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Is the tach really necessary considering the car already has a very visible one? The light will come on when the tach reads a certain RPM which you set. But if you need this tach to tell you where to shift...why are you driving a manual car at all...
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Personally, I think you are wasting your money. The car only has 120hp. You should invest that money into some performance mods that will make your car pull just as hard at a lower rpm. That way you wont have to watch a piston fly up through your hood cause you ignored the sound of the valves floating for too long.
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The tach. in Lancers is not easy to see, especially when you are racing. Its not like a Porsche with its tach. in the center of the gauge cluster Getting a tach. with a shift light isn't a bad idea. People get them so they don't have to look down at the tach. while racing. I don't know much about tachs. I do know that there are electrical and mechanical tachs. I know that you can't get just any tach. You have to get one that will work with your engine.
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I think the tach in the Lancer is hard to see. It must be the way i sit and the way i have my steering wheel set. I have to look down and it's kind of annoying. All I would wan't would just be a shift light.
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I don't want to race any of you if you're watching your tach rather than the road. Learn to listen to your engine--turn down the stereo. You should be able to HEAR your shift point.
If you need a light, cool. But a huge tach on the dash is unnecessary.
If you need a light, cool. But a huge tach on the dash is unnecessary.
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In a Lancer, it is hard to hear or feel the engine. It is easy to do in an older civic or eclipse, but not the Lancer. Besides I would never want to race you. Your car would kill me.
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You'll get used to it. I've driven the OZ Rally and while it was quiet, I didn't think it was *too* quiet. And if you ever upgrade the exhaust (which I assume most of you will) you won't have that complaint anymore.
The one I drove had the tach and speedo signals reversed, so I couldn't use the tach anyhow. Didn't cause me any grief. Not that I drove it much though--just about ten minutes.
A shift light would alleviate your woes without needing a big obnoxious, ricey tach. And you can get a shift light that isn't shaped like a cannon too. This one's cool for a bunch of reasons.
The one I drove had the tach and speedo signals reversed, so I couldn't use the tach anyhow. Didn't cause me any grief. Not that I drove it much though--just about ten minutes.
A shift light would alleviate your woes without needing a big obnoxious, ricey tach. And you can get a shift light that isn't shaped like a cannon too. This one's cool for a bunch of reasons.
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Yeah. Style. Never understood this particular fashion. People are driving a car at 80 MPH and they want indiglo gauges staring them in the face and a shift light that'll blind them while they're racing? Talk about a disaster waiting to happen.
To each his own I guess. Personally, I value my night-vision AND common sense.
To each his own I guess. Personally, I value my night-vision AND common sense.