Thought mine did not work but was watching a vid. i recorded of the revcounter & realised I could just hear a faint high pitched beep in the background . No way is it loud enough to hear normally .

how loud is your beep and what sort of noise does it make ?

 

Mine is loud enough that I hear it whenever it goes off. As long as the stereo isn't up to "11" at the time. If my memory of the tone serves me the pitch is a B natural.

 

Actually mine is Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

You shud have the radio off. A lot of people can't hear it, but it's there.

 

the catless midpipe you have will dampen the sound as well, especially at WOT. i have a hard time hearing mine and i only have a magnaflow catback. next time try easing it up toward the red. somewhere after 8k it will come in.

 

IMHO, the beep is not NEARLY loud enough. I don't want to even tell you how many times the rev limiter cut in during my track time at Road America during MRR (https://www.rx8club.com/midwest-rotary-rally-86/mrr-great-97347/) this year. This damn car just sounds SOOOO good as the revs climb that you don't ever want to shift!! ( It couldn't be that my 50 something ears just can't hear that beep? Naahhh. Couldn't be.)

 

Thank you captain obvious...

 

You can hear it on this video whenever he goes above 8500 rpm. It's quiet but it's there. Stereo on or window open will drown it out.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...1&q=rx-8&hl=en

 

LOL LOL that is exactly i heard too , oh no i just fart

 

That sounds just like in my vid . On the road I have NEVER heard it ! Damn - must be my hearing !

 

hahaha I think you are at 10 500 rpm by now.......

 

Same experience here. When you're pushing 100 mph with the windows open and a helmet on, that beep isn't nearly loud enough. (And my ears are only forty-sumthin.)

 

Mazda should have keep the design the same as the 86-91 RX7's. They beeped and a light flashed on the dash....atleast that is what my 90 GTU used to do.

 

I'm thinking of installing a shift light - anyone found a good place to put one ?

 

i reckon the best place would be a small led at the top of the tach to the right. would like nice and subtle. You could always screw a monster tach to the dashboard, real classy lol

I have heard that it is really hard to put a shift light in, I think you have to solder into the circuit board which doesn't sound easy and costly to fix if you screw it up. I know i've read something on here about it

 

Like a pager from the early 1990's!

 

I can easily wire one into my piggyback ems

 

Just learn what the engine sounds like at 9K

 

Just put a shift light in on the pillar going up to the roof . It came on at the right time OK but did not have the desired effect so I went down & got a beeper from the electronics store & wired it in as well .
It is very loud - can't miss it now

 

Last time I checked, it said Mazda RX-8 - not Plymouth Neon :