a couple of questions on wiring a custom vette system?
hi trying to decide what it will take to setup my 93 corvette with a custom audio system. I've decided to make a short wood box[roughly 26x 12] the width of the back just behind the seats. It will have a 10" sub in a deeper section filling the pass. side storage box now. I'm using a 340 amp 4 channel amp I have. It's older I'm guessing 60 rms per channel. What's best tie the four channels to two and use a realy good pair of 6.5" speakers like alpine R series in the front or keep it four channel and use the alpines in front and two 6x9" speakers in stock rear locations? I worry too much power for just two speakers. I'm going to get anther amp just for the sub,mount the two amps in seperate part of box to left of sub box. a lot of my question have to do with wiring. I bought a good wiring kit and have researched how to run the power from battery to box. what about rca and speaker wires? They can't be close to power wires right? would you run them down middle of floor to dash? With two amps will I have problems with alternator not keeping up? Lights dimming etc. I also have a 500 farah capaciter. Could anyone tell me how you would wire this into system? Is it big enough for two amps? Thanks for your help Tim
The best way to get good sound is to get a good set of components up front. Focal, best all around imo. DO NOT install them in those flimsy plastic kick panel mounts though. You can make a solid wood baffle and wrap it with carpet. Seal the front of the speaker from the back, very important for good mid bass response. Don't need to worry about rears if you do all that. Use good twisted pair signal cables down the center of the car for best results, but haven't had issues with radiated noise from cables being too close in a while. Capacitors don't work, get a good battery like a Kinetik, they charge and discharge really fast like caps.
Well, if you want to keep some of the storage area in the car, you can put two 8" subs on the stock rear speaker locations. No need for rear speakers, do some components in the front, you can mount the tweeters up on the dash or in the door panel to raise the sound stage. The amount of power needed depends on what speakers you use, no sense in over driving the speakers.
If you have problems w/ the lights dimming, just do the "Big Three", that should solve the problem.
Well Making wood speaker boxes sounds good. So you have had good luck mounting These boxes in stock locations in front and in rear? If I wint with two 8" subs in stock rear location Where would you mount the two amps? I've looked not very many places to put them[Don't think behind seat is a good place], my box behind seat idea kind of solved that.
Well Making wood speaker boxes sounds good. So you have had good luck mounting These boxes in stock locations in front and in rear? If I wint with two 8" subs in stock rear location Where would you mount the two amps? I've looked not very many places to put them[Don't think behind seat is a good place], my box behind seat idea kind of solved that.
Here are some pictures of the mounts I used.
I mounted my amp in the rear compartment, on the floor. It will be covered up at some point.
How did you make the front boxes or mounts? Are they fiberglass copies of the bose front box. I would think you could just cover stock box with tape or tinfoil and lay fiberglass on top to make the same shape. I guess rear speaker peice just sits on top of bose stock box too give proper depth and shape? Thanks Tim
Tim, the mounts you see replace the Bose enclosures. For the front, just get some 1/4" MDF and lay the Bose enclosures on top and follow the pattern. then make the piece that holds the speaker and glue it to the back piece. Make sure you cut a hold were the new speaker will be mounted, so the speaker can have enough room. For the rear speaker mounts, just use some 3/4" MDF, and trace the shape of the rear speaker pod. Cut out the hole for the sub, and your good to go.
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a couple of questions on wiring a custom vette system?
