Kimnach.org
1988
IROC-Z
This page is a re-write and
hopefully a better organized version of my
previous carputer page. Here I will attempt to detail the various
projects associated with my IROC.
Carputer
& Audio system
- Overview--why
I'm installing a carputer
- The hardware--the following
hardware subsection contains a list of the hardware I used and product
page links only.
- Computer hardware
- Computer case--Mo-Co-So
mini-ITX case (2nd gen, summer 2008). No longer needed, since
I
decided to mount the carputer hardware on an 1/8 plate.
- Motherboard--Intel
D945GCLF
with 2GB RAM
- 2GB RAM (I say 1GB in the
video, but that's wrong)
- 3 hard drives (20GB IDE
system drive, 80GB IDE audio
drive, 160GB SATA video drive)
- pico-120 psu
- slot-load DVD R/W
- Touchscreen-- Lilliput
889GL-80NP, 8" WS
- ALDL, a.k.a. OBD-I interface cable
- Rear view camera
& mirror--Pyle
PLCM4235 mirror. I
don't plan to use its included camera and
I'm not sure where to mount this (on dash or standard button mount),
but It'll be used....it's just a toy.
- miscellaneous
- mini keyboard
- Griffin Powermate, which
will be used only if I cannot get
my Pioneer DEH-P7600MP faceplate fabricated into the overhead console
- Lilliput 889GL-80NP
touchscreen monitor (8" wide screen, which I
mistakenly refer to as 889GCLF)
- HD Radio (Visteon HDZ300)
- Dynex mini 4-port USB hub
expander
- Bench test and installation videos--just some videos of the
installation at various stages
- Audio hardware
- Pioneer DEH-P7600MP
Head unit
- While I had a set of Infinity speakers in the front and
rear for the first 15 years, I swithced to a set of Pioneer speakers
all the way around. (The Infinities dry-rotted.)
- Audiobahn A4004V--my original
Crutchfield 100Wrms x 2 channel amp
died after nearly 19 years and I replaced that with used Pioneer
GM-X362 and GM-X552 amps.
Now that a new Carputer is going in, may as well get a new
4-ch amp.
- Visteon HDZ300 receiver
- Wiring--hey, power beaming
and rf signal-interconnects are not viable options, so here's what i
did:-)
- The original wiring diagram
- The actual wiring--plans change, especially when installation
is drawn out
- Power--running
the
12Vdc wiring from the battery to the various hardware
- Carputer--signal
wiring, including USB, rear view camera, etc.
- Audio--speakers,
HD radio, faceplate, and line-level stuff.
- TBD
The car,
modifications, and
fabrication sections
- Audio related
- Sound dampening--I'm
not
eighteen and feel it my civic duty to play my
music so loud--and with a subwoofer cranked up--so as to share it with
everyone
within a 1/4 mile radius of me. (I grew up seeing bands like
Led
Zeppelin, AC/DC, Aerosmith, etc. I went to most of the World
Series
of Rock concerts at Cleveland's
old Municipal Statium from 1977
through 1980. I like my music loud--hello tinnitus--but I
need
not rock everyone else's world. There's a time and place for
everything.)
- Amp mount--the
board used to mount the amp, cap, and the
distribution block located in the spare tire area.
- Computer related
- Carputer &
T-top
storage--a replacement for the
t-top storage bag and a
compartment in
which to safely mount the carputer.
- Bezels fabrication
and
installation--including
original options for the touch screen and multi-format card reader
- Overhead console
& radar detector--modifying an S-10 OHC for the IROC
- Halo,
reverse-style glow
gauges and 145mph
speedometer--just a small mod. What the
heck,
after nearly 22 years of owning the car.
- Performance "mods"--although
I nearly had a Paxton supercharger installed in 1990,
I've been satisfied with the car's factory performance.
It's
more than sufficient. I've only done little things.
Plans
& possibilities
While I list the Pyle rear
view camera/mirror above, that was an impulse purchase--knowing I'd
like to do it but not quite sure when and how. I plan to use
both monitors on the Pyle PLCM4235 with two cameras mounted in the
black sections of the tail light housing. This would afford
wide coverage to the rear. (I don't plan to mount cameras in
the side view mirror housings.) As for the monitor, my
options to mount it are:
- Clipped onto the original
mirror the way it's meant to be. This, although simple, would
hardly be "custom."
- Mount the rear view
mirror/monitor in pod on the dash pad just above the steering wheel:
glance down to see what's behind me, and better maintain eyes on the
road in front.. (Wait, "what's behind me is not
important!"--Raul Julia in Gumball
Rally.)
If I were to do this, I would do so by either buying a
sacrificial dash pad or by creating a mold of a portion of my dash, and
then build the pod from that. I don't want to cut my dash pad, since it's pristine.
Either way, it's just a
toy......
Exterior
Unless you park your car in a
garage year-round, things will
happen. I've unfortunately had a couple of Richard Craniums
damage my car in parking
lots. Once at a bar, then at work.
(At work of all places! No note left....yeah, we're
truly
reflective of society. Diversity's unintended consequences?)
You're not obligated to share your music with the world. Don't shake our world....
...TURN THE $#%#@ SUBS DOWN!
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