my electrical engineer and i are looking at offering an led tachometer like what is seen in supertouring cars. basically a range of leds in a line housed in a long rectangular plastic case. it will be made to wire in like a normal tach: hot, ground, and signal. the box is universal so mounting is up to you. normal mounting location would be on the top or bottom of the instrument cluster hood. the leds will start with a blue (on), green as you rise, two yellow before redline, and then a red at redline. we were also thinking of offering a redline buzzer option if so desired. there will be 3 slide switch units inside used to set the number of cylinders (yeh its for all cars), redline, and increments that the leds represent. this also means that this will only show rpms from say 4k to redline depending on your settings. but it is designed to help you keep your eyes on the road while racing so if your that low then you should have shifted and you lost anyway, lol. i thought i would present this here to see what you think, what you would pay (be reasonable please), and anything you might think you would like to see in the product.

 

instead of having a buzzer in some units and not in others make it in all unit but have have a on and off switch for it.

 

i need to see if there is enough want for it to warrant the extra cost.

 

I would be interested if you could customize the colors in mine (I would want mostly blue) but would only want to use it when racing . Would it be possible to run stock and led tach

 

yes it is. you could run as many as the battery would power.

 

Are you trying to make it look like this?

 

yep but less leds. i probably won't have the on led anymore though as it will just be an eye sore.

 

how much you and yorur buddy looking to get for each one? i *might* be able to sell a few, and I would like one if you ever make them

 

75-100 is our shot for market. right now we're trying to decide on a case for it.

 

please keep me updated

 

75 - 100? I think I'd pay that.

 

For that price, you would have every Tom Dick and Harry selling them on eBay. I would buy them for that price. Please post a thread when have some available.

I also think that ALL members of this club should get one for 50% off

 

count me in if you ever get em made, keeping eyes on the road is a good thing, and i dont want a monster tach eyesore blocking my vision
gamble

 

I would get one or two for that price.

 

sounds good guys. the electronics are worked out, i just have to come up with an affordable case.

 

It would be great if it was small enough so you could put it under the top of the dash.

Check my pic for it.

 

I'd be interested. Exactly how big is this? If it's small and unobtrusive then I'm in. So how many LED's would be on it? Are you planning on just making them all the same or could we request # of LED's, size etc? Cool concept man.

 

you think about using a ribbon cable for the led output, can make the remote mounting a breeze and will let you mount the 'brain' under the dash or in the glove box etc...


something like THIS or to that effect?

 

That'd be great, and I could use it to hook a "shift light" into my helmet for SCCA auto-x events, I hate having to glance down at the tach. Let me know.

--matt

 

ok, i gave the dimensions first post. should fit fine under dash as that is one of the places i was really looking at.

it will be be a product, no one offs. i'm sure for a prettier penny i could put something together.

no ribbon cable and no need. you will have four wires coming out. hot, ground, signal, and a signal out for running to a datalogger, etc.

suggested mounting locations: top of dash hood, bottom of dash hood, top of steering column, a-pillar.

 

keep it coming guys. all good sugestions.

 

just setup a paypal account, and get ready to stay busy =)

sounds great