I'm hearing all this talk about shiffting up to 9k and a shift light comes on and it beeps. While driving in my RX-8 alls i hear is a beep and no light comes on, i'm kinda pissed that it doesnt come on, is there something that i have to do to turn it on, or am i going to have to go to the dealer, thanks.

 

When all else fails....check the manual.

 

^^ what they said. Why do you want a shift light?

 

some of the initial product literature showed a shift arrow for the mtx cars. It didn't make it to the U.S. cars but I'm not sure about other areas of the world.

 

For $20 an hour, I'll sit in your back seat and smack you in the back of your head as the needle sweeps 8500RPM.

 

rrrrrRRRRRRRRRR BEEP! ::SMACK!::, rrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRR BEEP! ::SMACK!:: rrrrrr...

 

LMFAO Ellar

 

The only light you get is a reflection.

If you look closely you'll see blue around 6,000 RPM and then again around 7,500.

You only get the blue flash when your accellerating fairly rapidly.

Many people don't know it's there, but yes you can see it.

I rarely notice it because I keep my eye on the road, listen to the engine, and for the beep when I'm pushing it.

 

Yep, just an artifact. It's just the blue LED reflecting off the tach needle.

 

If you want the shift light, you could probably tap the wire that sends power to this beeper so a LED bulb would power up as you hear the beep.

 

i'll sit on the other side and smack your passenger just for the hell of it

 

^awe that means i'm stuck with "trunk monkey" and no one to smack ... but i can poke both of you so you don't forget your smaking responsibilites

 

oh..you sit in the trunk and use the hole in the consol to poke us, then we'll smack and then all you'll hear is "OH! DAMNIT! STOP IT!! I'm not paying ya'll anymore. WHY are you stil doing it!? Why did i ask about a shift light?!?!?!?!?!" hahahaha

 

Those were pics of the concept or pre-production cars.

 

That's not the shift up light. That's the "<Scottie voice> Cap'n, the engines can't take Warp 10! </Scottie voice>" light.

Actually, be glad there isn't a shift up light. I had one in my 2nd gen RX-7 which came on at something like 3K RPMS. It was the most annoying feature of the car.

Besides, this is a rotary engine. The redline is only a "suggestion" . Personally, I use the fuel cutoff as the shift indicator. :D

 

Hey, if he throws in a cooler of beer, we got a party.