H3 in-dash computer installed

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Originally Posted by Mr_Pat

Wow incredible!!!! How much did it cost to put together?

I'm guessing it cost him at least $99...

Amazing, but I don't know the cost....

[JeffW]

Originally Posted by RubHer Yellow Ducky

I'm guessing it cost him at least $99...

Not if you get it at Pep Boys

I lost track of the cost, but if I did it right from the beginning I'd say a little over $2k. Alas, I bought a lot of wrong or uneeded stuff. I also underestimated the cost of the little things you don't think of, like wire, fasteners, tools, etc. I even had to buy a whole new soldering station because my old one wasn't cutting it with the SMT chips in the amps.

[Mark805]

Thats just amazing....



Very impressive.. now make it into a self install kit and make yourself some serious $$$ on Ebay

[JeffW]

Originally Posted by Mark805

Thats just amazing....



Very impressive.. now make it into a self install kit and make yourself some serious $$$ on Ebay

Mark, good to see you're still slumming it over here in the H3 section I was keeping an eye out for your new rig at the Cabin Creek Hummer Happening, but didn't spot it. Were you there?

Actually the StreetDeck folks are already pretty far along on that idea... http://store.mp3car.com/Mp3Car_Infil..._p/sdk-014.htm I experimented with this software but it wasn't quite right for what I wanted to do, but I think it will be someday soon.

[Wisha Haddan H3]

That is off the charts, no bullsh!t, the coolest thing I've seen in an H3. Not to be confused with "on" an H3 ... Humbebe's custom H2O rig still holds the title there

Question - what about temperature issues? Your setup looks very efficient, but I have to be careful with cooling in my full-size ATX box. Can you monitor case temps from the LCD?

[Agriv8r]

[lotus4s]

AWESOME!

[marin8703]

Thats a sweet setup. Great job! Submit your design to GM, Hummer, maybe it'll become optional sometime.

[JeffW]

Originally Posted by Wisha Haddan H3

That is off the charts, no bullsh!t, the coolest thing I've seen in an H3. Not to be confused with "on" an H3 ... Humbebe's custom H2O rig still holds the title there

Question - what about temperature issues? Your setup looks very efficient, but I have to be careful with cooling in my full-size ATX box. Can you monitor case temps from the LCD?

Thanks. Yes, I monitored the temps from the LCD for a while, but now I don't, to reduce clutter. I went on a long trip on a 100 deg. day and it seemed fine. I noticed it does get quite warm behind the dash. I think the LCD is the biggest heat generator. However, I have it set to alarm 50 deg. C and shut down at 60 deg. C, which is pretty conservative and it doesn't really get close to that. When I had it on the bench the CPU fan never even turns on it, the case fan kept it cool enough. In the tight quarters, though, the cpu fun does run quite a bit, but seems to do a fine job. The Core Duo proc is pretty low power.

[fw888]

Originally Posted by JeffW

Thanks. Yes, I monitored the temps from the LCD for a while, but now I don't, to reduce clutter. I went on a long trip on a 100 deg. day and it seemed fine. I noticed it does get quite warm behind the dash. I think the LCD is the biggest heat generator. However, I have it set to alarm 50 deg. C and shut down at 60 deg. C, which is pretty conservative and it doesn't really get close to that. When I had it on the bench the CPU fan never even turns on it, the case fan kept it cool enough. In the tight quarters, though, the cpu fun does run quite a bit, but seems to do a fine job. The Core Duo proc is pretty low power.

cool stuff, now how much for hardware and how much for labor ?

[Viet Nam Vette]

Man That rocks... !!

Now all you gotta do is take orders from us lazzy 3'er's who want one..

[Mark805]

Originally Posted by JeffW

Mark, good to see you're still slumming it over here in the H3 section I was keeping an eye out for your new rig at the Cabin Creek Hummer Happening, but didn't spot it. Were you there?

Yes, I was there in the morning session. I went on the "experienced" ride. It was actually pretty fun until i let my girlfriend drive part of it (Got my first scratches ) But if i hear "Torque is your friend" one more time I am gonna go postal.

But once again I had a great time. After the event I went exploring on some of the logging roads out there and actually found a pretty good spot to access the Yakima River to toss my fly line.

Back to your system... I am really impressed with this setup you got. Now have it look for unsecure wifi and cruise the net too!

[Sewie]

WOW.......just, wow!!

That is just incredibly cool!

[RuggedH2]

Originally Posted by Sewie

WOW.......just, wow!!

That is just incredibly cool!

X2 that is amazing!

[WikidPete]

Nice Job!!! Very cool setup!!

[XM DUDE]

I wish GM would do this in their vehicles.