|darc| wrote:Insane pink overload, but it looks great. I'm interested to see the setup inside the car for the Dreamcast. How will you integrate it with the dash and stuff?
This is the basic setup idea pre-friberglass:
The center console has been cut down to have the Dreamcast seated at a good level, and the controller is fiberglassed already and will function as a switch panel. The wires go through the center console and into the screen, which is slightly visible in this picture. There are two controllers- one is extended and in port 2 and automatically winds up in the dash and is stored in the glovebox with several VMUs. Pictures pending on that one- so sorry
it looks fantastic, though. Also, the driver controller is stationed beneath the seat, in port 1. The keyboard is in port 3 and is stored beneath the passenger seat along with a really nice inverter. The electrical wires from the inverter are strung through the center console, and through a hole into the engine bay, which it then is tied into the main power for the car. Therefore, when the car starts, the Dreamcast starts, along with all LED illumination inside the Dreamcast and controllers.
This center console is butted against a speedcover/fall which will have a large imitation dreamcast cover, which will pop open and reveal the head unit, dvd player, etc. The design of this piece has caused a HUGE overhaul to the fiberglassing process, so what was there is now trashed and being redone. That's why I don't have links to post for this particular part.
The fiberglassed controller you see in the picture acts as a switch panel, which controls show lighting (leds around interior/exterior of the car), screen toggle (from backup camera, dreamcast, dvd player, to security cameras), etc. These are handled by a relay switch placed beneath the Dreamcast.
Oh, and the Dreamcast has a liquid cooling system to help out with ever-changing driving conditions. This runs along the backish bottom of the Dreamcast, and pumps in the center console below the fiberglassed controller.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/L ... stall6.jpg
The link above shows how far I had to cut down the center console
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/L ... stall4.jpg
The link above is a better angle of the picture you can see above
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/L ... nated3.jpg
Link above for the insane amount of LEDs used to illuminate the Dreamcast, wired to turn on with the unit, which turns on with the car
The screen is from an $80 DVD player with wires extended, as can be seen here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/L ... tall12.jpg
The Dreamcast connects directly into the DVD player so that the 8" screen shows picture for the Dreamcast. This is also connected to the relay switch, which the "controller" controls.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/L ... rknob4.jpg
This link shows some of the wiring so that you can see what the car looks like once you take the center console away
I can get more technical if desired! The original concept came from this drawing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/L ... byjosh.jpg
Most everything has changed up a bit, like hte location of the DVD player, but the way the center console is designed has not changed.
Okay, if you really want me to draw a swirlie on my car I will LOL I already have a Dreamcast decal!
Get it straight! I said I was girl, have pink all over, c'mon boys, it's obvious 
