Stereo System In A Zcar.

[Zs-ondabrain]

And the deck fits great w/ a little trimming.

I ran all new wiring to the rear ( 2 speaker leads, a remote turn-on lead and a set of R.C.A's for the amp) only because I don't trust 33 year old wires and it was originally set up for 1 speaker.

Hope all this helps and once again, If you have any questions, feel free to ask. We're all here to help you get the most out of your Z-experience.

Dave

[drunkenmaster]

Originally posted by mperdue

Hey Gav,

I agree with drunkenmaster on the points he mentioned. Trash the 6x9's and get a component set (separate tweet and mid) and a small amp to power them. The head unit won't cut it. Then build a couple of speaker pods where the fiberboard kickpanel is. You'll be much happier with the sound if you have them in the front instead of the back- if you're concerned about sound quality anyway. If not the 6x9's will work and just throw them in the back somewhere...

One thing I wanted to mention about the sub, you can reduce the volume of the box further if you add polyfill to the inside of the box. Polyfill is basically pillowstuffing - sort of a light cotton material or something similar. It increases the density of the inner volume of the box allowing you to make it smaller. The sub should have a spec sheet telling you what volume box to make depending on the freq response you want. Smaller for BOOM, bigger for sound quality (flat response). With the polyfill you can go even smaller than the recommended volume. As for where to put it - I have no idea. I'd go with drunkenmaster's idea again about using a pair of smaller subs, but you've already got that one so I guess you're stuck.

Drunkenmaster, with your sub placement what will you have to remove? Just the doglegs? It'd be cool if you could find some extra diamond vinyl to cover the enclosure so it still looks stock. Not a bad idea - I may try that one myself! ANd what subs are you using, and do you know the recommended enclosure volume for them? In my experience, the volume turns out being much bigger than it sounds - I was trying to build a 1ft^3 for my old OzAudio sub and my box looked huge but when it was done it was only 80% of the size I was going for! SO I stuffed it with polyfill and it still sounded pretty good.

michael

I havent actually done any measuring as it is too far off (i sold my shell and have another car to start on from scratch) but the area under the rear 1/4 window looks like it could be used without removing anything as long as the enclosure is contoured to the body to make the most of the volume available. I will be look at much smaller boxes the 1cuft, www.phoenixgold.com have some small enclosure optimised subs.

As far as polyfill/dacron goes, in the audio community there is strong debate whether it actually does anything, whether it is an old wives tale, or if it does do something but not noticably. i would keep that in mind, I wouldnt expect big things either way.

Also for complex shapes I use bean bag beans and a measuring cup to measure volume.

[texasz]

Depending upon the size of the sub you want to put in you may be able to have a box between the seat backs and the verticle wall of the hatch area (where the tool storage is on the series I 240Z). This would certainly be hidden and you are guaranteed to "feel the bass!" I figure that a pair of 8's would be about right, or maybe you could fit a single 10" in that area; I'm just working from memory on the size of that area and have never measured it.

[Gee]

I've always wondered if there is enough room between the accelerator and the kick panel to get a speaker in.. it's easy for the americans because the clutch is a mile from the side of the car - but the accelerator seems so close. Has anyone here actually done it? Any photos? What speaker did you use??

[Daniel]

All of a sudden I'm sounding like grandad.--In the day when cassettes were hip,the tricks were this.The front speakers could either be mounted under the dash in a cardboard box or carpet tube.We would cover the box with duct tape maybe add foam and cut the opening for the speaker.Those interior clips that accept screws held the speaker in .You could mount them under the dash and crush to fit if needed.They mounted above the floor vent cables.Those side panels offer NO room.We used 2x4's to frame the rear behind the shock towers.Taper toward the tower on each side. That was then covered with the same thin fiber board as the spare cover.That cavity gave rear speaker room and a mount for boosters and you had a spare tire.No one ever noticed there was a slope.Best thing is all was removable when I out grew that desire.

[Gav240z]

Thanks for all the input guys, some great ideas in there. I just bought some heat shrink today so all I need now is time. I finish up school in approx a week or so and that will be it then holidays yay.

So I will be able to have a play around then .

I will try get some photo's together of the final result.

I think it's a 10" sub btw.

At the moment it's a package I bought together as time and money dictates I'll probably find the ultimate set up.

Just want some music in the car haven't had a good stereo in a Z ever, always spending money on things I think are more important but I think it's good to make it comftable when your not feeling like racing everywhere .