LOL THATS FUNNY

NICE JOB SAM, i wanted to do this sort of thing allso, mind you i hade a 15" lcd in mind your makes more sence lol

 

Where did you get that from? I haven't bought anything audio wise really. But those CDT audio speakers might be first in line.

 

Thanks for that link ... will keep that amp in mind, but actually I was more looking something against the lines of Phoenix Gold

 

Thanks bud ... and its a drive down from there :P: not up not to get all technical or anything. Also I'm probably going to try to hunt for a used one that might be cracked. Cause either way It will have to be painted, and fiberglassed to try to make it look like a stock piece.nothing crazy but something just plain and simple

 

I'm still unsure ... but I would have the room behind there for sure ... but I was thinking more of something like instead of the Ac unit that I took out under the dash .. just make a self over there.

 

I will check too see if I still have my old cracked one tomorrow. I think it was in decent shape you can have it if its lying around.

 

that would be awesome.

 

damn does that ever fit well!

i was planning on doing a carputer for my supra, i figure easiest way to do it was to just rip apart a used laptop and hide it under the dash, using the laptop with battery is also a bonus.

 

Did you use a laptop HD or regular desktop HD?

 

Just a regular desktop HD ... but I plan on suspending it in the air to absorb more shock

 

there's gel you can get to dampen shock

 

if you could share where to get it it would be awesome

 

http://www.exseal.net/details.html#03

 

Do you know is that stuff is actually conductive or not? Especially since its a silicone base from the looks of it.

Thanks

 

That's a nice screen! Looks like it was made for the car. When you originally described your plans I was worried that the screen would totally overwhelm the interior. Apparently not...

Aside from the screen I don't think you'll have any issues. I've never run into any thermal issues from either hot or cold (I've had a "carputer" since early 1999/late 1998). For a year or so I was worried about the HD so I would never switch the system on first thing in the morning, but really it doesn't matter. Condensation is the only real concern on those days when the interior of the windows just drips...System might be unstable for a few minutes but will start working when it dries out.

Back in the day, I used to Admin that forum. I think I was the first (one of the first anyway) to run a "carputer" in an RX-7.

The best thing you can do is hard mount it to the case. I thought that suspending the HD would help, but I kept killing them. After going through 3 I figured out that the suspension would create an oscillation independent of the motion of the car, causing the heads to slap. After hard mounting the drive it's been fine for the past 7 years.

 

Hey Aaron ... thanks for the compliments ya that screen is just perfect. resolution on there is also good. I'll drop by your house sometime once I'm done everything

 

Well a few more updates ... don't mind the dirty battery as its been collecting dust in the garage for a while now.

The keyboard was bought locally for about 20$
The terminals were bought off ebay for close to 30$
The kill switch was bought for 4$

The switch is good up to 100 Amps they say

 

Looking good.

 

wow. that is awesome. where did you buy that middle console from? was it shipped in with the monitor in it?

 

looking good!

I saw some 1 farad caps in a car stereo section of Future Shop yesterday. Some are grotesque fake NOS nitrous bottles, and one's a fake bomb (imagine the fun and laughter that'll ensue when next you're pulled over for something) but most are plain metal cylinders that'll nicely insulate your system from voltage fluctuations, e.g. when you start your car.

er - huh? That's a stock 84-85 center console waterfall with his 7" LCD touchscreen added.

 

oh.

 

This console type came on the 84-85 cars only ... which might be why it looks different from your guessing its an older model

 

Hmm ... that bomb one might be cool to have ... jsut stick it in the center console, and when i open it to get my "papers" he would see it and shoot me lol .. especially considering my background lol

 

Reason I ask is it is my experience laptop drives take to starting and stopping better than desktop drives so if you lose power rapidly it wouldn't effect it as much. But that may have changed as such is the way of computers

 

after looking up much specs between differences there's not much beside the price tag associated with laptop drives