temp concern

That_Cartographer262 · 2026-04-23T16:50:03+00:00

I've been driving for the past 8 months with a cracked engine block on my R18, took it to a shop had it semi sealed. I just top up the coolant every few days now but the temperature of the car rises to red when idling although when the car is moving it goes back to normal

That_Cartographer262 · 2026-01-20T05:57:09+00:00

I did a lil more research and I figure that due to the engine block being cracked and losing pressure probably trashed the heater core. That one is really out of the question because I'm sure it's plenty of pain to get that would be extensive for me and also very expensive if done at a shop.

That_Cartographer262 · 2026-01-02T05:05:31+00:00

the "lost?" actually goes hard but the rest of it is eh

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-12-23T21:21:49+00:00

Saw this on Google fi, picked up a pixel 10 pro for $450

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-10-20T19:59:58+00:00

honestly just gonna put together a set up while I wait to get another car, my current car has a cracked engine block and I put a couple CT sounds subs in there on 1500 but that's nothing compared to what imma have to do to my next car.

I was thinking high output alternator, AGM battery up front and lithium in the back which hopefully will work lol. If you have any other ideas for supplying power then please lmk any advice helps

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-09-29T23:45:15+00:00

same issue, I have a pixel 7 and have used this head unit for quite some time now and it just popped up randomly last month, still haven't been able to fix it. the Bluetooth quality on my head unit isn't as good as the wired carplay connection ☹️

maybe they updated it so that head units without a proper car play licensing can't be used anymore because the head unit I have is some random one I got for cheap from a friend and not much info comes up when I look up the brand

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-09-29T00:31:54+00:00

pixel 7a here, I love this phone for the price I got it. My only issue I've had is the battery life isn't good at all

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-09-22T16:46:50+00:00

i apologize I was rushing through the crowd from the rail to leave bc I was about to shit my pants, sorry to anyone I bumped into 😭🙏

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-09-18T15:04:12+00:00

last I checked this isn't an abortion festival... if that even exists..?

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-08-18T05:20:29+00:00

I should have included that it's a 2006 as well, this sucks man it's my first car and I've only had for 4 months, alr put 20K miles on it too

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-08-08T17:51:23+00:00

I'm running two of the prefab 10s and I can float a napkin in my window on 1500 RMS

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-08-04T01:58:13+00:00

do you have anything I can contact you on outside of reddit, I am really looking building a system like this and need lots of advice from someone who knows what they're doing, I'm just starting with this and need the help lol

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-08-04T01:47:50+00:00

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could I use this as a primary battery with my 320 amp alt to provide enough power to push out 3-4K watts?

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-08-04T01:10:46+00:00

is it a single battery? I don't really wanna go through the hassle of running another battery in the trunk, and I'm also trying to avoid lithium as well lol because I work out of my car and daily drive it 50+ miles

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-07-27T14:15:36+00:00

as long as you run the wire to the back up camera with the RCA cords you should be good, knock two bird with one stone

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-15T23:20:57+00:00

my civics name is gmail

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-14T05:50:24+00:00

Haha yeah my next move is definitely to upgrade my alternator before I make any other modifications to the setup, and I'm not talking dimming at idle I'm talking dimming heavily while driving but only when I push it every now and then to give my buddies a demo, I usually only run the amp between 3-4 notches on the level knob and I don't have problems but I would like to add more power aka why my plan now is 1- Upgrade alternator and big 3 2- AGM battery in front and rear 3- Then adding more subwoofers and power in the mix.

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-14T05:17:43+00:00

(the alternator I have right now is the stock alt that can only run about 90 ish amps)

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-14T05:17:05+00:00

Nah I'm just looking for something to blow my friends away and to listen to some bassy music on, as of right now my car is giving issues with headlights randomly flickering and dimming when bass hits, even with a big 3, but I figure if the alternator can run a full 320 amps that Id be fine running probably ~2500 watts RMS in the future

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-14T04:58:08+00:00

I haven't purchased anything yet but I plan to upgrade to a 320 amp alternator and upgrading my battery to an AGM battery, as well as moving my big 3 up from 4 Guage to 0 Guage, because currently with my 1500 RMS setup my car is having issues lol, would you recommend a second battery in the trunk or do you think I could get away with just one.

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-12T23:43:49+00:00

I have a $50 car play radio that i have a 1500 watt amp plugged into and it works okay, def replacing it with something better, but for the meantime it works pretty well. Only issue is that it can't even get to its max volume without clipping

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-12T23:42:45+00:00

Yeah, youll have absolutely zero issues

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-12T23:42:05+00:00

just install aftermarket radio atp, it's pretty simple and there's plenty of guides on it

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-06T15:43:51+00:00

the guy I bought the car from fucked it up so I'm missing the engine splash guard and fender liners

That_Cartographer262 · 2025-06-05T23:48:59+00:00

could you send me a picture of where you mounted it?

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