Building the nest.. wired for sound.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

How's the old wagon going Ed?
Did you make the Christmas deadline?

[Ed]

Hey Stinky,

wagon is coming along nicely.

interior is 95% done,

stereo system is all wired up now and kicks pretty hard for what it is IMO.

windows are installed, need to install door rubbers now.

i got set back by threading the top corner guard bolt  as a result I need to remove the guard to fix up the thread.

on top of this I am having real trouble getting the top corner to sit down nicely, the door has been hitting the guard and taken some paint off.. o well.

should be finished in the next few weeks

Cheers

Ed

[fccool59]

Hey Ed, what subs, speakers and amps did you end up with?

[Ed]

Hey Ed, what subs, speakers and amps did you end up with?

Hi Leon,

2 x 8inch Vibe Exact 8 subs
running off a Vibe BlackBox II amp.

Jaycar response 6.5inch splits
Jaycar response 5 inch 2 way speakers for rear fill

running off a 4 x 50 Response amp.

head unit Pioneer DEH 5750
adding a 6 CD stacker this week.

Cheers

Ed

[fccool59]

did you use 8's to avoid a box?

[Ed]

Hi Leon,

The subs are both in enclosures with a calculated volume of .58 cu ft each.

8's give the advantage of requiring a smaller enclosure with good bass.

They kick pretty hard given the correct air volume.  I put on some hard house for the young bloke and his mates and they sat inside the car with the windows up and were "WOWED" at how they could feel the bass in their chest.

the system was built for sound quality (SQ) not SPL anyway.

Cheers

Ed

[GOA350]

G'day Ed, long time no hear. Anyway , i noticed in your photo's that it looks like you used copper fuel lines, if this is so i strongly suggest you change them to stainless or bundy. The reason for this is that over time the copper starts to flake off and will get into the injectors. This happened to our boat so we had to replace the fuel lines.
  Keep up the great work, i can't wait to see the FE in the flesh at Phillip Island, it's looking great. It makes you appreciate the effort that goes into any resto or modified and how hard it is to get a top quality job at the end of the day.
              Cheers Scott

[Ed]

Hey Scott,

thanks for the tip, i've got an Earl's fine mesh hi pressure filter before the injectors so hopefully this means I can put off the re-work of the lines for a while and just change filters.

at the time, I didn't know where to source stainless line and only after I had finished the job did I find some (isn't that always the way?)

I'm starting to count the days until finish so I'm getting excited now.

Cheers

Ed