i keep visualizing somewhere on the dash a shift indicator that displays what gear i'm actually in . just for a visual efffect. is it possible?

 

anything is possible.. the real question would be why?

 

just everytime i see myself driving it, i see it . like the shift light but showing gears

 

I'll have to look through the literature I picked up at the '07 SEMA show. I saw a company displaying just such a product for the manual tranny equipped cars. As I recall the display showing the gear was in the shift ****, but they may have had a separate dash mounted display too.

Lon

 

I posted this in your other thread.

I'm making my own right now for my T5 with a hurst shifter. Prototype is done and works great, just waiting for the warm weather to do the final install.

My setup displays the gear you're in on a seven segment display placed where the cigarette lighter goes. I also made it into a digital shift light for a little more functionality, blinking the gear display at the rpm of your choice.

I'm using 4 switches for the 5 gears and reverse, with a microcontroller to handle the switches, led display, and the signal from the distributer for the shift light.

 

thats cool . send pics

 

I don't really have any pics, but I'll take some when it is installed.

 

I know this post is a few months old, but my shift light is done. Here is a pic for ya, in you guessed it, third gear

 

that is awesome can post a list of parts i need and instrustions for it