Tachometer shift light

Hey iwas wondering if you were to buy a tachometer with a shift light (mainly like the ones the sell on ebay....kind of expensive) does that tell you the best time that you should shift... or a good time or basically gives you a warning and stuff... not really sure until i saw one in that racing movie "The Last Race" which was kinda cool, lol kinda random but your help would be great thanks alot....and also how would you install one of these (what do u have to hook it up to and is it hard)

you set it to a RPM and it flashes at that rpm

I set mine just before my shift point, so when I see it I shift right at the point I want to shift at.

sounds like the greatest thing since sliced bread....
but dont alot of cars have different rpm shift points?
(sorry if that doesnt make sense dont drive a stick(YET).!)

EDIT: i mean from likke gear 1-2 and then 2-3 and then 3-4 have different rpms:

Well, some people think it's best to redline first and then shift on the peak hp point after that. Others do it differently. You would set it probably near or on your peak hp in the powerband.

You would set it probably near or on your peak hp in the powerband.

does that change from gear to gear?

*i might be getting a 3kgt in the near near future (i pray)
what rpm would yours be set at (SL3000GT)?

My car gets it peak hp at 6,400 rpm's and redlines at 7,000 rpm's. However, mine is the DOHC. If you were to get a SOHC it would be more like 5,500 rpm's. I wouldn't reccomend getting a SOHC if you are thinking about buying a 3kgt. They don't have near the hp of a DOHC.

Edit: If I were to buy a shift light I would set it at about 6,200 rpm's so I would have reaction time to shift. You will have to test and find out which shift points work best for your car.

well im young and take really good care of my cars no matter what i have .. i love cars even bad ones.... any 3kgt would be amazing... i more need something to start with and practice and all..... but thanks for your help

lol its kinda realllly dum but funny too i always though DOHC meant

DOHC= Direct outta hong kong
SOHC=? straight outta hong kong
lol go ahead make fun of me

lol its kinda realllly dum but funny too i always though DOHC meant

DOHC= Direct outta hong kong
SOHC=? straight outta hong kong
lol go ahead make fun of me:rofl:

well im young and take really good care of my cars no matter what i have .. i love cars even bad ones.... any 3kgt would be amazing... i more need something to start with and practice and all..... but thanks for your help

lol its kinda realllly dum but funny too i always though DOHC meant

DOHC= Direct outta hong kong
SOHC=? straight outta hong kong
lol go ahead make fun of me

Ha, no that's alright. You can get a SOHC, DOHC, and a DOHC TT (Double overhead cam twin turbo). But do us a favor and wait till your older to get a VR4 (DOHC TT). For many reasons. It's like giving a young kid the keys to a C5 Corvette. This may sound fun but believe me, you'll have an outsatanding fine within a week or you'll have totaled it within a month. No offense to you its just you don't have the experience. Get an SL or base model. They are great looking and still are competable with mid 90's Mustang GT's. Check out the Mitsubishi-3kgt/stealth forum and go to the article titled "If you are thinking about buying a VR4 read this first". If you have any questions about 3kgt's or Stealths feel free to ask in that forum.

Edit: SOHC = single overhead cam DOHC= double overhead cam

thanks i think ill do that

Hey were cool dude, but do you care if I put "lol its kinda realllly dum but funny too i always though DOHC meant

DOHC= Direct outta hong kong
SOHC=? straight outta hong kong " on my signature for a week or two?

i sure wouldn't mind...i was going to ask the same thing....but i wouldn't even have him start in a 3kgt...id have him start in a low powered manual since thats the route he wants to go...preferably a tercel, tempo, old accords and corollas, basiclly so u can ruin the clutch learning and not really have to worry if u hit anything learning it since the car isn't worth much.

but learning to drive on a low powered car does have its benefits since you will get experience and learn what the powerband is all about in a lesser powered car, so u will actually see where it is...thats how i learned...planning on sellin the auto tho and go back to manual...

i guess u notice more things when you start on a low powered car, then switch to a big upgrade...

lol no go ahead .. i think it might add to my popularity for a week or 2 which is what im trying to get up.... even if its in a bad way lol

meeh...if u want to up your 'popularaty' basically dont post bullshit or try to explain something when u have no idea what your talkin about....just absorb, and when u think u may know, post and just add at the end i think so or correct me if im wrong...it wont take long...

lol no go ahead .. i think it might add to my popularity for a week or 2 which is what im trying to get up.... even if its in a bad way lol

Thanks dude! :rofl:

well ... i consider myself a very good driver no near accidents or tickets or nothing only got pulled over once at 2:30pm coming back from a club and rolled a right light and turned on it.but only got told to go home cuz ur past curfew and be more careful. other then that i speed alot(not in traffic and not dum) but i like to have fun and drive fast
even if its just a fun auto 94 lebaron gtc convertible
i like it , although i dont have a choice ... but i love whatever car i have and take reallly good care of it , i wash and clean it inside and out at least 1 or 2 times a week.. and the 3kgt i might be gettin is gonna be sold to me cheap and ill be happy to have it.. thanks tho

[QUOTE=Chiquae07]meeh...if u want to up your 'popularaty' basically dont post bullshit or try to explain something when u have no idea what your talkin about....
well i wasnt posten bullshit i had a good question to ask about the tach. meter and i wasnt trying to explain anything but telling him what i thought... which i said i knew i was wrong... sorry but everyone is new one time or another.. but thanks for the input

i wasnt talkin about now, im talkin about like in the future....like where can i get a silencer for my 3 1/2 inch cat back...or how to double clutch like vin diesel in F&F, or how to adjust my NOS timer to run 9's....

sorry if u took it the wrong way...

ur cool in my books so far, kinda remind me of myself when i was introduced to street racing, since that was from F&F, but always liked circut racing like in Sega GT and Forza

[QUOTE=sportsb4life7]
well i wasnt posten bullshit i had a good question to ask about the tach. meter and i wasnt trying to explain anything but telling him what i thought... which i said i knew i was wrong... sorry but everyone is new one time or another.. but thanks for the input

Nah man, he wasn't saying you were. He was just saying that "in general" if you will. And keep your record clean. In the past 10 months I've managed to put on a hefty $600 in traffic fines. I think the 81mph in the 55 zone put the nail in the casket though. :banghead: :banghead:

Edit: He beat me too it.

how to double clutch like vin diesel in F&F, sorry if u took

wait can u explain that to me? XxX is the man i love him //

lol im kidding ya i see where your coming from its sort of like that but mixed in from some other people too, and mainly because i love driving, and cars in general.. but thanks for the help

**althought that thunderbird is probally the most amazing car ive ever seen
:)

o btw, i figured out what dohc and sohc means...dohc was from the back of a saturn, so geoforce, u have somethin to be proud of ur saturn for....yet, i diddnt know what dual over-head cam meant either way....

Chiqaue, mabye I'm just brain dead but what the hell are you talking about?...LOL

Chiqaue, POST FAST, your at 666 posts!:evillol:

ill find a pic....dont worry....lol it said it on the back of a saturn....Dual Over Head cam....and put it in my sig...

ill find a pic....dont worry....lol it said it on the back of a saturn....Dual Over Head cam....and put it in my sig...

Oh thank God, I was going to retieve a bible and some holy water! :rofl:

well...close enough for a pic

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/2141000-2141999/2141384_2_full.jpg

i guess i learned it from that....idk....

Ahh, yes, the twin cam saturn. A forced to be reconed with.

my sister had one of them back in the day... it moved out pretty good... she was quick with the stick!...

wait... I shouldn't be proud of that... :icon16:

[QUOTE=RedNeck383]she was quick with the stick!...QUOTE]

I bet she was. :naughty:

o btw, i figured out what dohc and sohc means...dohc was from the back of a saturn, so geoforce, u have somethin to be proud of ur saturn for....yet, i diddnt know what dual over-head cam meant either way....



sigh....

GFORCE, not geoforce, i dont drive a metro, nor is my life metro...

But yeah, mines dohc, which gives me a whopping 124 hp, compared to the sohc of my friend, who has 100hp and a lower redline.

That car in the pic is pretty similar to mine, except for color (mines grayish) and i have the factory spoiler

Here is a link about Overhead Camshafts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_camshaft

a whopping 124hp? thats not too bad really. my first car only had like 87-90hp i think? i had a friend who had a 94ish? i think saturn twin cam coupe 5 speed. that thing was nice to sprint around on back roads with. That was the first DOHC that i've ever driven until i got the mark of my own.

yeah, my friend has a 94 mark viii, its fun on the highway, and since alot of people think its slow, you get the surprised look alot

Well my first true love for cars was my E30...then came the caddie and now the mark...it's an awesome sleeper...but i still want one of those Buicks that have the supercharged v6s...now those are sleepers