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anyone know of any digital shift indicators or led style besides what lokar and dakota digital sell?
Lokar
http://www.lokar.com/interior_pages/...shind_horz.jpg
Dakota Digital
http://www.dakotadigital.com/Detail....-3/product.htm
or..
http://www.dakotadigital.com/Detail....-4/product.htm
Lokar
http://www.lokar.com/interior_pages/...shind_horz.jpg
Dakota Digital
http://www.dakotadigital.com/Detail....-3/product.htm
or..
http://www.dakotadigital.com/Detail....-4/product.htm
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thanks for the idea.
http://www.springfieldstreetrods.com/index1.htm
some nice things on there and reasonably priced.
anyone else?
http://www.springfieldstreetrods.com/index1.htm
some nice things on there and reasonably priced.
anyone else?
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Car: 84 Berlinetta
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Harlan used to make them, but I went to their site and it seems as if their store is closed. You may want to throw them an email and see if they'll do something special for ya, or if they have anything left.
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Car: 84 Z28
Engine: GMPP 350 HO
Transmission: 700R4 + Shift Kit
Axle/Gears: Auburn Posi; Richmond 3:73 Gears
That be great if you have a megashifter and want to convert to a 4th gen console. Gives me and idea .
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Car: 1989 GTA
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Transmission: built T-56
How do you make your own can anybody post a link to someone who has done their own with pics??
Is it hard or what all is entailed?
Is it hard or what all is entailed?
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Car: 85 Trans Am
Engine: 305 Carb
Transmission: 700R4
Originally posted by GodSpeedGTA
How do you make your own can anybody post a link to someone who has done their own with pics??
Is it hard or what all is entailed?
How do you make your own can anybody post a link to someone who has done their own with pics??
Is it hard or what all is entailed?
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It sure would be nice to have a shift indicator light that actually tells you what gear u are in instead of having to guess by looking at the location corresponding to the letters.
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Originally posted by Eats5.0's
http://www.harlan-engineering.com/
http://www.harlan-engineering.com/
hmm...
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Car: 1987 Ford Ranger XLT (selling Firebird)
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Originally posted by devianb
It sure would be nice to have a shift indicator light that actually tells you what gear u are in instead of having to guess by looking at the location corresponding to the letters.
It sure would be nice to have a shift indicator light that actually tells you what gear u are in instead of having to guess by looking at the location corresponding to the letters.
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remember how i said the only really cool one ive seen was homemade?
heh, well this one could do nicely.
since its controlled by a microcontroller i can program, it can say anything...
know that big black "box" on the side of the factory auto shifter? if we modified it slightly, it could tell my little "black box" what gear the car is in, and i could have the display show it...
just a idea..
heh, well this one could do nicely.
since its controlled by a microcontroller i can program, it can say anything...
know that big black "box" on the side of the factory auto shifter? if we modified it slightly, it could tell my little "black box" what gear the car is in, and i could have the display show it...
just a idea..
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Car: 85 Trans Am
Engine: 305 Carb
Transmission: 700R4
Originally posted by MrDude_1
remember how i said the only really cool one ive seen was homemade?
heh, well this one could do nicely.
since its controlled by a microcontroller i can program, it can say anything...
know that big black "box" on the side of the factory auto shifter? if we modified it slightly, it could tell my little "black box" what gear the car is in, and i could have the display show it...
just a idea..
remember how i said the only really cool one ive seen was homemade?
heh, well this one could do nicely.
since its controlled by a microcontroller i can program, it can say anything...
know that big black "box" on the side of the factory auto shifter? if we modified it slightly, it could tell my little "black box" what gear the car is in, and i could have the display show it...
just a idea..
MrDude, if you built that, I'd be very interested in info on how you went about it.
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neat idea, assuming everything else was in line with the dash it would work well. i need it to be as simple as possible. i like it though... how much you think you have into it? market it.
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Car: 91 Camaro Vert
Engine: 02 LS1, HX40
Transmission: 2002 LS1 M6
Originally posted by wilyk9
Now that is more like what I am looking for, but just want it to only display 1 character, R for reverse, 1 for first, etc...
MrDude, if you built that, I'd be very interested in info on how you went about it.
Now that is more like what I am looking for, but just want it to only display 1 character, R for reverse, 1 for first, etc...
MrDude, if you built that, I'd be very interested in info on how you went about it.
well, that setup isnt ment as a shift indicator ( my car is a manual), but i was just thinking, its one of the things it could do....
im going to write up more about it after im done... lots of trial and error right now.. theres a teaser pic thread in the Body and Interior section though..
Originally posted by Kandied91z
neat idea, assuming everything else was in line with the dash it would work well. i need it to be as simple as possible. i like it though... how much you think you have into it? market it.
neat idea, assuming everything else was in line with the dash it would work well. i need it to be as simple as possible. i like it though... how much you think you have into it? market it.
the cost would drop a more if i used a LCD screen instead of a vacuum fluorescent display, but the VFD looks alot better and works in even the brightest daylight.
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
Engine: 383 Carb
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44
Originally posted by MrDude_1
know that big black "box" on the side of the factory auto shifter? if we modified it slightly, it could tell my little "black box" what gear the car is in, and i could have the display show it...
know that big black "box" on the side of the factory auto shifter? if we modified it slightly, it could tell my little "black box" what gear the car is in, and i could have the display show it...
If I was more interested in such things, I'd be tempted to also screw pressure switches into all the ports in the valvebody, so that you could also see such fun things as what gear the transmission was actually in, whether it was in a forced downshift, whether the TCC was locked or not, etc.
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
Engine: 383 Carb
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 3.54 Dana 44
Originally posted by MrDude_1
the VFD looks alot better and works in even the brightest daylight.
the VFD looks alot better and works in even the brightest daylight.
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Car: 1984 Z28 Hardtop
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Yeah I always imagined doing a digital dash in a 50something car with nixie tubes... and the green "magic eye" tubes for the analog gauges.
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Car: 91 Camaro Vert
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Originally posted by Apeiron
What would be the coolest though would be to install it in an old Bel Aire and use a nixie tube for the display.
What would be the coolest though would be to install it in an old Bel Aire and use a nixie tube for the display.
lol, i had to google what a "nixie tube" was...
http://www.decodesystems.com/nixie.html
neat....
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