Hi all,
Can anyone recomend one that actually works? I have a square hole in my dash where the old one was!!!
ok,
acumen in google here we come. cars a blade powered one.
i got the acuman one on my cbr engine and cant get it to work. After messing with the speedo sensor i got it to program but its not very good at it
and shows 6th when im above 3rd gear.
i just ignor it and try and hit 7th all the time.
We've got an Acumen one in our RRW blade Indy. It was easy to set up and it works fine.
Simon
How much!!!!! I thought I was on Locostbuilders???
I had a DataTool one in my old KC. Worked really well and had a nice little snake pattern when it got bored in neutral!
http://www.datatool.co.uk/consumer/products/products/index.php?product=digi
Not sure how much they are?
Not that much it would seem!!
Ebay linky
winky
I have an acumen one for my Blade Indy, Its still in the box at the mo. I hope it works ok...
seems the adverts state you must use and electronic speedo and tacho, mines a fireblade engine using westfield clocks, this ok?
do these work with car engines too?
Don't see why not as long as you have a speedo pulse and tacho pulse. Most of the units can be programmed for the number of gears you have.
For mechanical speedos, some kits manufacturers can supply an extra bit of kit to give you a speed pulse (sensor and magnet).
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Originally posted by blakep82
do these work with car engines too?
cool, it was just i noticed all these links only refered to bikes, so i didn't know if they could be programmed for the right rev ranges
gl-pro are excellent indicators they have built in TRE for suzuki and kasasaki engines too.
im going to order this
£80! I think I'd rather just count to 6 then back again 
after driving my car around i realised you soon loose track of what gear your in
i did start another thread to see if any of the clever electric boffins that use this site could create me a cheaper alternative but to no avail
and apparently the gipro ones are just plug and play
ATB
Martin, I actually helped Healtech Electronics (Speedohealer) with their research to develop and market the GI Pro gear indicator for the ZX12R.
Before that, we'd tried both the Datatool Digi and Acumen DG8 units (both developed by the same person BTW) and couldn't get either of them
to work.
It seemed daft that the ZX12R had a gear position sensor yet no-one produced a GI to work from it, so I spoke to Acumen with this in mind.
Unfortunately, they wouldn't develop a GI that worked from the gear position sensor, even though I provided a comprehensive schematic diagram for
them.
Healtech however, were quite keen on the idea and after months of research and testing they produced one for the ZX12R. We've had ours fitted for
quite a while now and it's superb. Never misses a beat.
Phil
Acumen wouldn't work on my carb Blade powered Indy, even after phoning the manufacturer and fitting the speedo pick up sender that they sent for
free. When i retrofitted an injection blade engine, i reconnected it into the loom and it worked brilliantly using the speed and rev pulse from the
ecu (via a speedohealer for speed output.)
Based on this experience and the hours of head scratching and swearing that ensued, If its a carb engine you have i'd recommend avoiding the
acumen type.
HTH
Graham
im going to order one anyway i think it was senior mr hellfire who first showed me the one on your car
and ill be reordering my speedo healer at the same time
then putting a few posts on here when i cant set it up
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Originally posted by Hellfire
Martin, I actually helped Healtech Electronics (Speedohealer) with their research to develop and market the GI Pro gear indicator for the ZX12R. Before that, we'd tried both the Datatool Digi and Acumen DG8 units (both developed by the same person BTW) and couldn't get either of them to work.
It seemed daft that the ZX12R had a gear position sensor yet no-one produced a GI to work from it, so I spoke to Acumen with this in mind. Unfortunately, they wouldn't develop a GI that worked from the gear position sensor, even though I provided a comprehensive schematic diagram for them.
Healtech however, were quite keen on the idea and after months of research and testing they produced one for the ZX12R. We've had ours fitted for quite a while now and it's superb. Never misses a beat.
Phil
My and my mate Dave are going to make one that will be able to be used for both sequential gearboxs and normal H pattern boxes, we think we could make
and sell them for about £10-£20 using a 7-segment display, a PIC board and some other gizmos. If they work well we might sell them or as a group buy
etc.
Cheers Mark
sounds good, make one for a blade!!!!
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Originally posted by scotlad
Acumen wouldn't work on my carb Blade powered Indy, even after phoning the manufacturer and fitting the speedo pick up sender that they sent for free. When i retrofitted an injection blade engine, i reconnected it into the loom and it worked brilliantly using the speed and rev pulse from the ecu (via a speedohealer for speed output.)
Based on this experience and the hours of head scratching and swearing that ensued, If its a carb engine you have i'd recommend avoiding the acumen type.
HTH
Graham
The accumen works great on my GSXR 1000 powered...GSXR 1000! If you're quick going down through the box it gets a bit lost sometimes but sorts
it's self out once you get back to neutral/1st.
Not quite what you asked but if it works on the bike....
TK
got a GiPro on my Busa and it seems fine. Sorts the timing retard thing too.
J