2000 Chevy Blazer - the long road ahead - *Pictures*

---------------------[ HARDWARE ] -------------------------
Mobo: ZOTAC IONITX-F-E Intel Atom 330 (1.6GHz, dual-core) NVIDIA ION
RAM: 4GB ddr2
HDD: 32gb 2.5" OCZ vertex ex ssd sata [OS] & 500gb WD blue sata hooked up via usb [media]
CASE: VoomPC2
WIFI: Atheros mini-pcie card [came with mobo] with roof mounted antenna
LCD/TS: 8" Xenarc
8 serial controlled relays [not installed]
PSU: Opus 120watt

------------------------ [ PLANS ] ---------------------------
* the computer resides in the back of my blazer w/ the amps under a "fake floor"
* the LCD/TS is going to replace the HU and HVAC controls
* HU is going to be moved below the dash
* HVAC controls are now in the glove compartment [a bit of a reach for me but worth it]

------------------------- [ AUDIO ] ----------------------------
* Fake Floor
* Orion 4004 is in and wired to 2 sets of Memphis 6.5 components [rear doors and front kick panels]
* JL Slash 1000/1v2 is in and wired
* JL 13w7

----------------------------[ WIRING - ALL DONE ] --------------------------
computer:
*FRONT TO REAR
-VGA [need to reorder, first one went to my projector in my media room]
-USB
-AUDIO
-ACC
- 2 runs of cat5 for use later as 16 small wires running front to back, possibly for relays?
* Power 4awg to dist. block then to Opus
* ground to common ground

------------------------[ FABRICATION ] ---------------------
DASH:
* cut hole measured, awaiting fiberglass materials
GLOVE COMPARTMENT:
* [may need a little cleaning up sometime later]
CONSOLE:
* still in planning have not decided all the parts needed in it so its hard to start building
LOWER CONSOLE [headunit location] :
* DONE

------------------------[ IMAGES ] ---------------------
[11/5/2007]
Havc relocation
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/imag...e73d8a255e.jpg

ROUGHED in but WORKING 10.4" lcd
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/imag...e73d8ebce3.jpg

Back of the Truck - large unfinished sub box, i'm working on a smaller design
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/imag...e740bbc1d5.jpg


POWER- 0/2guage feeding 2 amps, one 12vdc-120vac inverter, and one carputer
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/imag...e740bd57fe.jpg
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/imag...e740c2ebc0.jpg

messy but WORKING carputer - notes later in thread
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/imag...e740bf097c.jpg

Im about to use the M300 Case as well, with an M10000 board. I havent got it yet, but im curious to see how the M1ATX supply will fit in the case with everyting.

went to take a picture for ya and found out leaving your camera in the car isnt always the best thing .. ill see if i can barrow a freinds ... i'm not too sure if the M1 [or M2] will fit in the case if you've got all the goodies in there [as i do]

That would be great. Im only going to have one 2.5" hd in there (100GB), but I do want the ability to an extra PCI video card in there, because the onboard video isnt quite cutting it with street deck. I emailed Mini box before I bought it and they said for heat issues it would probably work, but would probably be best to mount it upside down next to the hard drives and PCI slot and attach it from the top of the case.

Here is some quick pix for the work so far [i seem to have shakey hands lately prob work gettin' the best of me :eek: ]

Ok here's the deck i built to hide things such as my amps and carputer
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0727.jpg

a lil fuzzy but you get the idea
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0724.jpg

the amps ... almost all wired again
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0725.jpg

carputer in all her glory also waiting for more wire [among other things]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0726.jpg

and just nice corner shot [putting a 7" lcd here so that if im doing some work back there i dont have to use the screen up front
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0728.jpg

ok here are the pix i said id post of the case

its a tight fit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0722.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0719.jpg

i still cant decide what to do for power .. any suggestions are welcome ... id love a dsatx .. but its just so much money ... but the features are practically endless .. but form a practical stand point how many features do i really need ... maybe an opus 120?

a few mor pix of the front of the car ... got LOTS of work to do here
i got an extra dash off ebay, and i've done a bit of work w/ it just some dremel shaping, so far so good ...


a/c controls goin' in the glove compartment, Head unit is going down below
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0731.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0753.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0736.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0745.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0746.jpg
my old carputer ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0738.jpg

well i've spent a great deal of time workin' on the stereo so i figured id write a quick blurp about it, it's a kenwood cda-7897 headunit, an orion 2500D pushing an Orion 15" HCCA sub, an orion 4004 running a pair of memphis 15-MSYNC6 components in kicks up front and a set in the rear doors ... simple but i like this set up, the dash and stock front door speakers are still stock but not used.

the sub is getting a new enclosure soon, a quarter tube fiberglass box, [4 boxes so far just cant find a happy medium between size and sound ]

just playin in photoshop ... thought this would be cool to put a dock in for my ipod, to charge, or for friends ipods to get music off/listen to if for some reason i dont have it on my carputer ... might make it so i dont HAVE to have the pc on use it ... might also splice the lineout into my head unit ... ill have to find some pin outs .. but this is a while away .. gotta finish up the dash first ...

before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/DSCN0749.jpg

photoshoped after
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...t/car/ipod.jpg

Opus 120 came in today .. now i just gotta make it fit in my m300 case :-\

thinkin' i could attatch it to the roof of the case and only run one 80gb 2.5 drive


we'll see .. more to come