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Old 02-22-2008, 09:43 AM   #12
krnpimpsta
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: DC Metro area
Vehicle: 2008 Ford Mustang GT
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Thanks for the feedback guys.

* This was my first time fabbing and the dash looks far from OEM.. version 2.0 should look much cleaner.
* No skills required! Only effort.

HiJackZX1: Yeah, I think I will have to reinforce it along with my VGA card, because my car consistently experiences lots of horizontal G's..
Kimota: Good idea.. I'll paint the metal brackets this weekend.
Ra: The camera is a Philips SPC900NC - $55. I chose this because it was the cheapest CCD camera that worked on USB. Most cheap USB cameras are CMOS cameras, which are great for still pics, but horrible for motion, let alone a road moving past it at 60mph. CCD cameras can get much higher frame rates (this one is advertised as 90fps, but realistically it can do about 60 fps). Link to amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EIIGYU
Arrow: Thanks, the heatsink is a ThermalTake Sonic Tower that I bastardized by bending the heatpipes to make it fit in my case. I made a calculation error when sizing my case... Haha. I wasn't sure if you COULD bend heatpipes because I'm not really sure how they work, but apparently it's OK because I haven't overheated in the last 3 months and I have no CPU fan.


Night time vid to be posted later this weekend.
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