how did you guys anchor your computers in the trunk? - Page 2

mtmsol · 05-17-2001, 07:34 PM

I had an old PC where the case was slightly larger than the case on the PC I wanted to put in the car, so I secured then lid from the old case to the side of the trunk using 2 screws, and attached a velcro strap to this. My actual PC sits inside the old case lid and is held in place by the velcro, this way the PC is securely mounted and grounded by can also be easily removed. This was important to me living in Canada since it gets a wee bit too cold here in winter to be leaving my PC in the car overnight, plus I'm always taking the PC out to tinker with it. I'll post some pics once I'm finsihed.

Mike.

Adam F · 05-17-2001, 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by LimpBagel:
Mine is built into the glovebox. I'll get pics as soon as i can.

For real?? That would be convenient. Could you tell us what case and mobo you have?

moahdib · 05-18-2001, 01:25 AM

just have a plain bookPC type system and use some foam underneath hehe....nothign special.Take a look at pics on my homepage

Magnum · 05-18-2001, 02:21 AM

May be you, guys, have seen some folks are mounting the whole system on a sliding shelf. The whole thing is mounted to the top of the trunk (back where the rear speakers are) and just slides in and out for easy maintenance. Very sleek idea.I forgot his web page. If you will find it, please let me know.

Raas · 05-18-2001, 09:09 AM

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Originally posted by Magnum:
May be you, guys, have seen some folks are mounting the whole system on a sliding shelf. The whole thing is mounted to the top of the trunk (back where the rear speakers are) and just slides in and out for easy maintenance. Very sleek idea.I forgot his web page. If you will find it, please let me know.

I think the page you are looking for is JettaMP3, as I recal he had the sliding thing.

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Originally posted by Charles Enwesi:
lol...hmmm doing 70mph, depending on how far away i am from the car in front of me, i could bring my car to a complete stop. This is y i love stick as oppose to automatic. Also ABS helps too if u know how to use it correctly.

I love stick to... (no need to say that we almost don't have any automatic's here in Europe).
Could you please explain the bit about ABS Cenwesi ?
As far as I know I can only use it when I press the brake real hard so that my tires tend to stop spinning, as my car still has some speed.

I somewhere read an article about ABS.
If you have like REAL control to your right foot, and 'listen'/feel the pedal of the car. You could stop a car without ABS sooner than with the ABS system. Because you can like 'control' the pressure applied to the brakes.. And ABS, when it works, put on pressure very fast, and then again take it of very fast, and this like 100times a second, but the abs system will not adjust the pressure to the brakes so that they have maximum 'braking power' so that they just won't stop moving, thus containing all the grip to the road...

I don't know about the newer ABS systems, they might have fixed that.. But It sure was there when the system was first on the market.

Greetz..

Arby · 05-18-2001, 05:29 PM

ABS is always stops shorter than not ABS

I watched something like motor week where they had a professional race car driver try to stop a car without abs faster than a car with ABS. It couldn't be done.

And you don't have to know how to use ABS correctly. Stomp the brake all the way down and the ABS does everything.

A car is most effective at stopping at the point just before the tires slip. ABS keeps the car at this point despite how hard you are pressing the pedal.

Without ABS, if you press too hard, you lock your tires and slide, which can't brake as efficiently.

jose · 05-20-2001, 05:44 PM

sorry heres a working link to the img i tried to post before.

Boot + Inside of boot.

Aaron Cake · 05-23-2001, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by Arby:
ABS is always stops shorter than not ABS
I watched something like motor week where they had a professional race car driver try to stop a car without abs faster than a car with ABS. It couldn't be done.
And you don't have to know how to use ABS correctly. Stomp the brake all the way down and the ABS does everything.
A car is most effective at stopping at the point just before the tires slip. ABS keeps the car at this point despite how hard you are pressing the pedal.
Without ABS, if you press too hard, you lock your tires and slide, which can't brake as efficiently.

Not to add fuel to the fire, but this is not necessarily true. A technique called "threshold braking" should be used during hard stops. This is a technique in which the driver uses the feel of the pedal to keep the wheels just at the threshold before they lock. Similar to what ABS does, but much less invasive. I have driven both an RX-7 with and without ABS (mine) on serveral occasions and I consistantly stopped mine in a much shorter distance when I used threshold braking instead of relying on ABS. Of course, your mileage may vary.

jshrieve · 05-26-2001, 11:04 AM

I built a shelf in the top of the trunk. Kind of like the Jetta one, but mine doesn't slide out.

It works pretty well but I'm not totally happy with it. Once in a while I hear some creaking out of it, probably because I could find the right angle brackets and had to improvise. Thing is, it only does it once in a while, most of the time it's nice and silent, so I never really get around to figuring out what it is and permanently fixing it. =)

Additionally, the creaking can't be heard if any music is going, or if you're on the freeway.

JamesB · 05-30-2001, 03:05 PM

I tend to agree with the ones who use threshold braking.

My father was once a high-speed driving instructor with the RCMP and to this day, he swears by a well trained driver over ABS. I have had the opportunity to test ABS vs. threshold braking and have found that both stoping distance and directional control were better with threshold braking. The issue arrieses however that to rely on threshold braking, one must be FULLY attentive to their driving and must have a mastery of their vehicle.

That being said, we all know how many absoulutely ****E drivers there are out there, so statistically speaking, ABS is better.

Just my $0.02

-J

Rob Withey · 06-06-2001, 04:04 PM

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Originally posted by Adam F:

For real?? That would be convenient. Could you tell us what case and mobo you have?

Mine's under the glovebox (I still got a glovebox I can use), and I have pics on my site.

Rob

Adam F · 06-06-2001, 07:09 PM

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Originally posted by Rob Withey:
Mine's under the glovebox (I still got a glovebox I can use), and I have pics on my site.

Rob

Cool setup. But I had to fight about 5 pop ups just to get to the pics. Did you put those up there or was it the host? It's not very cool

selfentitled · 06-06-2001, 11:04 PM

I built a little docking station for mine. I just set it in the back, slide it to the left, and lock it. I used a metal project box screwed to the side of the truck, and i pulled a lock and key out of an old workbench. i only have irman, LCD, rca, and dc power docked, so its not too clustered. I have a jeep, so the securer the better.
improper english grammer? probably.

-MJR-

selfentitled · 06-06-2001, 11:05 PM

Oh yeh, and i'm using a contrators briefcase (like gizmos) just to give an idea,
.i need to post pics..

-MJR-

bjrady · 09-14-2001, 04:19 PM

I built a little suspension system using 1/4" by 4" bolts, L Brackets and 3/8" by 1.5" Springs.

1) Bolts anchor into the base of the trunk perpindicular to the floor.
2) Put one set of springs onto the bolts
3) Install the case so that the bolts go into the L brackets and the L brackets rest on the springs
4)You might need washers to make sure the springs don't get hung up on the threads of the screws
Put on the next set of springs and put on a wing nut to hold it all together

It works pretty well