Thorpie

Anyone then gone on to hit the rev limiter? I did it once when going around a roundabout and got distracted so didn't change up from 1st. BTW it kicks in at 9,400 or 42mph in 1st gear. Ooops. Prior to this I did wonder is there was a rev limiter, as it keeps climbing into the red :-)

kbull

Yeah, bouncing the rev limiter's a lot of fun. Try to match the rev falloff with your upshift.

thew

i have flet the rev limter kick in .. but no sounds, other than my ***** hitting the floor with Glee

Xyntax

Mine is kinda loud. Even with Radio on, it still catches my ear.

wayneside

i have heard that chime too many times...

Mistryl

mine is hella loud....when i hit it the first time, i nearly jumped out of my seat

thew

I heard it !! I heard it !!!!


right at 8500 !! but the rev limiter kicks in much later

cool

thew

what rpm is the limiter set at ?

DrRadar

Mine sounds like a truck backing up.
It's always beeping.
Beep..... Beeep...... Beeeeep.





BEEEEEEEEEP

Okay. I'll have to stop letting my wife drive now.

L8tr

I think my buzzer is bad, or mabye they left the tape over the hole that the sound comes through.

Piezo buzzers/beepers come with a little piece of tape over them so that when they get washed (to remove flux and debrie after they are soldered into the PCB) they don't get killed. I've also found many many bad beepers durring my jobs testing electronics.

thew

it truly must have a break in time.. cause it never did it for me untll after 600 miles. now its there like clock work.

however it is very very quiet. and it is a nice mellow tone chime. not a beep or a buzzer. Kinda funny cause you would think that it would scream loud and clear " Shift Now *** Whipe" but it is very very quiet.


Good luck yours to will come

r0tor

iTrader: (1)

does the DSC light blink if you hit the rev limiter by any chance??

I thought I hit the limiter one day since the revs were way up there and the car took a dump suddenly, but I could swear I saw the DSC light come on...

thew

it took a dump when the rev limiter turned on.. I have never seen the DSC light turn on for that reason...

rx8miami

look three posts above.

rx8miami

don't know but it prob. is. Most cars will have a rev warning beep now adays.

takahashi

Do you want a shift light with that ?

That is the funnest thing I saw is an automatic Lancer with a giant shift light.

BTW I doubt there is much use of the shift chime in an auto, I am sorry

Did anyone made it louder, yet?

8is>enuff

Zoooooooooom *beep* chirp....zoooooooooooooooooooom *beep* chirp....zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.. ...

StewC625

The DSC will blink if you upshift hard and spin the back wheels - I can easily do this on a 1-2 shift ...

Mine is barely there but my hearing is also badly fried.

czr

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Just read this thread for the first time. The shift tone does sound like a dying mouse.. or at least some squealing rodent. I'm thinking chipmunk. Does anyone else feel guilty making this rodent squeal?

Irish_in_a_RX8

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Beep is in the Auto and MT.

Wayne

miendiem

<<Does anyone else feel guilty making this rodent squeal?>>

Only when I'm a couple of tick marks from empty and know my next stop isn't the gas station, CZR.

Happy motoring.
~ Geoff

Astor

It subtley blends with the sound of the engine at that RPM. The engine is so smooth I have hit the limiter often and been like wtf

StealthTL

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I tried to make it louder, went a'diggin thru the instrument cluster and found it, but it is too complicated for me.

It has power with the ignition, and it grounds out thru the ECU to beep, my 'big M.F. Sonalert' solution is no good, maybe one of our electrical 'genius' types could work something up?

Film at eleven......

S