Sweet, thank you RedGTiVR6. I spent a notepad a good amount of time with a few friends puzzling over everything today and I think we've got a pretty good solution. As for the audio situation, I'm keeping a head unit. I found a great head unit with a 1/8" in on the rear that I can easily hook up a sound card to. I will then have the head unit output to a mono for the sub and a four channel (one for each speaker). The set up will be quite easy and consume minimal power. I am set on this option as a few quick sound comparisons told me that a head unit amp = crap, post-amplified sound from a crap computer sound card = still
superb sound. As for the inverter and capacitor, I trashed that idea as everyones recommendation (other outside mp3car suggested the same). Apparently a second deep cycle battery will work for me and my needs, later I will upgrade the amp as it will take a few hundred hours of operation to drain the deep cycle for the first time, and even when I do... it's a deep cycle, recharge is no prob I can just power down my sound system and PC. Eventually I am going to get a 200 amp iraggi though (100 amp idle). The DC/DC power supply sounds great, I was anticipating having to create my own device to provide appropriatley timed power, didn't realise there was aftermarket products designed to do just that. I am looking at a via set up for the computer now and an 8" lilliput. Notebook harddrives are what I am going to go with. Compact flash for me is just not an option, my entire music collection is going on this computer (about 130 gigs) which would be a very large array of flash cards
The only things I have left to puzzle over is the fabrication of the dash, which I guess I'll just practice on myself (assuming I can find some junked XJs), and the gauging of all the wires, which I can figure out, I'm just lazy atm. Alright guys thankyou so much for helping get this project going! Well, on paper at least. Looking forward to becoming part of the communiting and sharing any advice I learn along the way as well as absorbing all info anyone will feed me. Thanks again, wish me luck! I'm going to be doing a few schematics as well as make an order of virtually every part before I start on the project. I also have a little cosmetic work to be done to the car, and I need to clear out the spare tire from the back and put it on a rear mount to make room for any electronics that I dont want under the seat. Also givin her a new paint job from vomit green to black
Ill start a project thread else where with before and after pictures if ya'll want.
Sorry, I'm not the biggest fan of paragraphs...