Windows up and running.
Evoscan & Centrafuse installed & configured.
Awaiting cabling deliveries.
Going to see my carpenter tomorrow evening to measure up the boot enclosure.
The amount of cabling required is going to be ridiculous.
Design so far:-
PC in the boot along with amp & sub housed in a custom-built enclosure. VGA screen in-dash (motorised flip out type). Permanent OBD cable connected and running Evoscan. Wireless keyboard with on-unit joystick/mouse. 2xUSB ports to be mounted in ash tray or sunglasses holder. Ideally need a DVD drive within reach of driving position and the 2 dash-mounted USB ports will facilitate this in the future should I decide to do it.
PC & amp wired to panel mounted extensions in the frame of the boot enclosure. Basically I'm going to wire all the inputs and outputs of the PC and amp to two separate panels in the enclosure with the appropriate connectors to allow quick and easy connection/disconnection of the PC/sub/amp box.
I have to extend these connections (at least):-
From the PC: 12V+, 12V+ ignition, VGA, audio out, 5 x USB ports (surprising how many USB ports you can use up very quickly). PC capable of running 8 from the board and I'm going to install 6 in total.
From the amp: 12V+, sub in (2xRCA)
Each extension cable is in the region of 3-5m long so there's gonna be a lot of wires to shove under the carpet/trim.
Still awaiting delivery of screen but it's coming from the U.S. and it's only been a week now.
I'm behind schedule because of the 'wrong DVD drive' issue, which has not yet been resolved.
Will be working on the enclosure's connection panels whilst waiting to hear on the DVD drive. I can't put the PC case together until I know if I'm going to get a replacement drive.
It's difficult to visualise how this is going to end up (even for me) and I'll get some pictures up as soon as I get near the car with any sort of wire!
It's frustrating that I'm hanging about waiting for this or that though it's allowing me to firm up my ideas of what specifically will go where and how it's all going to interact.