wow......any1 interesting in putting carputer in ur car?

[Dray_Templar]

craazy lotsa respect dray
mind giving us a breakdown of the cost of ur project? lol

These a rough prices are some are a little old, some prices have dropped alot for certain parts.

Screen ~$400 (now much cheaper)
Power Supply ~$90
DVD/CD~$60
PC ~$600
Case ~$50
Amp wiring kit ~$90
other wiring ~$60 (3.5mm to RCA, Fuse holder etc)

Response Amp ~$240
12" subs x 2 ~$160 each
mono block -$700

Also Planning earthquake VTEK 6" fronts and 6.5" rears

I really don't want to add it all up lmao

[Dray_Templar]

Hey Dray,

If you are thinking of having your cones facing into the cabin, have you thought of putting perspex on the back of the sub box to show off your magnets? You will have to make sure the inside of you sub box is nice and clean though. Put some tinted perspex so you can only see inside when the lights are on. Wouldn't be that expensive to make, but would take alot of time. I have seen some photos of somebody in Melb doing it.

I'm still in the process of going through my audio set up. I'm getting a bit of hiss through either my LOC or RCAs so I'm trying to figure that out this weekend.

Also, if you want a 1 Farad Precision Response capacitor, I might know where you can get the old ones that will match your amps. I'll post a pic of mine soon.

thought about doing the perspex thing, but planning on mounts amps there to conserver atleast alittle boot space. somthing like this:


Trying to figure out if i'm going to need a cap, and/or go dual battery.. but will keep it in mind thanks

[Dray_Templar]

Got Subs and amp today



Also paid for and waiting to arrive:
For Front..

MODEL: VTEK MC-6

# SPECIFICATIONS 250 Watts Max
# FR 405Hz-23kHz
# Impedance 4 ohms
# Sensitivity: 91dB @ 1W/1M

FEATURES
# Two 6.5 " drivers:
-Tri-layer, electroplated carbon fiber cones with aluminum surface sealer
# Two 1" silk dome tweeters
# Two high power crossovers
# Cast aluminum basket
# Four mounting options
# New carbon fiber styled crossover
# Over-sized polypropylene crossover capacitors
# 12-db-per-octave slopes
# Flat or -3db tweeter connections

For Rear

# 500 Watts
# FR: 45Hz - 22kHz
# Mounting Depth:
2.51" . 2 8/16" . 64mm
# 25mm ASV voice coil
# 1" 20mm silk dome tweeter
* Neodymium magnet
* Poly switch tweeter protection
# 4 ohm
# Die-cast aluminum basket
# Low mass tension glass fiber cone
# Long excursion low profile design
# Nomax / Romax spider
# Swivel tweeter
# Ultra fast response drive
# Brushed aluminum lip
# Heavy duty braided tensile leads
# PistonMax technology



VTEC + VTEK YO

[cutchorama]

Once again, similar to mine:

[et.turbo.dude]

cutchorama, thats a nice neat setup you have there. Response gear is pretty damn good for the price aswell! it's not shit. i have the Response 4*100w bridged to run my Earthquake 12" and the other 2 channels running my 2 front Earthquake 6.5"s and it powers them all fine. the sub could use more grunt but it still does alright.

with Dray_Templars setup it should be a nice even sounding setup with good clarity but not harsh and nice deep bass with punch and no boominess. the dual 12" enclosure he will be getting made up next week is an Earthquake designed bandpass setup. i have basically the same enclosure but for 2 10"s and designed for a hatch. although it is more of a dB competition style enclosure it still sounds great.
i guess i might leave my car at home a bit more often and hitch a ride in the multimedia theatre bass machine

well theres my interfering 2 cents worth of dribble.

Ash. the Nissan dude.

[Dray_Templar]

thanks for the pics cutchorama, very nice setup very inspirational, will be very happy if my setup turns out like yours

love the flush mounted amps, looks sweet might steal your idea hehe

P.S the pics I used were from the earthquake site in there gallery.

[Dray_Templar]

just a quick update

[bjornzzz]

Dray_Templar can i please say this, you are a legend.. damn your setup is something to drool at.. *drools*

[cutchorama]

Wow, that looks great. What is on the floor in your boot? Is that the face plate to make the amps flush?

How did you go with running power and audio down your car?

My carPC is getting there, just adding some final touches. I really should post some pictures. I'll try to this weekend.

[Dray_Templar]

cutchorama, how did ya go with your carputer? so far i've blow 3 fuses and melted the + power connector i had setup lol... replaced it all and all happy again

(note: don't use bannana connectors for power on carputer they melt hehe)

still waiting to get the rest of speakers installed, my installer is having health problems atm

Guess i will use the money to get a service instead, then save up again for install..
Such as life.

[cutchorama]

I have been meaning to post some pictures of how the PC is coming along. I too have blown a few fuses in the effort to change small things. Just this weekend Steve and I found a loose fuse that was making my PC very dodgy. Managed to get it all fixed up now so looking good, I will need to take pictures and upload them, just need to upgrade centrafuse and install my hardware drivers so that my sterring wheel controls work

[cutchorama]

Here is a quick update, I have been experimenting with software designed to use a relay to turn on and off my amplifiers, also some other pics of my car PC