Shift light

[.Adam.]

Was thinking of fitting a shift light to my Westie, but wasn't sure what I need. The car has an MBE ECU that supports shift lights, but I wasn't sure how it fits on. You can get complete units for about £50, but I guess I don't need one of them as my ECU supports this function already. Anybody had any experiance with this?

[deathbyfish]

i bought a rev counter with a shift light for the ginetta a while back, it was about £40-£50 or so. one of the best things i've bought. now i'm thinking about moving it to the westfield ive just bought, for the main reason i cant see the propper rev counter very well at all!

[steve_D]

If you have an output from the ECU all you need is this from RS

Steve

Sorry tried 4 times now but every time I paste the link Pistonheads screws it up.
Its a 52mm LED cluster of 50 red LEDs and costs £14.58
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[lanciachris]

Heres a dumb question. Whats a shift light for?

[docevi1]

lanciachris said:

Heres a dumb question. Whats a shift light for?

to tell you when to change gear

To gain the best acceleration you should change gear when the torque available at gear+1 is higher than current, usually most producation cars are designed such at that the red-line of the car is where you should change, but the moment you put that engine into a light chassis, modify it's power etc you change the entire characteristics of the drive train.

[lanciachris]

But surely to be able to set the shift light then you have to know when it is anyway, in which case, you dont need a light?

[gdr]

You can mount the light in line of sight, much easier than watching your rev counter for shift point. I find shift light quite useful on trackdays.

[docevi1]

lanciachris said:

But surely to be able to set the shift light then you have to know when it is anyway, in which case, you dont need a light?

it'll likely be a red line indicator in this case

[.Adam.]

The light I was thinking of, if I could wire it in was this one. I shall have to see what model ECU I've got and fire an e-mail off the MBE.

[jamesg20]

in my experience that will be completely over the top and blind /distract you. You will end up with masking tape over it to dull it down. a single large(9mm) LED is all thats needed.