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New system ideas?
I bought an 83' 280ZX back in January of this year. I've got a particular
fondness for these older "z" cars, as my first car (when I was a teenager) was a 79' 280ZX. That's only been about 20 years now... Any ideas on speaker type/size and placement? Where would you put coaxials or even 2 way separates in such a small passenger compartment? This is a cruzin car, no need to worry ourselves with being practical. I was thinking about a pair of 10" or 12" subs in a custom box dividing the passenger compartment from the rear. One firing into the rear of each seat. That should be plenty, even with the t-tops off. I would like to avoid the doors but won't write them off completely. The kick panels are not very roomy. The "pod" which holds the head unit might hold some hope... I'm thinking generic for the moment. Pics of the interior are he http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_01.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_02.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_03.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_04.JPG Let the ideas fly! Chris |
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New system ideas?
It's an auto non turbo model, not cool lol
In article , "Christopher \"Torroid\" Ott" spamtrap at ottelectronics dot com wrote: I bought an 83' 280ZX back in January of this year. I've got a particular fondness for these older "z" cars, as my first car (when I was a teenager) was a 79' 280ZX. That's only been about 20 years now... Any ideas on speaker type/size and placement? Where would you put coaxials or even 2 way separates in such a small passenger compartment? This is a cruzin car, no need to worry ourselves with being practical. I was thinking about a pair of 10" or 12" subs in a custom box dividing the passenger compartment from the rear. One firing into the rear of each seat. That should be plenty, even with the t-tops off. I would like to avoid the doors but won't write them off completely. The kick panels are not very roomy. The "pod" which holds the head unit might hold some hope... I'm thinking generic for the moment. Pics of the interior are he http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_01.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_02.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_03.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_04.JPG Let the ideas fly! Chris |
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New system ideas?
You know, I don't miss the turbo so much, but the automatic makes it feel
like someone cut it's balls off. It's still fast, but you don't get the "pressed against the seat" feeling that you do with the 5-speed. Oh well... "Captain Howdy" wrote in message ... It's an auto non turbo model, not cool lol In article , "Christopher \"Torroid\" Ott" spamtrap at ottelectronics dot com wrote: I bought an 83' 280ZX back in January of this year. I've got a particular fondness for these older "z" cars, as my first car (when I was a teenager) was a 79' 280ZX. That's only been about 20 years now... Any ideas on speaker type/size and placement? Where would you put coaxials or even 2 way separates in such a small passenger compartment? This is a cruzin car, no need to worry ourselves with being practical. I was thinking about a pair of 10" or 12" subs in a custom box dividing the passenger compartment from the rear. One firing into the rear of each seat. That should be plenty, even with the t-tops off. I would like to avoid the doors but won't write them off completely. The kick panels are not very roomy. The "pod" which holds the head unit might hold some hope... I'm thinking generic for the moment. Pics of the interior are he http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_01.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_02.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_03.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_04.JPG Let the ideas fly! Chris |
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New system ideas?
Looking for the same.
Christopher "Torroid" Ott wrote: I bought an 83' 280ZX back in January of this year. I've got a particular fondness for these older "z" cars, as my first car (when I was a teenager) was a 79' 280ZX. That's only been about 20 years now... Any ideas on speaker type/size and placement? Where would you put coaxials or even 2 way separates in such a small passenger compartment? This is a cruzin car, no need to worry ourselves with being practical. I was thinking about a pair of 10" or 12" subs in a custom box dividing the passenger compartment from the rear. One firing into the rear of each seat. That should be plenty, even with the t-tops off. I would like to avoid the doors but won't write them off completely. The kick panels are not very roomy. The "pod" which holds the head unit might hold some hope... I'm thinking generic for the moment. Pics of the interior are he http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_01.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_02.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_03.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_04.JPG Let the ideas fly! Chris |
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New system ideas?
On Sep 28, 12:31 pm, GeorgeMedia wrote:
Looking for the same. Christopher "Torroid" Ott wrote: I bought an 83' 280ZX back in January of this year. I've got a particular fondness for these older "z" cars, as my first car (when I was a teenager) was a 79' 280ZX. That's only been about 20 years now... Any ideas on speaker type/size and placement? Where would you put coaxials or even 2 way separates in such a small passenger compartment? This is a cruzin car, no need to worry ourselves with being practical. I was thinking about a pair of 10" or 12" subs in a custom box dividing the passenger compartment from the rear. One firing into the rear of each seat. That should be plenty, even with the t-tops off. I would like to avoid the doors but won't write them off completely. The kick panels are not very roomy. The "pod" which holds the head unit might hold some hope... I'm thinking generic for the moment. Pics of the interior are he http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_01.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_02.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_03.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_04.JPG Let the ideas fly! Chris- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You know, by the looks of the pictures it looks like there could be room on the kick panels to install a slim custom kick panel enclosure. I dont know if you would be willing to make a fiberglass kick panel or not but it looks like there would be enough room there. The only other things i guess i could suggest is trying to mount some tweeters in the panels by the windshield. I like the idea of the subs firing into the back of the seats though.. were you thinking of just some small slim boxes or just filling up that entire truck/back compartment? |
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New system ideas?
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ups.com... On Sep 28, 12:31 pm, GeorgeMedia wrote: Looking for the same. Christopher "Torroid" Ott wrote: I bought an 83' 280ZX back in January of this year. I've got a particular fondness for these older "z" cars, as my first car (when I was a teenager) was a 79' 280ZX. That's only been about 20 years now... Any ideas on speaker type/size and placement? Where would you put coaxials or even 2 way separates in such a small passenger compartment? This is a cruzin car, no need to worry ourselves with being practical. I was thinking about a pair of 10" or 12" subs in a custom box dividing the passenger compartment from the rear. One firing into the rear of each seat. That should be plenty, even with the t-tops off. I would like to avoid the doors but won't write them off completely. The kick panels are not very roomy. The "pod" which holds the head unit might hold some hope... I'm thinking generic for the moment. Pics of the interior are he http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_01.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_02.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_03.JPG http://www.ottelectronics.com/photos/280ZX_04.JPG Let the ideas fly! Chris- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You know, by the looks of the pictures it looks like there could be room on the kick panels to install a slim custom kick panel enclosure. I dont know if you would be willing to make a fiberglass kick panel or not but it looks like there would be enough room there. The only other things i guess i could suggest is trying to mount some tweeters in the panels by the windshield. I like the idea of the subs firing into the back of the seats though.. were you thinking of just some small slim boxes or just filling up that entire truck/back compartment? I've never done fiberglass work, but don't expect that to be real difficult. I am concerned that the kick panels are a little too tight to accommodate speakers without them getting damaged. They would need to be surface mounted due to the ECM being in that exact position on the drivers side, and the fuse panel and a huge wiring harness on the passenger side. I might get them a little higher, but that could make for some crappy sound. I think either the HU "pod" area or the doors might be my most practical options, though the putting the tweeters in the windshield risers would be do-able. I tend to like a strong mid-bass and snappy bass with minimal boom. T-Tops on vs. off is obviously a factor there. What I'm looking at on the sub box would be to make an approx 18" barrier between the front and rear which rises the height of the shock towers in the back, almost like a dam between the cargo and seat areas. This leaves the back empty, and isn't nearly as heavy as a full box. I would still be able to see out the rear window too. Chris |
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New system ideas?
I had the 81 Turbo model with auto transmission, In low1 and low2 it eat 5.0
mustangs, once dropped into drive game was over.I had alot of fun in that car spraying people with the headlight washer LOL. In article , "Christopher \"Torroid\" Ott" spamtrap at ottelectronics dot com wrote: You know, I don't miss the turbo so much, but the automatic makes it feel like someone cut it's balls off. It's still fast, but you don't get the "pressed against the seat" feeling that you do with the 5-speed. Oh well... "Captain Howdy" wrote in message ... It's an auto non turbo model, not cool lol |
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New system ideas?
On Sep 29, 11:52 pm, (Captain Howdy) wrote:
I had the 81 Turbo model with auto transmission, In low1 and low2 it eat 5.0 mustangs, once dropped into drive game was over.I had alot of fun in that car spraying people with the headlight washer LOL. In article , "Christopher \"Torroid\" Ott" spamtrap at ottelectronics dot com wrote: You know, I don't miss the turbo so much, but the automatic makes it feel like someone cut it's balls off. It's still fast, but you don't get the "pressed against the seat" feeling that you do with the 5-speed. Oh well... "Captain Howdy" wrote in message ... It's an auto non turbo model, not cool lol Have you tried pulling back the door panel and looking anywhere inside the door panel where you might be able to fit in a 5" mid? Again i dont know how hard that would be but with it being an older car it might be really easy. This why you could just install a mid-bass woofer right into the door. But i guess it would look kinda wierd having just a mid at mid-panel height but if the subs aren't going to extend all the way to the back of the seats then maybe install some 6x9's in boxes right back there and have them face up towards the seats. Or have the sub box extend a little and but the 6x9's right on top and then you would have them right at ear level. |
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