My first CarPC install: 91 Toyota Supra

**dsballer2000** · 06-26-2006, 11:01 AM

I've wanted to put a PC in my supra ever since I heard about this site(A year ago) and I finally got around to doing it.

First off, the car:

I love my car. Its and inline 6 with 235hp stock. It was actually a hand me down from my sister when she bought it brand new in 1990(for something rediculous like $42k Canadian). This has a single turbo and targa top which still gets looks everyday.

Front view:

Angle view:

Car Flashing:

The PC:
These are the current parts that are going into my carpc setup.

AMD XP1800 1.53ghz CPU
256mb DDR ram
160gb Western Digital Hard Drive
BU353 USB GPS receiver
USB Bluetooth Adapter
Slot load DVDR/RAM notebook slimline optical drive
802.11g Belkin Low profile wireless pci card

The Screen:
Xenarc 700TSV 5-wire touchscreen LCD

AT WORK RIGHT NOW SO MORE TO COME!!!

**Curry** · 06-26-2006, 08:12 PM

Great car man, looking forward to seeing this up and running!!!

**TheLlama** · 06-28-2006, 04:13 AM

Nice! even the hood opens.

**MatrixPC** · 06-28-2006, 05:18 PM

Dam, the car is in much better shape than mine.

**Giant_kyle** · 06-28-2006, 05:33 PM

keep an eye on the head gasket. known to go bad. 1jze is that the motor code?

SUPER CLEAN btw

**dsballer2000** · 06-29-2006, 09:11 AM

Thanks for the comments!
This car has been babied its whole life. 5w40 full synthetic oil every 3-4 months and has never had anything less than high octane (91-94) gas. In the winter we spray underneath the car so that salt doesn't rust out the paint. This is the original coat of paint from when we bought it new and its never been garaged(don't have one).

The headgasket went already once though so we've replaced that a few summers ago. Real pain in the ***. To tell you the truth, ever since it was replaced it was never the way it used to be.

Anyway, I've been spending a lot of time on this carpc thing the last few days so I will update pics as soon as I can.