Audible rev limit 'beep' why not??

[Twingojoe]

So the Clio and Megane warn you before the rev limit.

Now we have a shift up light that does the same but it is very much not as cool as our bigger brothers'

So how hard can it be to 'make' our own i mean im not an electrical expert but i assume something can get wired up to the light so when that flashes the 'beep' kicks in.

Or am i just mad and wanting a bit too much?

 

[singlespeed]

It would need to be quite loud for me to hear it :shock:

 

[Chicken]

Hmmm I want one. I'm guessing just wire some sort of buzzer into the light like you've said but I'm betting it would be harder than that as nothing is simple.

 

[maggi200]

Wouldn't be hard. Wire it into the light

 

[Twingojoe]

I want the clios beeps as they are awesome!

 

[Alex_225]

I've never found the 'optimum gear change light' aka 'You're 100rpm from the limiter' light particularly helpful.

Well certainly not on the 172/182 anyway and in the 225 Megane taking the car near the limiter is a waste as the power tails off. I usually find I have the chance to glance at the rev counter without going near the limiter.

I've never seen the light even come on in either of our 133s! lol

 

[tommy89]

Shouldnt be too hard to wire a cheapo buzzer from maplins up to the change up light, unless you encounter the "canbus" annoyance (or however its spelt)

Although to be honest, I have driven two rental clios and a ka with the annoying change up light - It is the most annoying option I have come across for normal road driving.

A track however, This might be a useful mod

 

[Araf]

The superior Wind 'beeps'

 

[Chicken]

The superior Wind 'beeps'

You sure it doesn't fart at you?

 

[Twingojoe]

lol!

Unless theres traffic on the road or people about im always on the boil and that shift light helps a lot especially at night time!
If i had an audible beep i wouldn't even need to watch out for the green light so even more time concentrating on the 3000 GTO's behind me lol

 

[Araf]

The superior Wind 'beeps'

You sure it doesn't fart at you?

:lol: You could be right.

 

[Chicken]

The superior Wind 'beeps'

You sure it doesn't fart at you?

:lol: You could be right.

Fancy going on a wire hunt and helping us twingo owners out?

 

[Araf]

The superior Wind 'beeps'

You sure it doesn't fart at you?

:lol: You could be right.

Fancy going on a wire hunt and helping us twingo owners out?

I was quite busy on a local circuit, when it happened. I think that the first thing I need to do, is to go for a little drive, and pinpoint where the noise comes from. I'll try and remember to do something this weekend, but it's bike weather this weekend.

It seems I lied. I was sure that it did, when I was at Lydden Hill, but I've just tried, and nothing. :? I'll have another go without the music on, just in case - but it seems that it wasn't a 'beep' that alerted me to the fact that I was getting mear the top of the rev range. Sorry.

 

[Bones]

I've never taken my r26 to the beep :lol:

 

[Araf]

I've never taken my r26 to the beep :lol:

It's nice to have a warning before you get to the red line - and before the limiter, if you're pre-occupied with a mate in front of you on track.

I've always cringed at those who use the ignition cut of the rev-limiter to change gear on bikes, and so can understand your view.

 

[Alex_225]

I've never taken my r26 to the beep :lol:

Probably because you don't really need to. :lol:

After 6k those turbo engines tail off so you're optimum is about 6-6,100rpm and change.

Only time I've hit the rev limiter in a car was my ex's Clio 182 and was trying to demonstrate the gear change light. Put my foot down, light flashed literally as it hit the limiter. :?

Keeping a car on the boil is as much a case of feeling the power and listening to the engine not just waiting for it to tell you when to change. At least driving on the road it is anyway.

 

[GhostZ]

It would need to be quite loud for me to hear it :shock:

air horn attached to the light bulb :mrgreen: problem solved

 

[Chicken]

It would need to be quite loud for me to hear it :shock:

air horn attached to the light bulb :mrgreen: problem solved

I currently have an air horn in my car as James found out use it more as a horn though

 

[GhostZ]

It would need to be quite loud for me to hear it :shock:

air horn attached to the light bulb :mrgreen: problem solved

I currently have an air horn in my car as James found out use it more as a horn though

it would be quite funny if you did that to someones car the reaction on their faces its my rev limiter "beep" *horn sound* :lol:

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[Chicken]

Someone I went college with had a train horn in his 4x4. Someone he lived near saw him fit it and told the police who decided he had to remove it. So a tug boat horn would be a no go lol