A-pillar gauge pod for 2-3 gauges? (2-1/16") -- Gauges for Supercharger install (1 Viewer)
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LINUS
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If you want 2 guages, it was a Acura Integra pod guys were buying.
I’d looked into it all before I got into the 3 guages pod I got into.
Unless you’re doing a Android tablet or PLX guages, you need the 3) 2 1/16” readings to get a real read on your setup. (a/f-R, boost, pyro)
LINUS
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Acura Integra pod it is then.
I’m a $hitty salesman, and I don’t ‘snakeoil’ anybody.
If people really want a real 3) 2 1/16” pod that retains the grab handle - I can get that to reality.
It’s really for the turbo folks TBH IMO.
That said, I’m no expert on either side of manifold-pressure setups (I know gas tubes & gas blocks, or pushrods & hybrids to a real decent point, for those who know the world I’m referencing) — but I’m not out to oversell anybody and I really am hesitant to make copies of what I have in hand since most guys here like to build their own stuff. I know I do.
IDK - it’s really going to take the turbo crowd who understands $ wants the “big 3” in guages to make me willing to help out.
Look at the date I originally posted & bought in w/ Adrian (the org guy I started with) - and to now. If I invested in Google instead of going in with A, I think I’d be living in Haida Gwaii & I’d be a long-gone member.
See, i would like a backup oil pressure, water temp and maybe trans temp. Just like knowing whats going on and having backup gauges. I have a ton of gauges from my old race truck(auto-meter) and would like to use them. I literally have every gauge a race vehicle would need, plus some others. I would like to know actual numbers not “between here and there”. Prob not necessary, but its what i would like.
LINUS
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Was this @ me?
— If so, no. Not offhand.
I can look into it, but I just knew the answer from “back when” so I wanted to give out exactly all I knew (again, crappy “salesman tactics” - haha).
I want to say guys were gettign it from their local Vatozone, but that’s where it gets fuzzy. We can look though - I think it’s been a few years since Acura even made an Integra so no clue what the deal will be.
Anyhoooo, that was where peeps were getting/chop-fitting into a 80 pillar for 2) 2 1/16” units.
HTH!
LINUS
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I caught a PM so as a general announcement I have a positive mold I made out of it now & had been shopping it around.
Finding a shop willing to do a small run like ~50 at a reasonable $$/per unit is hard - everyplace I’ve talked with is more thinking 4-10x that number, and I doubt all 50 would sell based on the fact some guys are happy w/ 2guages, or the PLX & Android displays - not like it’s 1992 where traditional guages were the norm.
I’m still working the situation, so you all know.
Finding a shop willing to do a small run like ~50 at a reasonable $$/per unit is hard - everyplace I’ve talked with is more thinking 4-10x that number, and I doubt all 50 would sell based on the fact some guys are happy w/ 2guages, or the PLX & Android displays - not like it’s 1992 where traditional guages were the norm.
I’m still working the situation, so you all know.
LINUS
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I’ll shoot straight here. I’ve been fishing & <6 people have expressed interest.
Unless something like ~40+ people express interest (meaning 10 sell immediately) - the production cost on such a small run means a good ~$100 (or more!) -by the time we add shipping, and for ~$30 the dual pod/PLX gauges or doing a tablet (what I see as best & cheapest) - seems more what people want than 1970’s/80’s -type single function 2 1/16” rounds.
Start a ‘role call’ list if you want one - otherwise I’m just not seeing enough demand.
And I don’t want a stack of ~35+ of these sitting because I did a 50 count min run
If you all show me I’m way “off the mark” - LMK.
Otherwise, that’s bait/boat money.
Unless something like ~40+ people express interest (meaning 10 sell immediately) - the production cost on such a small run means a good ~$100 (or more!) -by the time we add shipping, and for ~$30 the dual pod/PLX gauges or doing a tablet (what I see as best & cheapest) - seems more what people want than 1970’s/80’s -type single function 2 1/16” rounds.
Start a ‘role call’ list if you want one - otherwise I’m just not seeing enough demand.
And I don’t want a stack of ~35+ of these sitting because I did a 50 count min run
If you all show me I’m way “off the mark” - LMK.
Otherwise, that’s bait/boat money.
Tank5
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I’ll shoot straight here. I’ve been fishing & <6 people have expressed interest.
Unless something like ~40+ people express interest (meaning 10 sell immediately) - the production cost on such a small run means a good ~$100 (or more!) -by the time we add shipping, and for ~$30 the dual pod/PLX gauges or doing a tablet (what I see as best & cheapest) - seems more what people want than 1970’s/80’s -type single function 2 1/16” rounds.
Start a ‘role call’ list if you want one - otherwise I’m just not seeing enough demand.
And I don’t want a stack of ~35+ of these sitting because I did a 50 count min run
If you all show me I’m way “off the mark” - LMK.
Otherwise, that’s bait/boat money.
I am in for one and would be willing to pay up front if needed. I might even be willing to buy two if that helps you get to your 10 count minimum to make this happen. If you had enough commitment would you make a 2 or 3 pod piece? What color would they be made in?
Could you post a picture of the prototype, so we have an idea of what this would look like?
LINUS
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@Tank5 - yep, I’ve got one in the garage somewhere that didn’t go to the stereo shop to get ‘glassed into a positive mold.
-Should be easy to get a pic up tonite, let you see the chachi - thin plastic I have & know the diesel guys would hate when idling & getting any “diesel shake” happening.
I’m just not really seeing overwhelming demand ATM - and I neither want ~30+ of these gathering dust or my $$ tied up in said dust collectors.
If people demand it, I’ll go the full distance & they’ll be quality, but the production run #’s make our $$$/unit really outlandish per quotes I have to date, let alone the shipping & anything else.
I have had people say “thousand?” - when I say “between 30-50” on the phone.
Maybe doing these in a 3D printer is a better path to pursue, just an idea that hit me right now. I’ll add dimensions & pics, let the 3D printer guys have their input on size/quality of outcome & cost/unit.
Edit 5/17 - sorry, I didn’t have time to get good shots until today -
Here’s exactly what you’ll get in the mail if you buy one from Australia Ebay, etc / what I’m starting from & I’ll point out weakness(es) as I see - this is NOT the one I used to make the positive from, so no handling marks as we used the other to make the mold:
Weaknesses:
1/8” (at best) used to press, so the pod itself has walls **barely** a 1/16” thick as the sheet heats & stretched, really alot of areas were more in the ~12/32” area.
The space between guages is so cramped, any brand gauge with any face flange will need finesse with a dremel, or you need to be very mindful of what style/brand gauges you buy.
-If I’m putting my name on this, I’m reworking the pod to be slightly bigger, and doubling the plastic thickness in the pod & if end buyers need to dremel back some of the overly thick plastic that would result on the ends where it tucks into the dash & up top, that would be better than getting an exact copy of this (IMO) - for anything nearing what would be ballpark ~$150 on your doorstep.
The positive is sitting down at the stereo shop, and I intentionally made it off the outside to “grow” the pod area issue.
::::Esp if you’re on a phone or tablet, you’ll see the ‘crowding’ issue at the tops of the center gauge the worst, and the bottom one as well ::::
I’m open to hearing any resident 3D printer experts advice, I think our production numbers are so low thermoforming from sheet ABS isn’t cost-effective.
Any and all strengths and weaknesses- point ‘em out guys!
This as it sits isn’t my personal work & I wouldn’t sign my name to it, so fire away, I’m just the dude sitting on this & if we want a quality piece we need everybody to point out anything I’m either overkilling or things I’m flat overlooking in the design as it sits.
-Should be easy to get a pic up tonite, let you see the chachi - thin plastic I have & know the diesel guys would hate when idling & getting any “diesel shake” happening.
I’m just not really seeing overwhelming demand ATM - and I neither want ~30+ of these gathering dust or my $$ tied up in said dust collectors.
If people demand it, I’ll go the full distance & they’ll be quality, but the production run #’s make our $$$/unit really outlandish per quotes I have to date, let alone the shipping & anything else.
I have had people say “thousand?” - when I say “between 30-50” on the phone.
Maybe doing these in a 3D printer is a better path to pursue, just an idea that hit me right now. I’ll add dimensions & pics, let the 3D printer guys have their input on size/quality of outcome & cost/unit.
Edit 5/17 - sorry, I didn’t have time to get good shots until today -
Here’s exactly what you’ll get in the mail if you buy one from Australia Ebay, etc / what I’m starting from & I’ll point out weakness(es) as I see - this is NOT the one I used to make the positive from, so no handling marks as we used the other to make the mold:
Weaknesses:
1/8” (at best) used to press, so the pod itself has walls **barely** a 1/16” thick as the sheet heats & stretched, really alot of areas were more in the ~12/32” area.
The space between guages is so cramped, any brand gauge with any face flange will need finesse with a dremel, or you need to be very mindful of what style/brand gauges you buy.
-If I’m putting my name on this, I’m reworking the pod to be slightly bigger, and doubling the plastic thickness in the pod & if end buyers need to dremel back some of the overly thick plastic that would result on the ends where it tucks into the dash & up top, that would be better than getting an exact copy of this (IMO) - for anything nearing what would be ballpark ~$150 on your doorstep.
The positive is sitting down at the stereo shop, and I intentionally made it off the outside to “grow” the pod area issue.
::::Esp if you’re on a phone or tablet, you’ll see the ‘crowding’ issue at the tops of the center gauge the worst, and the bottom one as well ::::
I’m open to hearing any resident 3D printer experts advice, I think our production numbers are so low thermoforming from sheet ABS isn’t cost-effective.
Any and all strengths and weaknesses- point ‘em out guys!
This as it sits isn’t my personal work & I wouldn’t sign my name to it, so fire away, I’m just the dude sitting on this & if we want a quality piece we need everybody to point out anything I’m either overkilling or things I’m flat overlooking in the design as it sits.
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I'd buy one 3 gauge pillar pod.
I would buy a two-gauge pillar pod. I've been hunting all over for the elusive ATM-20112 part for an Acura Integra, and have actually TWICE received an ATM-20110 from different vendors... which does not fit. Happy to pay up-front too.
LINUS
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Well, this was going to be a triple unit or bust.
And frankly, bust is where this is headed.
I’m going to rework the one I have in hand to do a personal unit if Joey F/C’s the turbo (only way I want a turbo or need the gauge stack) - & maybe find a 3-D printer who will work w/ me - there’s no chance we’re breaking even 25 of these as a whole. Even with the guys who spoke up ~3yrs ago.
The pictured one already has been spoken for many moons ago, so it’s his to claim - but :::if::: the other one I made the positive from is still decent (I think it was, esp if you wrapped with cloth- it’s still at the shop) - but as for getting a thermomolded unit, this just isn’t seeing the masses clambering for them.
Unless a 3-D printing guru can sway my opinion, this is just an albatross of a part.
NLXTACY
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I have a local shop that can do thermo-moulding
