Activating the Shift Light
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From: Long Island, NY
tell you what, put up some time slips or STFU about racing
/\ goes double for you.... put up some timeslips or STFU about racing
apparently not....
with a stick a shift light allows you to be more consistent no doubt, and when you car goes 0-60 in around 3 seconds it certainly helps the 1-2 shift.
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Texas
LMAO
And where, exactly, have I ever said a single thing about racing?
I just don't understand why somebody would be interested in having an OEM-style shift light; its purpose is to tell you when to shift for best fuel milage and in my opinion is quite worthless for anybody that's been driving a stick for more than a couple months.
If it's a redline shift light you're after, you'd be much better off with something brighter and nearer your line of sight than an OEM-style light in the stock gauge cluster.
And where, exactly, have I ever said a single thing about racing?
I just don't understand why somebody would be interested in having an OEM-style shift light; its purpose is to tell you when to shift for best fuel milage and in my opinion is quite worthless for anybody that's been driving a stick for more than a couple months.
If it's a redline shift light you're after, you'd be much better off with something brighter and nearer your line of sight than an OEM-style light in the stock gauge cluster.
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primary purpose of a shift light is for racing... wash the sand out of your crotch. the gt500 light is a programmable one from what I've heard for optimal performance not economy
Last edited by Stkjock; Jun 6, 2009 at 01:21 PM.
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Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 865
From: New Hampshire
OK, a quick schooling on the modern S197 Mustangs electrical platform.
Its not the same as vehicles of yesteryear. There are wires but all the
information thats traded inbetween modules is on either a hi or low speed
CAN BUSS. Its programming that enables the cluster to illuminate the light
and the PCM that tells the cluster over the CAN BUSS when to light it.
Become a Ford systems programmer or sweet talk a high level Ford tech
to put the programming in place to enable the shift light.
The shift light sensor is the PCM and programming will be needed to enable
it to send the shift light data to the cluster when it needs to be illuminated.
Once again, if it could be done, I would have already done it.
I thought it was whom ever had the smallest weiner dog had the most cyls.
Its not the same as vehicles of yesteryear. There are wires but all the
information thats traded inbetween modules is on either a hi or low speed
CAN BUSS. Its programming that enables the cluster to illuminate the light
and the PCM that tells the cluster over the CAN BUSS when to light it.
Become a Ford systems programmer or sweet talk a high level Ford tech
to put the programming in place to enable the shift light.
The shift light sensor is the PCM and programming will be needed to enable
it to send the shift light data to the cluster when it needs to be illuminated.
Once again, if it could be done, I would have already done it.
I thought it was whom ever had the smallest weiner dog had the most cyls.
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 507
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There are two types of Mustang drivers...those of us who drive the car as our main driver and just enjoy the sportiness of it or the appearance and those who have gone all out to mod the car to drag race it. Why do people who mod and drag their car instantly assume they know more than those of us who don't and why do they assume everyone wants to race? The 18 vs 20 discussion is even worse... The bickering on this page is getting as bad as on the motorcycle forums sometimes...
Back on topic though, a shift light would get on my nerves and I'm glad we don't have them. Seems like they always encourage shifting early.
Back on topic though, a shift light would get on my nerves and I'm glad we don't have them. Seems like they always encourage shifting early.
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Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Long Island, NY
There are two types of Mustang drivers...those of us who drive the car as our main driver and just enjoy the sportiness of it or the appearance and those who have gone all out to mod the car to drag race it. Why do people who mod and drag their car instantly assume they know more than those of us who don't and why do they assume everyone wants to race? The 18 vs 20 discussion is even worse... The bickering on this page is getting as bad as on the motorcycle forums sometimes...
Back on topic though, a shift light would get on my nerves and I'm glad we don't have them. Seems like they always encourage shifting early.
Back on topic though, a shift light would get on my nerves and I'm glad we don't have them. Seems like they always encourage shifting early.
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Birmingham Al
GFY-self
nothing to do with comprehension, all about speed, IMHO you've already demonstrated your intellect
tell you what, put up some time slips or STFU about racing
/\ goes double for you.... put up some timeslips or STFU about racing
apparently not....
with a stick a shift light allows you to be more consistent no doubt, and when you car goes 0-60 in around 3 seconds it certainly helps the 1-2 shift.
tell you what, put up some time slips or STFU about racing
/\ goes double for you.... put up some timeslips or STFU about racing
apparently not....
with a stick a shift light allows you to be more consistent no doubt, and when you car goes 0-60 in around 3 seconds it certainly helps the 1-2 shift.
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Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 636
From: AZ
There are two lights. One is the up arrow medium yellow color in the lower left and flashes when you get around 3K rpm. The other one is not seen normally, is programable via mycolor buttons for say 6100 rpm is a bright RED "SVT" in the tach guage.
You can see both the lights in this pic of gt500 dash I just got off ebay.
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,495
From: California
I wonder whether you could rig up an audible indicator. I had a car with a buzzer that sounded when you reached a predetermined speed. It had a needle that you set with a **** to whatever speed you wanted. When the speedometer needle got to the point where the other needle was, it tripped a buzzer. I didn't need to look at the speedometer all that often, because the sound would alert me.