The Village Idiot Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 So I have my car back 😬 I used to give it real sh!t, used the shift light all the time 😬 😬 😬 (it was my first car with shift lights and thought they were great - hit the red, give it some more and change, on track I think I didn't even see the red light untill a couple of seconds later) now after being given an invoice two pages of A4 long 6000RPM and I change up 😔. It's seriously getting in the way of enjoying it, I just can't bring myself to nail it at the moment 😔 I think I have a problem Euston Dicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Richard, in all seriousness, I can sell you a set of ACES Sureshift shiftlights that can be configured to whatever shift-point you wish. ...and you can have three (I think - might be five but that sounds too many) profiles. One for road, one for wet track, one for dry race etc. I tend to run my shiftlights over a wide range - first light comes on just as the torque-curve picks up at 4.5k rpm and the mad-flashing finally kicks in at around 7k - allowing me a brief period of time to change before I hit the 7.5k limit. 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester Racing 7s Ecosse™ 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 And taken with the degree of appropiateness, Myles please BM me off line with details for the future. I currently only have a single 'red light' instead of a series of lights like the Aces, since getting the car back I am spending time looking at the tacho instead of planning/looking where I am going and changing on the light. I need peripheral vision sequence of lights I think to run the engine up without, a. fecking all the pistons, b. fecking the crank, c. fecking all the oil/cooling system, d. fecking the internal induction system. - I am still a little sore about it -- I do know it's my fault tho, I was having fun. I still haven't gone past 6500 RPM 'cos I just can't stomach having what happened happen again (maybe it's Fletch's revenge for me sticking two fingers up at him as I went past 😬) I shouldn't complain it's the first real hurtfull self indulgence across many sportscars. Dicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 YHBM. I'm not trying to sell you my ACES - but they're there if you want them 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester Racing 7s Ecosse™ 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Should point out that shiftlights are rather important to aeroscreners... ...unless you're not taking sufficient aural protection... 😔 IMHO, if you can change by ear, you've not got enough protecion. Or your protection is too crude. Or something... 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester Racing 7s Ecosse™ 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 🙆🏻 Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Edited by - Myles on 13 Jun 2008 21:36:03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted June 13, 2008 Author Share Posted June 13, 2008 Thank-you for BM, will digest, as to the 'hearing' thing, I am stone deaf in one ear, hearing to me is different to other people, nuances of noise change just doesn't happen (both pitch, tone, decibel and direction) so I have to say just don't bother with hearing protection full stop, it's loud and so what ? (do keep saying must learn sign/lip reading for when I'm older but ) Dicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibster. Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 "Or your protection is too crude" Yep, that'd be Dick Supercheese R250 Caterham pictures here 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkprincess Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Everyone should learn to sign- you never know when you might need it. And it's hilarious watching people stare at you when your signing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkprincess Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 I know, sorry- that was way off topic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 I would love to be able to sign, I know in the future it would help me, I think it would be a cool thing to do and easier to learn now before I go totally deaf instead of partially deaf as now. Maybe you could post up a few easy signs like hello, how are you to get me going PP Dicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debert Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 P A R D O N ? W H A T ' S T H A T Y O U S A I D ? 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkprincess Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Yeah you should learn now.It's a bit hard to learn over the internet though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La vache espagnole Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Ah... fundamental error, mistaking the "your engine is about to blow up" warning lamp for a shift light 😳 In future, change up at 3200 rpm, the engine will thank you for it nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Village Idiot Posted June 16, 2008 Author Share Posted June 16, 2008 thank-you for your toadley words of advice, at least I know what that lights is for now Dicks (you didn't tell me at the time when you saw the 'engine about to be blown up' light come on tho 😬) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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