NFHrally

that's friggin amazing! good work, sir.

doncarbone

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thanks man appreciate it

doncarbone

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few new items going in:


evo VIII steering wheel


two 10" Image Dynamics IDQV3




AudioControl MATRIX line driver (PC sound card --> line driver --> amps)

bakuro117

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Just found this thread through your signature. Ive wanted to do something similar to this before but never had the drive to take it to the level you have. I love the build so far. Great work! Have you gotten any more done to it since October?

doncarbone

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Thank you. I've done a fair bit, mainly with the trunk fabrication and building my enclosure for the two 12" drivers since October. During the winter I turned my attention to a full motor swap (4G69 into OZ Rally). Much of the winter involved sourcing parts (finding a motor, transmission, harness, ecu and a giant list of other parts) and 3 weeks ago (early feb) my mechanic and I began on the swap.

I'll be creating a thread to showcase the progress of the swap as well as some new interior items I'll be adding

bakuro117

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Awesome! I cant wait to see some updates!

CrAnSwIcK

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looks great, nice work so far...what kind of PC are you using? the mock up looks like a standard ATX (or micro) form factor, why not go with an itx form factor? it will greatly reduce power requirements.

doncarbone

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It's a custom build and yah it's ATX but it's a very basic build - i don't foresee it causing any problems for the OPUS 360W PSU.

I chose ATX for the simple reason that i had most of the parts needed for a basic, low power PC build laying around the house already

specs for the PC:
- amd ahtlon II 3.0ghz X2 cpu
- mushkin 4GB ddr3 ram
- 120gb kingston ssdnow solid state drive
- two 120mm cooling fans
- create x-fi sound 5 channel sound card

case will be a custom fabrication based on the metal mid tower case you see pictured in this thread.

CrAnSwIcK

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i've been considering a build like this myself, i was thinking more along the lines of this:
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=667...nufacture=ASUS

the motherboard comes with a media remote control, that has a mini qwerty keyboard on the flip side of it...

and this:
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=377...ure=Mini%2DBox

uses 12v DC input...perfect for automotive...

doncarbone

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very cool - motherboard looks great, psu is a bit low on the voltage though and for that price i'd def go with an m4-atx (250W) or an opus similar to mine ( maybe the 120W or 250W) http://www.opussolutions.com/

opus and intelligent automotive are the guys to go to for vehicle computer psu's. hit up www.mp3car.com - these are psus that are built specifically for an auto application, they are rugged and DC-DC

EDIT: great to see another NCIX customer, maybe the best site in canada?

Samuelwoo

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Nice job! I hope to see more and get motivated.

RalliartN

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You are a talented (and brave) young man. Thank you for sharing with pics, keep the projects going!

doncarbone

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Thank for you the compliments.

I've turned my attention to my motor/tranny swap which you can see here: https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/al...gine-swap.html

As things progress and I put my dash/interior back together I'll begin to update this thread further!

evo2809

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Great job!!! that pc looks very nice in the car

doncarbone

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lol ur response to this reminded me i have to actually finish this project still lol. been too busy with the engine swap and awd swap