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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 03:03 PM
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Which do you prefer?
Looking for one with dual settings.
1-2 shift and 2-3 shift.
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 03:59 PM
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My 6 speed car came with a raptor led shift light hidden in the vent on the left above the stereo , I look where I am going instead of at guages and shift when it illuminates. I backed it down a bit from the previous owner to 5800 which has me shifting around 6100 , high enough for 237,000 mile stock valve springs lol

Yes I like the shift light
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 06:33 PM
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I was set on getting a full tach and light until my friend picked up a Harlan shift light. I got one too instead, hidden in the pillar vent left of the windshield. works great and i love it (but i dont think you can have 2 shift points set.)

I can understand why you would want 2 separate shift points, even with the 3.42's in my TH400 H/C car i had to lower my shift light a bit just for that first shift. but all you really need to do is realize to hesitate for the last shift.

I know for the harlan and probably any shift light/tach you install. To save a possible headache, make 100% sure that you successfully crimped into the tach signal wire before you try to test it out.
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The research I found said to use the white wire,
#10 pin in the red connector in the PCM.
Is that the same wire your talking about?
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Originally Posted by RENE'S RAGE
The research I found said to use the white wire,
#10 pin in the red connector in the PCM.
Is that the same wire your talking about?
for your 99' i believe that is correct. mine was different on my 98'. I actually ended up having to take a razor blade knife and very very carefully cut away some of the wire coating (they are so thin) and then splicing into it.
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Yeah, there some thin wires.
I took all my wiring out of the car and re-wire the whole car.
I'm an electrician, so no big deal.
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