I think the idea is you sit it on the dash, and you can see it in your
peripheral vision without actually having to think about it or take your
eyes off the road. Mazda had the right idea from the start with their
buzzing tachos in their rotary powered cars.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
To: Adam Fox <adfox@iprimus.com.au>
Cc: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 3:51 AM
Subject: Re: Stroked R16
> But if you can look for a light, you can be looking at the tach. That's
why they put the
> tach front and center, where it belongs - it's the most important
instrument in the dash.
>
> Gary
>
> Adam Fox wrote:
>
> > You can now buy a small shift light unit that simply plugs into the cig
> > lighter and detects the revs thru the interference on the 12v coming
from
> > the spark plugs. Only downside is you have to run the engine up to the
rev
> > limit a few times to set it up.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > So... how does one install a warning bell when your tach is hitting
6000
> > > rpm! I'm sure I've exceeded it on a few occasions.
> > >
> > > Fred - So.SF
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