil pack (something to do with the coil signal varying for fuel economy measures). Ecliptech are from Australia and they have found the same issue with the Ford Falcon.
After swapping the tach wire from the coil pack to injector the unit was spot on with a small adjustment to the set up. Basically the ECU does a neat job of conserving fuel. When you off throttle, the ECU won't inject any fuel (will start spark though, to keep the plugs from fouling). The Shift-I will think there is no RPM and that the engine has turned off. and starts displaying the maximum RPM for the trip (hidden feature). Fortunately there is an option to turn off this feature, so it doesn't kick in unintentional while driving.
There's lots of different modes for how you want the lights to work, but I have mine set on the light's coming on sequentially and all flashing at the shift point. Works great as you just catch it in your peripheral vision without it being annoying. I have my lights operating between 3,000rpm and 5,750rpm, which gives me time to snatch the gear change before hitting the 6,250rpm limiter. Overall 10 out of 10 for the product and the customer service from Ecliptech. Love it and I'm getting one for the track toy
It's a bit tricky to photograph in action without an assistant so here are a few pics without the car started.
Unit off - looks like this up until 3,000rpm
When you turn the ignition off you get a display of the battery charge - middle light is 12V
And this is what you see at the shift point (flashing)
Since the rev counter needle flies around the dial rather quickly post supercharging, I've found myself hitting the rev limiter a few times. I'd been thinking about a shift light for a while and found this;
http://www.shift-i.co.uk
http://www.ecliptech.com.au/
A big selling point for me is the fairly good looks. Most other sequential shift lights are made for motorsport and are rather utilitarian looking. Generally a square black box which isn't going to look too hot on your dash. The curved Shift-i is made mainly for bikes, where it wraps around the tacho, but I thought it would probably fit inside the Mustang tach bezel quite nicely. They also do a straight version which looks pretty good too. There is a template to check fitting here;
http://www.ecliptech.com.au/media/shift_i/installa...
I installed the shift light over the weekend. The install was easy, requiring only a connection to live, earth and a tach signal. The unit itself fits really nicely inside the tach bezel. I had a bit of a problem setting the device up to start with as it was giving me a "shift" indication between 1,000rpm and 1,750rpm. A quick e-mail to Ecliptech revealed that on some cars the tach signal must be taken from a fuel injector rather than a coil pack (something to do with the coil signal varying for fuel economy measures). Ecliptech are from Australia and they have found the same issue with the Ford Falcon.
After swapping the tach wire from the coil pack to injector the unit was spot on with a small adjustment to the set up. Basically the ECU does a neat job of conserving fuel. When you off throttle, the ECU won't inject any fuel (will start spark though, to keep the plugs from fouling). The Shift-I will think there is no RPM and that the engine has turned off. and starts displaying the maximum RPM for the trip (hidden feature). Fortunately there is an option to turn off this feature, so it doesn't kick in unintentional while driving.
There's lots of different modes for how you want the lights to work, but I have mine set on the light's coming on sequentially and all flashing at the shift point. Works great as you just catch it in your peripheral vision without it being annoying. I have my lights operating between 3,000rpm and 5,750rpm, which gives me time to snatch the gear change before hitting the 6,250rpm limiter. Overall 10 out of 10 for the product and the customer service from Ecliptech. Love it and I'm getting one for the track toy
It's a bit tricky to photograph in action without an assistant so here are a few pics without the car started.
Unit off - looks like this up until 3,000rpm
When you turn the ignition off you get a display of the battery charge - middle light is 12V
And this is what you see at the shift point (flashing)
Edited by benny.c on Thursday 2nd April 13:22
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