How to show what gear you are in?

[Boony405hp]

Hey guys, currently doing up a custom gauge cluster and would like to incorporate a little gauge to show me what gear I am in. It's going to be a 6spd manual tr6060. has anyone seen this done, or how would you go about it?

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2012/08/nissangtr_15-1.jpg

I know they have gauges like these for bikes etc, or you see them in rally cars. I won't have a computer for this gearbox so would you have to rig up some sensors of some sort?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-LED-Universal-Digital-Gear-Indicator-Motorcycle-Display-Shift-Lever-Senso-/330733187259#ht_6233wt_906

[RS_Customs]

You could build a system of limit switches that are pushed when you shift into each gear. Those limit switches could feed a micro controller like a arduino that you could program to output the correct gear display on a display like the motorcycles use.

Robert

[Ripper]

You could build a system of limit switches that are pushed when you shift into each gear. Those limit switches could feed a micro controller like a arduino that you could program to output the correct gear display on a display like the motorcycles use.

Robert

Sounds like it's easier to compare RPM to wheel speed instead of the switches.
I don't know much about electronics, but that's how most of the dash-systems calculate the gear (with standard road gearboxes)

[SLO_Z28]

No offense, but if you don't know what gear you're in you shouldn't be driving fast....

[DarkoNova]

Wow, I know this company makes a shift knob that I was planning on getting for my BMW before I sold it:

http://www.indy-cator.de/engl/indy-cator-shifter-knob.php

...but I just noticed they sell little gauges/displays that you can mount in the dash:

http://www.indy-cator.de/engl/indy-cator-dash.php

Trying to find the instructions to see how to connect the gauge, but I haven't found anything yet...

Nevermind, found it:

http://www.indy-cator.de/download/2011-04/EN/Bedienungsanleitung-INDY-CATOR-DASH-EN.pdf

[Boony405hp]

No offense, but if you don't know what gear you're in you shouldn't be driving fast....

I couldn't agree more, it's more so that I need another gauge on one side of my dash to even out the look and I also like the look of it.