A little more progress. After asking around and people like RedTarga helping out (thanks) I went with the VDO gauge range.
 
Could NOT find a plastic cutter anywhere, found an injection moulding place in Kirrawee who had a legend of an employee who is into this stuff.
 

 
and inserted a VDO gauge in place of the factory water temp...
Its got the 'JST' boost in that pic but only for fitting. J-Spec have promised that 'Omori' as ordered is on the way. (I really couldn't care less that it says 'JST' or 'Omori' - its just that along with the name change they changed the gradations from inner justified to outer which as you see makes it no so good for MR2's)

 
The VDO temp gauge sits square with the rear of the console. Not exactly perfect and i'm not sure if was a ploy of the bloke that did the work (Dean) to have a shot of Jennifer Hawkins in the background to distract me... (you'll notice that torso in both pics....)
 
 
Gauges are being installed tomorrow.
 

 

Nice work!

woooot CF goodness....

Whoa! 13psi @ 1100 rpm....haha

MR2QIK
Whoa! 13psi @ 1100 rpm....haha

lol
He was telling me last night that the boost gauge isn't work properly / at all.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to pinpoint the problem if he can post a photo of the wiring of the Omori, or at least describe it somehow.

MR2QIK

Whoa! 13psi @ 1100 rpm....haha

 
Its crazy, you should feel the power at 2400.

robk

MR2QIK
Whoa! 13psi @ 1100 rpm....haha

lol
He was telling me last night that the boost gauge isn't work properly / at all.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to pinpoint the problem if he can post a photo of the wiring of the Omori, or at least describe it somehow.

 
I took it apart this morning and found an air gap in one of its plugs. So now it's all sorted. So much better than the factory gauge which sort of just said yes/no when it came to boost pressure.
 
 
Here's the link to the place I got the gauges...
 
https://www.olympicinstruments.com.au/default.aspx
 
I dealt with Alec there, very good prices helpful with enquiries too.

Looks fantastic mate! :) Loving the car overall

 
 
Well, just walked in the door a short time ago after returning from the Melbourne 30th.
 
Car drove brilliantly there and back without missing a beat, hitting roadkill or meeting the highway patrols.
 
As I may have told some of you, I can't take this car with me where i'm off to for the foreseeable future so I have to sell it.
 
I'll do a proper 'for sale' thread and comply with the requirements soon enough - don't want a 1/5 start rating!!