2001 VW Golf + carputer + hydroxy fuel cell + 1960's novelty horn = awesome nerd car

Nexson · 12-12-2001, 01:47 AM

Nice, Cant Wait

eric_barcus · 05-20-2008, 05:39 PM

HELLO ALL!
after a year of being on the forums and planning, and re-planning
installing then reinstalling, and now i'm going to finally put up some pictures do a step by step guide to the progress, share the few tips i have, and introduce the fuel cell ive been working on...

Parts list

MOBO
Intel D201GLY2A 85$--ebay
Seller located here

CASE
"Black Mini ITX Case for Carputer w/ M2-ATX DC to DC PSU" 145$--ebay
same seller as above 160W powersupply, nice case without the cheesy logo you see in the pictures

ALSO GOT THE BLUETOOTH DONGLE FROM THE ABOVE EBAYER

SCREEN
Dynamix 8" WideScreen TFT LCD 275$--ebay
This is the Manufacture on ebay
the manufacture charges more but i cant find my original for this

Hard drive = 120gb drive left over from mac upgrade sata 2.0 free
Ram = crucial 1gb stick from frys electronics 26$
DVD burner = random slot load with USB housing 60$
GPS UNIT = THIS ONE GREAT TRACKING OK BATTERY

RADIO
Visteon-HDCC300 --39.99!!!! at the link
THIS IS THE LINK HAHA
HD RADIO CABLE
mitchjs makes a cable for these, waiting on it

GET IT HERE

SPEAKERS X2 sets
POLK AUDIO MMC6500 6-1/2" COMPONENT SPEAKERS 150$ each--ebay
GREAT EBAYER QUICK!

SUBS X3
JL AUDIO 12" w0 craigslisted mine for 150$ total but
Here they are 75$

AMP for the front 4
ALPINE MRP-F450 175$ ebay dont have original buyer but...
Here is one to look at

AMP for the subs
ALPINE MRP-M450 65$ local pawn shop
Here is a link

BATTERY ISOLATOR
Stinger SR200 50$ ebay
Linkage

CAPACITOR
2 FARAD ALMANI CAPACITOR 75$--ebay
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS GUY
took twice to get it shipped to me, its the last piece im waiting on

Cabling and all that jazz has cost me about 160 with the distribution block fuses ect ect lucky i have a lot of cabling laying around

SOFTWARES

Custom xp build = torrent "xp faster v1"
Roadrunner GET IT HERE
LSXVOID 3.3 GET IT HERE
Media Player Classic from the KLITE CODEC PACK
iGuidance4 - search google
Xport- its essential GET IT HERE

Just wanted to get that list out of the way while im at work, maybe ill bring my laptop out to the parking lot and record an "intro video" for you guys so you can see what ive done... so far

OHH and the HHO fuel cell is dorky and will be monitored by the comp thats why i added it plus the major increase in gas millage

AND who doesnt love 1960's era novelty horns that play "la cucaracha" off tempo

typical setup i know but just thought id make a list of links and start the work log

eric_barcus · 05-20-2008, 05:40 PM

reserved for more pics

eric_barcus · 05-20-2008, 05:41 PM

Intro video here

The Screen How to

A Night time view of the LSX Void skin and my setup

eric_barcus · 05-20-2008, 05:41 PM

reserved for the BIG write up the
HOW WE DID IT ALL

monkeyracer · 05-20-2008, 07:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by eric_barcus

SCREEN
Dynamix 8" WideScreen TFT LCD 275$--ebay
This is the Manufacture on ebay
the manufacture charges more but i cant find my original for this

Did you get the 816 (that's where the link goes?) I have that one and love it. It gets kinda hot though, and occasionally loses the calibration, but a great deal for sure.

Quote: Originally Posted by eric_barcus

iGuidance4 - search google

By search google you mean for the official product page right? You're not condoning pirated software are you? IG4 is well worth the money it costs, and there should be no reason to pirate it.

eric_barcus · 05-20-2008, 07:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyracer

Did you get the 816 (that's where the link goes?) I have that one and love it. It gets kinda hot though, and occasionally loses the calibration, but a great deal for sure.

HOW do i know if its the 816? all i know is i did research on this screen and they have HITACHI lcds in them thats why i bought it, opened mine up and sure enough its hitachi! great screen, a little hard during the day to see but im going to get the windows tinted soon to fix that

By search google you mean for the official product page right? You're not condoning pirated software are you? IG4 is well worth the money it costs, and there should be no reason to pirate it.

i cant tell people to pirate software! im saying google is where i found my info il update a link to go to the manafactures website

monkeyracer · 05-20-2008, 08:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by monkeyracer

official product page

Have you received your Dynamix screen yet? if so, any thoughts?

eric_barcus · 05-20-2008, 08:13 PM

yeah its been installed for a year, its works well, i havent compaired it to anything else YET but i want to get another car put together SOON and i will be going with a different screen to see if more $ = more

eric_barcus · 05-21-2008, 02:59 AM

night update (sorry no video yet)
Went shopping after work picked up some FAB stuff, got ALOT of fleece alot of brushes
going to get a staple gun tomorrow and start learning how to play with that stuff should prove to be a good "talent" in the car pc world, ideas are flowing and im trying to get everything orginized, thinking an added speakers in the hatch that where on a pivot to turn from facing towards the driver, then turnaround to face out the hatch when listening at the park... pics to come
here is ALL my fiberglass materials ... YES the gummy bears are a necessity

taking the camera to work assuming its a nice day out (living in seattle currently raining) so i can get some pics at least of what is done

monkeyracer · 05-21-2008, 09:51 AM

You will probably need more resin and/or more mat. That little container will barely do one speaker pod. If you go to home depot, they have gallon sized cans, and as I've learned in my failed attempt at a fiberglass sub box, fleece is thirsty. You might also want to get some of the Glad plastic containers, the disposeable kind, so that you can mix a batch of resin in one, and as it's drying and curing, you have a new clean container for the next batch. Once the resin is kind of cured, you can just crack it out of the container.
Lastly, you might want to get some drop plastic (the kind used for painting to protect the carpet) to protect your interior if you plan on doing any resin work in the vehicle. Blue painters tape wouldn't be a bad idea as well.
Good luck with your fab work.

eric_barcus · 05-21-2008, 11:41 AM

thanks man for the tips that little can is what was purchased to learn with (small projects here and there) i notice somethign missing form my picture too! [checking recipt] ... dang it i think they charged me for my plastic spread but it never got put in the bag... go figure ehh... nexson recommended the paper cups for the small projects but the glad plastic ones prob work best on the big stuff huh?

any other tips on that subject matter (even thou i know there is a great fab forum) are welcome here too

monkeyracer · 05-21-2008, 12:00 PM

aren't the spreaders in the pic between the mat and the resin?

budget more time and money than you think to get the project done. I didn't do this and is probably one more reason I didn't finish the sub box.