Victor:
In reality, the gauges are for actively keeping track of the action, while the
warning lights are just that, trying to tell you that you have already
developed a problem, and you better shut it down before it goes "Boom" (read
EXPENSIVE).
With more experience, you will be able to remember shift points, EGT readings,
oil pressure & temp. It just takes practice, and getting used to the action
around you.
It is a good, but odd feeling to realize you are bored flying down the front
straight of your local track, waving to your wife in the stands, while running
your Roadster to 7000 RPM before shifting.
Dan & Susan
Portland, OR.
Multiple 2000's, new 240-Z racer
<< >Adam Fox wrote - 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.
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RIGHT!
Sometimes you've got too much to do. My little Autocross experience has
brought this to the surface. I could not tell you how high my RPM's were or
if I lost pressure or anything else about the condition of my gauges. You're
just too dam busy. Race cars have big bright lights for this stuff,
especially oil pressure, usually place high in the center of the field of
view. Oh, they have a gauge as well but, a gauge your brain has to
interpret, a light is either on or off. RPM limiters are a very good thing
as well.
Victor
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