Project GT40



The inspiration for this mod is the almighty Ford GT40. All car lovers will know this legendary car. It's called the GT40 coz it's only 40 inches in height. It's a very, very, very small n compact car with a big engine in it. It was the Le Mans Champion of it's day. Anyway, I based it on the GT40 precisely because of the main feature of this car which is small body, big engine. In my case, it will be small case, big engine(hardware). I'm gonna pack this lil case with superb hardware including 8800GT SLi. It will be a super duper portable uber rig.





Project GT40's sponsors-






















Wheeeeeeeeeeee! I've been waiting a loooooooooooong time to start this new project of mine. It's taken some time to get all the hardware together. There's lotsa stuff I had to find n buy, stuff from the different sponsors, sure took a while since I received this looooovely Silverstone SG03 to play with. Anyway, as usual I shall start by saying a big huuuuuuuge thank you to my sponsors Silverstone, Edifier, Inter-Asia Technology Sdn Bhd, Team Group, Arctic Cooling, Zotac and E-Devices Technology Sdn Bhd.

This mod is going to be based on the new Silverstone SG03.








Here's how the case looks like. It's a really, really, really tiny case. The dimensions are only 200mm(w) x 360mm(H) x 312mm(D). It's like a shoe box actually.



This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 21 2007, 04:13 PM

Let's take a look inside the case now.


A shot of the internals showing the 2x120mm fan intake.






Here's the case all stripped out.





Well, that's it for the standard SG03. My plans r to paint it in the same powder blue color as the Gulf GT40 with orange accents. Maybe, just maybe, a BTX style mod too. I'll hafta remove all the rivets to c how the case can be dismantled b4 I decide on that.



1 thing I've decided on is the side intake. I will base the new side intake on this.








Haih. Connection went off again. I give up. Will upload again 2moro.

This post has been edited by ianho: Aug 17 2007, 04:11 PM

heheheh. A very special mobo. It's the only MATX SLi mobo in teh world. Took me a while to find it n buy it man. At 1st found it at canadian online shop but they dowanna send to Malaysia. In the end found it in Singapore. I will post the pics of hardware going in later 2day. I still cant access my Photobucket. Blardy gay connection I got.

It's not the host. It's jsut the streamyx at my place has been really bad of late.

Yup it's the 1 n only EVGA NF4 SLi. Pics of the hardware coming right up.

Wheeeeeee. Here comes the hardware update.



Received this lovely box of goodies from the sponsors. It came fresh from the recent Taiwan Computex.









Lotsa stuff from Arctic Cooling n also Team ram. The Freezer 64 Pro in the box is for King Kong. The rest will be used for GT40.







Here's all the lovely hardware that will be going into Project GT40.





This is the spec list-
1. Silverstone SG03 case
2. EVGA nf4 SLi MATX mobo
3. AMD64 X2 3800+
4. Asus SATA DVD drive
5. Silverstone Olympia 1000W PSU
6. Arctic Cooling Freezer64 LP HSF
7. Arctic Cooling AF 12025PWM fans
8. Arctic Cooling MX2 thermal paste
9. 2x1gb Team Xtreem Cronus 500mhz DDR ram
10. Maxtor HDD.
11. 2x Zotac 8800GT 512mb AMP Edition
12. Edifier E3350 speakers

This is gonna be 1 heck of a powerful MATX rig with all that inside. Once again I'd like to say a big huge thanks to all my fantastic n ever supportive sponsors. Without them this Project would cost a nuclear bomb.


I'm still sourcing for parts to mod the case. I'll need to get sum air scoops n such. I'll be sure to update about my parts sourcing adventures as I get the parts in.

This post has been edited by ianho: Dec 21 2007, 05:18 PM

Yup. It'll be in the powder blue n orange theme. Hopefully I can find the exact colors.

There is no other MATX SLi mobo on this planet. So there is no choice about CPU. Besides, it doesnt make much difference in real gaming. The only advantage that C2D has over X2 is in benchmarks. In real life gaming it doesnt make a differrence.





Don't worry, I'll find it.

This post has been edited by ianho: Jun 25 2007, 10:06 PM

Well, u can try a C2D X6800 rig with 8800GTX SLi rig, plug it in to a 30" monitor n compare the actual game framerates with my rig n u'll c there's only a small difference of about 5FPS at most. When ur getting 100+ FPS in games like Oblivion on a 30" monitor, 5FPS is a negligible difference. I've tried C2D b4 n I don't understand what the big hoo haa about C2D is all about.

Well............. depends. I'm looking around for sum nice air scoops right now. Once I find the type I like then I'll decide on the mounting method.




I'm not sure how much the casing is coz it's not available for sale yet. The unit I have is an engineering sample. It will be available for sale soon.





I'm still looking for sum parts. I need to make sure I haf all the parts I want to use on the mod. Then do sum mock ups to get a visualisation b4 I start chopping. I went looking for the paint today though. Found just the right kinda powder blue. The orange I found wasnt quite right though. Gotta find me sum orange paint which is a perfect Gulf orange.

Got floppy bay. U can c it in the pics. At the front behind the doors, under the USB ports there.

Well, if ure case has really good ventilation then the Gemin is good enuf. If ur case ventilation is bad then the Aquagate is good as it takes the heat away n redirects it to wherever u put the radiator.

Sry about the long delay guys. I've been in long hibernation. Got hit by sum god knows what flu. I've been down for the past week, everyday so tired oni can go to sleep. I will commence with the stripping work the minute I recover from this blasted flu.

I know man. I've been sleeping for 2 weeks oredi now. Still coughing like a dog. Haiz..............................







I never use holesaws. My cutting is all done using either dremel or jigsaw only. I have no idea where holesaws r available. Mebe u can try asking to see if the local shops will take special orders?

Eh? Who told u I'm ok? I'm still coughing so badly I can't even hold my bowl of chicken soup. How to mod?

This post has been edited by ianho: Jul 14 2007, 12:35 AM

Wokeh. I'm back from the land of the buffalo flu. Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee. I'm looking for the blue n orange paint right now. Then it's off to the car shops to look for a new intake grill.

Coming, coming. I finally managed to get the paint. Managed to get both the blue n orange colors. Now all I need is to find a nice air scoop for it n it's game onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. I prefer to get all the parts I need b4 starting so that I dont hafta stop in between.

Sry for such a loooooong wait guys. I've been swamped in work. Had sum really serious matters to attend to at my company.

I've been slowly accumulating all the parts needed though. The paint was a major sticking point. I just cudn find the right tone of blue n orange to match the Gulf colors. Well, I've finally got the paint as mentioned earlier. Next up is a visit to the car parts shops for sum air scoops. I'll really get down to the mods in the next week or so.

Once again, I'd like to apologise to every1 who's been waiting anxiously for the updates. I hate to dissapoint u guys but I'll be back on track soon n u guys know, once I'm on track, even at 5am u'll get to c updates.

Wokeh, I've just installed Sketchup on my PC. Will take the next few days to learn Sketchup n do a few sketches to get a good idea of what looks good n what doesnt. I've got a few different ideas n will need to work them out with Sketchup to get a good idea of how it all looks b4 I start cutting.

I've never used Sketchup b4 but my friend Koradhil(also fully sponsored by Silverstone), a Pro modder from Holland uses it n his sketches look really good n helps him decide on his final designs coz u get to c how the concept actually looks like b4 actually modding anything. So I thought I'll gif Sketchup a try too. At least if I need any help with it he can gif me sum pointers.

This post has been edited by ianho: Aug 2 2007, 10:14 PM

Boy oh boy. That is 1 hard prog to learn. I think I will just go back to my ol skool method of just color pencils, pen n paper for my sketches n drawings.