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if you're building an enclosure, the Revs are the winner.Yummy, yummy! I would do the Revs in a heartbeat if I could mount them on axis. Would be a coin toss in a factory location.Those are 7's... Stock door location in the caddy. IB - U's. What variant of the D2904 do you have? I haven't played with any large format tweet's. I assume they have more flexability to achieve imaging and sound stage having the extended low end reach? Super stoked to hear your going to run the U's. 6000 or 1, I don't remember atm. Whatever they sold to Alpine. I have plenty of large ones downstairs I might rather use, but until everything is mechanically finished the stereo build is staying simple. Part of the Turbo is the carPC so that means new speakers since the stock amp is CAN.

Starting with something you can sell and plan to is definitely the right choice. No way to understand at all what you like until you own something. I think you are confused a bit, the Front Row is a crossover and has no equalizer...if I can read. Had to google it as I hadn't heard of it. http://www.kicker.com/FrontRow I also don't understand how you control a digital proc with analog gauges....holy backwards. I might have to call up Tracy.

Something that isn't used.

Started to get Service Suspension notes on my screen today. On and off. Then other lights started to turn on and the car started to beep at me. Then I realized I had left my shitty OBD connector attached today.... Unplugged, restarted and bam all good.

Perhaps an analogy is in order. Audio noob pays shop to tune his stereo. If I am that noob does that make me happy? Does it matter if it is perfect? Nope, I want to know what was done, why, and how to tinker it to make it more personal to me. I see no difference in tuning the car and a stereo. Sure the subjective portion now becomes related to what spark, fueling, shifting, torque management and such you feel are safe and balance performance. So instead of SQ I'll be chasing safe and want to understand how to further leverage that, understand it, and also make sure when things change I notice and know what to do about it.

Will put the knob perhaps TOO easily in reach, lol

Think I can fit this in my clock slot. http://www.turbosmartdirect.com/Product-Categories/Electronic-Boost-Controllers/e-Boost-Street-40psi.html Need to mock it up so I need a 80mm x 25mm x 90mm piece of foam or something. Beating my head against the wall trying to think of what I have laying around. Almost went out and pulled out the table saw, but there has to be something quicker laying around the house.

Yeah, but you will need to have a new bung welded into the exhaust and a real boost pressure sensor to do it. The Boost sensor is simple, tee it in line with any manifold vacuum source... but the exhaust bung will require a welder and a skilled welder to be sure it is properly sealed. Need a boost sensor to have adjustable boost. Exhaust is going to be welded already, sort of necessary when you turbo something that didn't have one before. Will allow the tuner to then use the bung I have added.

There's a plethora of LS tuners throughout the country. It's easy to tune safe with no need to tinker. You should only need to tinker if you're chasing numbers and we've already had that conversation. Keep it a little fat and you're fine. Easy to tune for Not planning on paying for a 3 day dyno tune... And it isn't about 10ths but about learning. I will tinker....and even with a plethora I've now read too many books on it to trust any of them completely. If I don't monitor and watch, I can't learn and you know that isn't me.

It's killing me that he stopped selling these http://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/member-made-tools-parts-classifieds-197/custom-made-nnbs-amd-nbs-gauge-pods-478761/

The hack is easy, you just need the address. AFR need is due to not trusting the tune. I know no tuners and know the road I am going down will mean tinkering. Long term I plan to even do that myself. Having full display of critical parameters on board helps. Boost/AFR/EGT/Fuel Pressure/IAT along with standard 60's gauges and I'm happy. Sounds to me like I'll need AFR & Boost for sure the rest probably not a problem?

Sweet, I've always wanted to fuck gravity

RAPE

Dude, even Windows media player and iTunes does that. Why is that so hard? Look into Plex or WinAmp (although they have terminated support for WinAmp IIRC).Try it with a touchscreen...they also require a "save"

Not that it is hard, but unique per application. OBD standardizes jack shit.

Torq is a generic OBD2 reader. It will provide limited info, but not oil pressure, trans temp. AFR will always be calculated, as GM uses O2 sensors, not AF sensors. Rest assured, calculated is extremely accurate. Even a Tech 2 will not pull up EGT, so don't sweat it. It is rare on cars, aside from some Asians that use EGT to determine if the EGR valve is open. As far as fuel rail pressure, it is rare that GM has a fuel rail pressure sensor, and highly unlikely that they use them on your truck. Aside from Ford, you rarely see them on any vehicle aside from DFI systems. Be thankful, as Ford rail pressure sensors are a fucking nightmare. Oil temp is rarely displayed on OBD2 (rendering that PID on Torq virtually useless), so don't expect that on many vehicles at all. Vacuum will be listed as MAP, most likely (even though most manufacturers use MAF sensors, GM uses MAP to look at EGR opening, since EGR events lower manifold vacuum), but it will be in an absolute measurement, not direct manifold vacuum. In other words, absolute vacuum is 30inhg, so 10 in of vacuum will read 20in, and 20 in will read 10in (subtract the absolute measurement from 30 inches to get the "actual" reading). Generally you should expect to see, on OBD2, O2 readings, measured load, fuel trims, engine RPM, calculated load, coolant temp, MAF (may be substituted for calculated load), MAP (where applicable in absolute, not actual), IAT and a few other fairly worthless measurements. In all honesty, Torq is one of the better apps for the aftermarket, but it does not compare to a good scanner. Without some form of factory software you will not garner the info you hope to for a screen. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that is all there is to it. Thanks, but my poorly worded question was slightly different. If the sensors are there, Palmer has cracked them for an OBD USB setup for gauges (At least that is what they told me in email, but the dude was such a shit box I don't believe him). I just don't know what is there and can't figure out how to look that up. I believe you answered this with: "Generally you should expect to see, on OBD2, O2 readings, measured load, fuel trims, engine RPM, calculated load, coolant temp, MAF (may be substituted for calculated load), MAP (where applicable in absolute, not actual), IAT and a few other fairly worthless measurements." My concern with calculated AFR is if anything is wrong on the tuning tables the calculation will be wrong won't it? I have no idea how it is calculated though so perhaps that is a shitty assumption. I am open to adding a gauge or two, just don't want a crapton and the more virtual access the better.

I am open to any and all operating systems, boot time on linux wouldn't suck but I do think 8 in hibernate mode ought to be similar. Graphics are better on that, but that is the vision of the layout designer. Functionality of course is step one.

Right. I did test Lightroom that way. Thanks. I might have a stereo in my car someday

Yes. I tried Disable and Remove and neither effected the playlist. Has to be dynamic, ie I can't be forced to save everytime I shut the car off. If it is persistent, ie will live through a shutdown then it'd be ok. Works for me, it does indeed not save on the playlist, but if I close and open the program it remembers that I've removed a file.So the only drawback is if you want to use the playlist on another device, but that's just another quick shortcut to save the "new" playlist. It's better than nothing. that is fine as long as it remembers since it is a manual copy to get the playlist transferred anywya

You can design in Adobe muse and let it do the coding. hmm interesting I assume that isn't freeware though eh?

Probably going to run Driveline which means I need to learn XML because it isn't what I'd call pretty. Functional yes.

HD Radio arrived today

Slower than my laptop, but it is only 4"x4"x2" so it can fit in the dash along with a pair of miniDSPs, an HD Radio receiver, a power supply and a GPS card.

PC is on the way. Order an i5 4250u NUC with a 500mb 840 EVO and 8gb of RAM. Ought to be adequate for the car

If you want to cry, load 3000 albums into Itunes. It'll make you HATE Apple.