RevLimiter Turbro gauges - now with 50% more confetti
 

I still don't see how this isn't easier:

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1419032344

I'm going to start a Kickstarter to get funds for Rev to print an appropriately scaled face for Bob and we'll give it to him for belated Christmas.

I'd give a dollar to that. As long as it had unicorns on it. I'm thinking the rainbow as the speedo curve.

In for $5

Is it possible to have the turbo going around the needle base, then have the kitty face printed on a button that goes on the needle base itself? So the turbo is stationary on the gauge and the kitty face moves with the needle?

.... if you don't really care about speed with the 4.77 then why are we having this discussion? :hahano:

the turbo bg and kitty head rotating around with revs would be hilarious :giggle:

Cause autocross diff speeds will be looked at only on the freeway, track speeds will be looked at...at track speeds. When bigger numbers would be helpful.

Freeway with 4.77 ugh. Cruising at 80 is 4700rpm.

Heh. This has gotten out of hand quickly. It was a fun thing for me to do with some spare time, but superbowl orders were insane and I now have a wait list of 18 gauge sets. I won't have any more time to throw at this without an order.

bbundy, if you would like a set of gauges, please order through my site.

Hope the proofs made some of you giggle.

I seriously would buy one if it had the kitty's face on the needle and the turbo background. I'm going to play with Paint later on your image and see if I can make it work. I'm horrible at this so if someone is better at it and can make my dream come to life, please do.

Bob people have contributed 40 dollars to this cause. If you want then I can send you or rev that money. Otherwise I'd like to send the money back.

I've also contributed about 2 hours of my time at this point. Pretty disappointed to see nothing come of it.

Rev if Bob doesn't buy it I will with my own money. Lets see what he says.

Dude, you don't have to. You've been awesome, Aidan. If nothing comes of this, then nothing comes of it. I'd rather not make something knowing it was going to waste.

Well its gotten to the point where I actually want one lol...

Though I really do want Ed's idea of a little turbo kitten on the dial.

I will buy one if it's the art as I've described. Maybe Bob doesn't want it but I do!! Should I put a deposit or something? Gonna go check out the site.

Ohhhh I gotcha. So it's $289 for a full set, but he was doing a crazy awesome deal because we were crowdfunding them for bundy.

Yeah $289 might be just a bit much for where I'm at in the project, sadly :(

I think it was 40 for just the speedo gauge. I don't care about matching or anything.

I still think he was giving a special deal, it'd have to be when you compare to the full kit price. He can't possibly sell a totally custom gauge that way. Anyway, I think I'd rather it be the RPM gauge... so the kitty's head twirls more.

Still need to go play with paint.

*returns from looking through the custom gauge examples*

Adam, you are a wizard. Absolutely phenomenal design. Truly amazing work.

If there is a run, I will buy a speedo gauge, of whatever the design turns out to be. It will grace my beer fridge if not my actual speedo dial.

^yeah, this.

At $40, I would be in for a kitten rpm gauge face. I might even bedazzle it myself.

Needs to say "RIP Bbundy's sense of humor"

I would also be in to purchase a tach gauge face with the turbo around the center and a kitty face for the gauge needle center. That would be amazing. 7200 redline pls.

Edit: I should probably just go place an order on his site.

Adam, group buy? Lol it sounds like those of us who actually want one would rather just the tach and with the design iI suggested. What would you charge for that? Say we could get 6-8 buyers?

Wait, hold up... how exactly did the stupidbowl cause a surge in gauge face orders?

I was wondering that myself.

I think he offered a discount for the losers. Or winners. I forget.

I'd be happy to make you one! However... did you want the special speed scale? That's where 90% of the work went. The pony and kitty were a few minutes of work together.

Putting a stock speed scale back on this would be quite easy.

If you (or anyone) wants to order something, please use my site. I can't take orders via PM or via posts on a random thread.


Individual gauges are $30 + shipping. That's assuming no custom work needs to be done.

Yeah, I was doing bbundy's gauge for the price of the gauge and throwing in the design time free. But he apparently wanted a collection of plastic gears instead of a custom designed gauge funded by a community of his friends.

I would have been honored to have all of this done for me and see folks chipping in. Guess I'm weird.

Thanks!!! Much appreciated!

That's... not great. That's akin to buying a semi-rare $40 baseball card (or something) and taping it to your tire and driving around.

The gauges I make are out of an exotic plastic made to my specs with a matte coating that's quite delicate. They can't survive being touched by greasy hands or getting wet. So, while one could be taped to a beer fridge... you'd be better off just lighting a cigar with the $40.

I could make a kitty tach. Wouldn't be hard at all.

I can't make something to put on your needle center... or could I? Hmm. I could do a domed insert like for my keychains. I never considered that.

And, again, please order anything you want through my site. Posts on a message board won't work as an order.

Sure. I could do a run of these tachs. I can't really offer much of a discount beyond the $30 per gauge + shipping, but I could do the design work on the house. It doesn't save me any production work to make ten gauges the same or ten unique gauges.

I'm confused by it myself. I have no honest idea why it happened or what exactly drove it. I didn't run any sort of sale, but in like 36 hours, I got roughly 2 weeks worth of orders. This usually happens around Thanksgiving when I do my annual sale, but... superbowl? I've never seen anything like it.

Best I can figure is 50% of folks celebrating and 50% of folks self-medicating with retail therapy. I don't know why they'd pick my shop. I don't even watch football.

Blissfully, orders are back to normal now. Still, I've got more work than I can handle at this moment.

and last but not least, if this thread is bothering any of the mod staff, please contact me. I don't mean to be advertising. Just trying to answer questions. If it's over the line, please tell me.

Would this work? How much more would it cost? If you think it'd work I'm in! Does it make a difference if it's for an NA or NB tach?

Sure! With the group buy I was really just trying to make it worth it for you to do the design work.

So, who is in? I'll take one!

In for kitty tach. 30+shipping sounds like a great price. I'm going to refund money now. Thanks for the fun guys.

I will also purchase a kitty tack with a center needle overlay

Let me make sure I can make the needle cap thingy. I'll work on it this weekend.

7200 redline? Big goddamn pink wedge for the redline indicator?

Yes, big pink wedge! 7200 is perfect

If you just make a kitten already cut out, I'm sure we can find a way to affix it to the needle. Double sided tape or something.

It would be a domed sticker. You'd just wipe the needle center with an alcohol pad and then stick it on.

I'd be in for kitty tach as well. Would be perfect for my beater rally car.

Revlimiter, I would be in for a kitty tach with a center needle overlay. When the design is ready, just post pics and I'll place an order on your site.

:idea: Anyway to make the kitten on the center needle illuminated?

With my red NB2 gauges, a spinning fiery red kitten face would be :party::party::party:

Would have to get a 949 twindisk clutch and flysheel to make it that much more exciting. ;)

Bundy, how can you not be in favor of the turbokitten solution to this problem?

Sheeeeeet, I just got my 20 back from the donation, I'd be down.

Wooo!

So far we have:

1. turbofan
2. aidandj
3. ryan_G
4. hi_im_sean
5. monk
6. Dustin1824
7. MG_Miata

Looking forward to seeing the final design!

I filled out an order form on the website and just referenced the miataturbo.net turbo kitty tach.

Do we need to select backlighting color?

I am excite.

Yeah, go ahead and select a lighting color. I imagine most people will want green lighting to match the factory gauges as much as possible.

I have white leds. If i choose pink lighting will it be pink at night?

any lighting color is fine with me, but if i had to choose, im with aidan- pink

I kinda just want the kitty thing for the needle. Can that be an separate thing? :party:

I need in on this. And I need to break this into a separate thread (when I'm not driving down the interstate using my laptop).

Tach kitteh is a definite want. Will wait for the separate thread.

If he is gonna make this many of them we really ought to pay him at least some kind of profit.

In for final design :)

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1423335162

There we are. One tach with kitty needle center.

No, the needle center can't light up.

Yes. I want.

can we customize the text? im partial to "turbo inside"

now , how do we order?

FTFY

true brother?

dont get it, what am i missing?

Years ago, someone on the forum misspelled "turbo" as "trubo."

It became a meme. See here: https://www.miataturbo.net/front-des...ge-here-65425/

lol. i googled it and urban dictionary gave me this
Urban Dictionary: trubo

Is this gauge on your site already or should we request it in an order? Do want.

So... Um. I'm not a fan of the confetti (though it's a fun touch)...

Don't laugh at my paint skills. This is more what I had in mind for the center design, only with actual decent graphic design skills, not a mouse and paint. If you make one like this I'll pay extra :) Maybe I'll buy both....

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1423357795