User manual

Your Rallypac

① Left screen ② Right screen ③ Steering column

RallypacMOD or RallypacMOD+?

A RallypacMOD cannot be upgraded to a RallypacMOD+ later.

What you need to know

Fitting on the column

The Rallypac takes the place of the original Rally-Pac: it is fitted on the column, just behind the steering wheel.

1. Find the location. The unit sits on top of the column, screens facing the driver, without blocking the instrument cluster.
2. Open the clamp and fit it around the column. If your car had a Rally-Pac, use exactly the same position.
3. Offer up the unit and tighten lightly: check that the wheel turns freely from lock to lock and that the indicators cancel normally.
4. Angle the screens towards your eyes in the driving position, then tighten fully without crushing the column.
5. Run the cable down the column to beneath the dashboard and secure it with cable ties.

Wiring

Three connections are enough: a supply that comes on with the ignition, a ground and the tachometer signal. Everything else — GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and, on the RallypacMOD+, 4G — is built into the unit.

1. With the battery disconnected, find a fused switched +12 V: present with the ignition on and absent with it off (check with a voltmeter). The Rallypac then turns on and off with the car.
2. Connect the ground to a clean metal point on the body, or to the original dashboard ground.
3. Connect the tachometer signal to the coil's "–" terminal (the wire going to the points or the electronic ignition). With an electronic ignition, use its dedicated "tach" output.
4. Reconnect the battery and switch on the ignition: the Rallypac starts (chapter 5).

First start

1. Switch on the ignition. The screens show the start-up logos for a few seconds, then the gauges fade in.
2. Let the GPS find its position. The first time, allow a few minutes with the car outdoors under open sky; after that, a few seconds are enough. Until the GPS has a fix, the speedometer stays at zero.
3. The time sets itself from the GPS: nothing to do.
4. Set your mileage so the odometer matches the car (chapter 8, "Odometer").

Good to knowAt start-up the Rallypac turns on its Wi-Fi so you can set it up. After 10 minutes with no phone connected, it switches to Bluetooth by itself to reconnect to the Android app.

The button: Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

To keep all its memory for the screens, the Rallypac uses only one radio at a time: Wi-Fi for settings, or Bluetooth for the Android app.

Opening the settings page

Every setting, one by one

Screenshots of the unit's settings page, as it appears on a phone.

Screens

Choose what the left screen and the right screen show: tachometer, speedometer, clock, large digital speed, trip computer, timers or fuel station. Press Save.

The Timers and Fuel station screens are for the RallypacMOD+.

Language and units

Screen language: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Polish or Czech.

Units: metric (km/h, km) or imperial (mph, miles). When you switch, the odometer and trip are converted and the speedometer scale adapts.

Tachometer

End of scale: 6,000, 7,000 or 8,000 rpm to suit your engine. Press Change scale: the dial is redrawn.

Start of the red zone: from 2,000 rpm to the end of the scale. A red band appears on the dial; the shift light uses it (see "Driving").

Speedometer

End of scale: 160, 200 or 240 km/h (100, 120, 140 or 160 mph in imperial units).

Odometer

Enter the car's current mileage (up to 999,999.9) then Save mileage. The odometer then counts on from there, using GPS.

Trip

Reset trip clears the trip meter and the trip computer statistics (max speed, average, time, distance).

Driving

Speed threshold: from 30 to 400 (0 to turn off). Above it, the speedometer enters its red band and the large digits turn red.

Shift light: when on, the screens flash as soon as the revs reach the red zone, telling you to change up.

Brightness

Automatic (day/night): the Rallypac works out sunrise and sunset from the GPS position and time, and smoothly switches from the "day" level to the "night" level. No sensor needed.

Fixed: the screens stay at the "day" level.

Levels range from 10 to 255 (255 = maximum brightness).

Service and battery

Service interval: the distance between two services (10,000 km by default, 0 to turn off). The page shows the distance remaining; the trip computer shows it too.

After the service, press Service done: the count restarts for a full interval.

Divider ratio: calibrates the battery voltage shown. It is set at the factory; only change it if the voltage shown differs from your voltmeter:

new ratio = current ratio × actual voltage ÷ displayed voltage

Clear timer records resets the best times (RallypacMOD+).

Danger zones RallypacMOD+

The unit comes with the European danger-zone database built in: detection works offline, with no network.

This section shows the number of zones and the countries installed. The database updates automatically through the RallyPac Compagnon app (chapter 9).

Alert distance: from 100 to 1,000 m. Test an alert shows a test alert on both screens.

"Advanced mode" also lets you download a country from this page, without the app.

The RallyPac Compagnon app

The app sections

What each screen shows

The images in this chapter are the real Rallypac screens.

Tachometer

A spring-loaded needle, like a real instrument, graduated in hundreds of rpm (6,000, 7,000 or 8,000 rpm depending on the setting). The red zone is adjustable.

When the shift light is on, the screens flash in the red zone.

Speedometer

Speed measured by satellite: it depends neither on the speedometer cable nor on tire size. At the bottom, the odometer (with tenths) and the trip.

Scale 160, 200 or 240 km/h, or in mph. Red band from the speed threshold if set.

Clock

Analog clock with seconds hand, set automatically from the GPS.

Large digital speed

Speed in figures, readable at a glance, with the odometer and trip. The digits turn red above the speed threshold.

Trip computer

Since the last trip reset: max speed, average, driving time and distance. Below, the battery voltage and the distance to the next service.

Timers RallypacMOD+

Come to a complete stop, then accelerate: the Rallypac times by itself, using GPS, the 0-100 km/h, the 400 m standing start and the 80-120 km/h rolling acceleration. Records are kept in memory.

If you lift off before the end, the current measurement is abandoned.

Fuel station RallypacMOD+

The arrow points to the nearest station, with its distance and brand. Stations are loaded by the app, within 150 km.

GPS and Wi-Fi info

Check screen: number of satellites, position, altitude, GPS time, then the active Wi-Fi with its password and the settings page address, and the status of the link with the phone.

Navigation, calls and alerts

This information pops up on the screens when it arrives, then each screen goes back to its display.

Google Maps / Waze navigation Android

The arrow of the next manoeuvre, the distance, the road name, then the arrival time and distance remaining. Navigation takes the place of the tachometer, whose revs stay visible as a bar around the edge. With no tachometer displayed, navigation is not shown.

Incoming call Android

The caller's name and number appear on the speed screen (speedometer or large digits), surrounded by a ring while it rings. Answer with your phone or hands-free kit.

Messages Android

SMS, WhatsApp…: the sender and the text are shown for a few seconds on the speed screen. You choose in the app whether to show the text.

Danger zone RallypacMOD+

When approaching a zone, the alert appears on both screens: zone type, speed limit and distance. The circle is green if you are within the limit, flashing red otherwise.

4G features

The RallypacMOD+ has a built-in 4G module: it communicates on its own, even when your phone is not around.

SIM card

A SIM card (not included) from a mobile operator that allows sending SMS is required for the 4G features.

Troubleshooting

Specifications and warranty

Ford, Mustang, the pony logo and Rally-Pac are trademarks or names belonging to Ford Motor Company. They are used only to identify compatible vehicles and the original accessory. Rallypac is an independent product for classic cars: it is not affiliated with, approved by or sponsored by Ford Motor Company.