Raptor Performance shift light install

[CManT1914]

I know some of you out there have the raptor performance shift light. I just got mine in today, and was wondering where am I supposed to hook up the tach lead wire to?

The instructions say: Connect the green wire (tach wire) of the shift light to the tach output lead of the vehicle or the switched side of the ignition coil (negative side).

What the heck are these, and which one would be easier to wire it to? Thanks guys

 

[HISSIN50]

neg side of coil is likely easier unless you have access to the puter handy.

Good luck Chris.

 

[CManT1914]

neg side of coil is likely easier unless you have access to the puter handy.

Good luck Chris.

Hey JT, where exactly would I splice the wire into? I'm not familiar with the ignition system on my car. Where is the negative side of the coil? Thanks man.

 

[urban96]

negative side of the coil is the rear side (if your standing at the front of the car)


you could use an inline splice and tap into it that way

 

[CManT1914]

negative side of the coil is the rear side (if your standing at the front of the car)


you could use an inline splice and tap into it that way

Okay I see a black wire running from the coil on the backside, I guess that's it? Also, there are 3 wires running into a connector on the coil on another side (2 red and 1 brown). The 2 red (I think the brown is too) are key-hot, can I run the ignition wire straight to those? Thanks.

 

[stprorolla49]

the negative on teh coil is a tan wire with a brown stripe, or vice versa...im sry im not in front of the car now....if you want a cleaner install and dont wanna run a wire thru the firewall which is a bitch, i'd suggest taking out teh gauge cluster and splicing into teh tach wire in there.....is on the RIGHT side connector, and its an with a brown stripe, or vise versa (again sry) good luck with the install and if u need help i can go out and look for ya.........

 

[yellowstang1994]

Yea you want to hook it into the tan wire on the coil. How I did it: I ran the shiftlight wire underneath all the panels and underneath the shifter, underneath the car, behind the engine, through the intake, and too the coil. Of course neatly wire tieing everything so you wouldn't even notice. I could not find a hole in the firewall at all. Most of the holes I found go into the fender wells, and I didn't feel like taking my wheel wells out.

And a side note! If you splice it into your speedometer cluster your shifts will come on too slow! Your computer is the only other option, I already been there and done that and decided not to mess with the comp because when I took it out and put it back in I ended up having all these problems with my airbag and other stuff. Still never got the airbags fixed. I'd just play it safe and run the wire out of the car and too the coil. Good luck!

 

[HISSIN50]

The coil might have a little - sign on the neg side (the 88's coil does). I did not want to use any splices, so i creatively crambed the wire into the coil's electrical connector (I might have put a male spade connector on the new tach wire to help it make good contact inside the stock connector). Then i wrapped or zip tied the new wire to the old coil wire to keep the new wire seated. Never given me issues (if the neg coil wire were spliced or T-tapped and then was to come apart, the car would not run; I did not want to take a chance).

Good luck Chris. (You are probably done with it by now).

 

[Labora]

Just get signal from the tach wire that goes to the cluster or tach wire that is in the kick panel on the passenger side. I wouldnt mess with the coil wire, this is how I did mine.

You will love you can adjust it too.

 

[CManT1914]

Son of a b****. I spliced the tach wire into the wrong freaking wire. I spliced it into the black wire coming off the back of the coil, which is apparently the ground. I'll fix it tomorrow and post some pics. Thanks guys!

 

[RAPTOR]

98 Cobra Installation

 

[Labora]

98 Cobra Installation

Just do that pretty simple. Only thing to note is the brown wire with red stripe is semi hard to locate there is also a tan/brown red stripe wire that is very similar so if It doesnt work the first time try the other similar color one..

 

[CManT1914]

I got some pics this morning.

The covers, red for night driving (the LEDs are bright as crap!) and the black for no light.

The dials for adjusting it.

I'm very pleased with it. It wasn't to hard to install (once I figured out which wires to splice into, I wired it directly to the coil). The adjustability is nice, I like being able to set it in 100rpm increments, unlike the autometer "pill" type lights. I have it set to 5,300 right now, is that a good setting? I figured next time I go to the track, I will make a pass at 5,300, then at 5,400, then at 5,500 to see what works best.

 

[Labora]

I had mine to high and backed it down. Don't recall where it is at now. First time you do a good 4th gear pull with it you will know if it is too high these cars really drop off on the top end of the power band.