I want a shift light, as my path towards Fast and Furious is not complete without one. All I'll need after this is Vin Diesel to ride with me, and bam, I'm in like Paul Walker. Paul Walker.

Anyways, looking at this (and, well, every shift light ever, this PDF was just the most friendly looking):

http://www.glowshift.com/pdf/adjusta...ift-lights.pdf

It calls to hook the "green wire" up to the "tach signal". That's about as useful as telling a blind man to just look around.

Anyways, do we have a "tach signal" wire to tap into? Or, if not, is there a different way to go about this?

Thanks.

 

I think a shift light would distracting as hell

 

Geeze-o-man, every one knos all you have to do is hook the green wire to the tach pulse signal wire from the ecu..... common knowlegde silly....... lol just kidding

Look for it at the ecu.... just look up the pin codes.... "tack signal" hope that helps


E.J.

 

Yeah, I found the ECU thread. Forgot to search.

Meh, I'll just give it a shot and see if it works. If not, so be it. I'll just start to randomly splice into things.

It would be, but that's kind of the point I'd personally set it to flash at 200 or so RPM before the actual red line, or whatever, just to give me a heads up.

When I drive, I'm semi retarded, so a bright light helps.

 

Ask someone on here who has a service manual for the X to show you the pinout of the ECU and preferably the dash cluster wiring diagram. You most likely need to tap that into the signal wire that goes in to the stock tach.



FWIW: Shift lights are totally unnecessary unless you are road racing the **** out of the car, and even in that case you shouldn't need a light to tell you when to shift. You should know from the sound and feel of the car. Now don't listen to your inner ricer...

 

I'm also going to be installing LED lights and an underglow kit. I plan to do a totally different color for each though; thinking pink LEDs, a blue underglow, green shift light, and maybe just a gigantic spinning disco ball on the inside.

It's going to be epic.

Oh, and when VTEC kicks in, I'm totally going to be enjoying it too much for my own good.

 

When I drive, I'm semi retarded, so a bright light helps.



LOL..... Thats good to know, Next time im in OH and I see a red evo X ill be sure to stay clear.

 

Wait ? your evo has v-tech ???? I knew it.... I should have bought an X lol......

 

V-tak attack

 

how about some fuzzy dice too and some velour fabric on the seats !!!!

 

1
Intake Cam engine oil control valve
2
No.1 injector
3
No.2 injector
4
No.1 ignition coil (ignition power transistor)
5
No.2 ignition coil (ignition power transistor)
6
Starter active signal
7
Exhaust camshaft position sensor
8
Crankshaft position sensor
9
Sensor supplied voltage
10
Throttle position sensor (main)
11
Throttle position sensor (sub)
12
Power supply voltage applied to throttle position sensor
13
Throttle position sensor ground
14
Intake camshaft position sensor
15
Throttle actuator control motor (+)
16
Throttle actuator control motor (-)
17
Exhaust Cam engine oil control valve
18
No.3 injector
19
No.4 injector
20
No.3 ignition coil (ignition power transistor)
21
No.4 ignition coil (ignition power transistor)
23
Exhaust camshaft position sensor ground
24
Crankshaft position sensor ground
25
Knock sensor (+)
26
Engine coolant temperature sensor
27
Engine coolant temperature sensor ground
30
Intake camshaft position sensor ground
34
Heated oxygen sensor (front) heater
35
Heated oxygen sensor (rear) heater
36
Engine oil pressure switch
37
Evaporative emission purge solenoid
38
Heated oxygen sensor (front)
39
Heated oxygen sensor (front) offset voltage
40
Heated oxygen sensor (rear)
41
Heated oxygen sensor (rear) offset voltage
42
Knock sensor (−)
44
Power supply voltage applied to manifold absolute pressure sensor
45
Manifold absolute pressure sensor
46
Manifold absolute pressure sensor ground
51
Fuel pump relay 1
52
Turbocharger wastegate solenoid 1
53
Turbocharger wastegate solenoid 2
58
Power steering pressure switch
60
Generator G terminal
61
Generator FR terminal
62
Generator L terminal
71
Throttle actuator control motor ground
72
Throttle actuator control motor power supply
73
MFI relay (power supply)
74
Accelerator pedal position sensor (main)
75
Power supply voltage applied to accelerator pedal position sensor (main)
76
Accelerator pedal position sensor (main) ground
77
Accelerator pedal position sensor (sub)
78
Power supply voltage applied to accelerator pedal position sensor (sub)
79
Accelerator pedal position sensor (sub) ground
81
ECM ground
82
Power supply
83
Throttle actuator control motor ground
84
Throttle actuator control motor relay
85
Clutch pedal position switch <M/T>
87
Mass airflow sensor
88
Mass airflow sensor ground
89
Intake air temperature sensor 1
90
CAN interface (high)
91
CAN interface (low)
92
Ignition switch-IG
93
ECM ground
96
Fuel pump relay 2
97
Intake air temperature sensor 2 ground
98
Intake air temperature sensor 2
102
A/C compressor relay
103
Flash EP-ROM power supply
104
Backup power supply
105
Ignition switch-ST
106
Starter relay
112
Fuel tank differential pressure sensor
113
Fuel tank differential pressure sensor ground
114
Power supply voltage applied to fuel tank differential pressure sensor
115
Fuel tank temperature sensor
117
Evaporative emission ventilation solenoid

 

I had one on my old car way back in the day. HATED IT! It was the most anoying thing ever.

 

I always thought that stealth-mounting a single LED flush into the dash would be nice. Have it just low enough that it's still in your field of view, but not blinding and have it flash slow then faster approaching redline, and then solid-on at redline.

"It's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car." ..lol

 

I plan to wire it into the full-car LED lights, so when I'm cruising for chicks along Main Street, I can rev it up and hold it there, and all the lights will flash.

 

hahaha this thread is an instant classic.