T2

Hey guys
ive done the door pods, and basic construction of sub box

heres the piccies!
Splits (door pods)

thankyou northfield for help on this
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False floor with amps mounted and starting the wiring, next is cutting out perspex cut outs in top plate and making hingeing (?) the side cut outs so i can get access easily to the jack and fuel pump


I removed back seats and made a fiberglass mould where bottom of seat would go (est of at least 40-50 litres just from bottom seat area, plenty enough for my Alpine Type R's (28 litres) ).

i still have to trim the fiberglass (note: time intensive) subs in for testing purposes

Closer view of subs


this will do for images for the time being, i will be starting up a website showing how *I* did it, i just need some hosting, and only like 5-10 meg of space (HINT HINT)


Thankyou for your time, and good luck.

If you have comments/flames/questions

PM me, reply back here, or mail me at fknuckle@bigpond.net.au
or ICQ
33727989 - BIllet


-Chris Nissen

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87T2
Mods:
Microtech MT8 ECU
3' Mandrel Bent exhaust
High Flow 3' stinky cat
5' SS Tips
K&N long cone filter
Custom Made BOV
Electronic Boost Controller on 6psi\12psi
173Hp @ 6200 RPM RWHP
at 12psi on a hot day
coming soon:
Large Front Mount IC
Bigger Fuel Pump
Bigger Injectors
Inlet Mod with K&N in front section of bumper for cold air induction

Stereo: *ooh baby*
Pioneer PH8250 HU
Alpine SPR 175a splits
Alpine SPR 172a Coaxials
2 x Alpine 12' Type R's
Lanzar Vibe 900 watt RMS
Pionner Stacker 6
Coming Soon
Lanzar Vibe 900 watt Amp (another)
Lanzar Vibe 240 (for full range spkrs)
two more Type R's
0 gauge Cable
Phoenix Cap

[This message has been edited by T2 (edited May 14, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by T2 (edited May 14, 2001).]

Scott 89t2

dam that's looking pretty nice. I thought mine was good...

I'll give you 5-10 megs at www.1300cc.com/whatever

you won't have acces to update it though unless you resend the files to me at a later date.

email me at smac999@hotmail.com and we can figure out a way for you to send me the files.

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Scott M, 89 turbo II
http://www.1300cc.com

T2

that would be good, ill get in contact

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87T2
Mods:
Microtech MT8 ECU
3' Mandrel Bent exhaust
High Flow 3' stinky cat
5' SS Tips
K&N long cone filter
Custom Made BOV
Electronic Boost Controller on 6psi\12psi
173Hp @ 6200 RPM RWHP
at 12psi on a hot day
coming soon:
Large Front Mount IC
Bigger Fuel Pump
Bigger Injectors
Inlet Mod with K&N in front section of bumper for cold air induction

Stereo: *ooh baby*
Pioneer PH8250 HU
Alpine SPR 175a splits
Alpine SPR 172a Coaxials
2 x Alpine 12' Type R's
Lanzar Vibe 900 watt RMS
Pionner Stacker 6
Coming Soon
Lanzar Vibe 900 watt Amp (another)
Lanzar Vibe 240 (for full range spkrs)
two more Type R's
0 gauge Cable
Phoenix Cap

Touring FD3S

Very nice setup and put together. Be sure to post pics when completed

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Bigmike

Damn thats looking nice!!

I thought i had a good system .. one pioneer 12" lol! although it does pound quite nicely

OneBadRx7

OH MY GOD, talk about one of the WORST places to mount a tweeter, doesnt anyone know that there is a science to imaging, the whole idea is to get the speakers and tweeters as evenly apart from your ears as possible, well its the MOST impossible in the door panel. You should put them up on the dash, bouncing off the windshield, at least they are closer to a more "ideal" location, good luck though. I hope you have a time phase device(crossover) to delay the response of the left door activity with the right so everything hits you at once, as any GOOD high quality stereo will SHOULD do.

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Steve
OneQuickRx7@hotmail.com

93 CYM R1
Pettit 3" SS downpipe
Pettit 3" SS catback
APEXi Power Intake
Tokico Illumina shocks
Boost & A/F gauges
99 tailight conversion
Silicon hoses(soon)
Kicker sound system

Max7

True about the tweets, I prefer the kickpanels. easier than hackin the dash for me

dnewman

You are right about imaging being difficult to attain. It wouldn't, however, be handled by a crossover. A DSP unit can accomplish this, though. Imaging is a very difficult thing to quantify because with being intimately familiar with the recording being played, you can not know if you have good imaging or not. Kick panels are ideal for imaging, horrible for soundstage. The tweeters on the dash are a compromise of the two. Soundstage, is preferred by a huge majority of people listening to the system. Imaging is preferred by competitors and tweakers.

TonyTurboII

Nice.


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T2

OK, to respond, I CANT put any thing in my kick panels, i live in australia, its right hand drive righT? and have you seen how much distance there is between the pedals and the kick panels? didnt think so.....

i WILL be adding some more tweets, as i have ALREADY STATED this is not finished, and as for the imaging, i cant really do much else, soon i will be sticking some tweets in the vents on the dash tho....

apart from that, tell someone who cares, it SOUNDS AWESOME, LOOKS AWESOME and im my book thats mission accomplished...
go vent somewhere else.

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87T2
Mods:
Microtech MT8 ECU
3' Mandrel Bent exhaust
High Flow 3' stinky cat
5' SS Tips
K&N long cone filter
Custom Made BOV
Electronic Boost Controller on 6psi\12psi
173Hp @ 6200 RPM RWHP
at 12psi on a hot day
coming soon:
Large Front Mount IC
Bigger Fuel Pump
Bigger Injectors
Inlet Mod with K&N in front section of bumper for cold air induction

Stereo: *ooh baby*
Pioneer PH8250 HU
Alpine SPR 175a splits
Alpine SPR 172a Coaxials
2 x Alpine 12' Type R's
Lanzar Vibe 900 watt RMS
Pionner Stacker 6
Coming Soon
Lanzar Vibe 900 watt Amp (another)
Lanzar Vibe 240 (for full range spkrs)
two more Type R's
0 gauge Cable
Phoenix Cap

dnewman

I like the install, good job. Hopefully, you know I was defending your system.

Good luck with the future mods.

T2

yeah i know dude. thankyou
to all the critics out there, this is my FIRST ever stereo install!
And it WONT BE MY LAST, i love it!
Any body care to say that its **** for my first go? go ahead

I know i can do better, first time i have EVER worked with fiberglass

hapa

If the tweeters are mounted too far from the mids, it will cause the imaging to be way off. From my carstereo days we always mounted the tweets as close to the mids as possible, it creates much better imaging, while the soundstage is a bit low, when the volume is medium-high it images sooo much better and you don't notice the low staging very much. Just my opinion, but when I installed my boston pro 5.4's in my FD I played with the tweets everywhere, in the sail panels, in on the dash, but the doors, right next to the speakers sounded the best. Everycar is different however, and T2 the system looks very nice.

eric

dnewman

This is very true. You should always keep the tweeter within 1/2 the wavelength of the crossover freq.

OneBadRx7

I guess I am just a more extreme audiophile/tweaker because I like good imaging. Anyways, T2 sorry for coming off so harshly, you did do a good job on the install thats for sure, good luck with it and I am glad you are happy with it, after all thats all that matters right, once again, sorry for venting here, later.

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Steve
OneQuickRx7@hotmail.com

93 CYM R1
Pettit 3" SS downpipe
Pettit 3" SS catback
APEXi Power Intake
Tokico Illumina shocks
Boost & A/F gauges
99 tailight conversion
Silicone hoses(soon)
Kicker sound system

[This message has been edited by OneBadRx7 (edited June 08, 2001).]

Scott 89t2

hey tell me when your done I'll post your stuff for you. I just finished building a box for a 1st gen and put it on the page. it looks sweet.
http://www.1300cc.com/howto/how1/subbox.htm

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Scott M,
1300cc.com

dnewman

Scott, I have one suggestion but it's usefulness depends on the box since it's hard to tell from the pictures. Are the mids on the front of the box sharing an enclosure with the subs? If so, seperate them.

Great job on the install though. Looks good!

[bnd]

the mids have their own enclosure. if you look at the triangular section on the first pic you'll see they're seperated from the subs.

although the mids appear to be aimed at the back of the head rest. but if omid likes it, can't complain right?

Scott 89t2

yeah it's seperated. and yeah they are aimed at the head rest but there wasn't really anywere else to put them.

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Scott M,
1300cc.com



[This message has been edited by Scott 89t2 (edited June 13, 2001).]