Next Phase, I believe #8 maybe #9 (56k or slow DSL grab a drink)

[AMorgan]

Holy picture intensive update, batman! System looks sweet. Grats. These kinds of posts pump me up for spring/summer driving. I haven't done crap in months on the car because of the weather, this makes me think how lazy i've been and how I have a few free Saturdays coming up. If it sounds half as good as it looks, i'm in audio jealousy mode now.

[coltsicehockey]

Originally Posted by Greenergy

you and L-X are two ICE-freaks!!!
looks amazing. i'd love to hear how it sounds too

Don't know about ICE freaks lol, just like a nice sounding stereo and want to build a complete car all around. the fiberglass sub boxes will not be painted but rather carpeted to fit in more with the trunk. Not into seeing the fiberglass work really just trying to make the best use of space.

[2000gsr]

Great work. Very clean.

[coltsicehockey]

Stage 11 – Phase 2 Primary Install
Well I went home again this weekend and got another day worth of work done on the car. I figured out what was wrong with the RCA plug and play cable and now I have sound from the factory head unit. I tested it again with the power wire run outside the car and I have no signal noise. I then proceed to run the power wire through the firewall through a large grommet in the middle of the firewall for the primary harness to the interior. I had to make a slit in the grommet and then fed the 0 gauge wire through and into the interior. It comes out near the back of the radio and then was run down the passenger side.

In through the firewall


Most likely path to battery










Here you can see better the design of the amp rack and how the wires are run to the amp








Amp wiring finished in the trunk


Engine portion covered in wire loom and zip tied to factory harness to blend in
















I then realized that the amp which I would be running in the end at 1ohm to output 1100 watts to two subs could run at 2ohms and output 550watts. This is only 50 watts more than my old amp output at 2ohms so I installed my old sub box for now so I could have a complete sounds system for the time being till I finish the fiberglass boxes.


After the sub was installed I took the car for a spin and noticed I have a terrible engine whine which I did not when testing the car with the power wire ran outside of the car. This is an issue to be cause the purpose of using the harness design I made was to eliminate the engine whine. I believe the reason for the engine whine is because the power wire runs directly behind the headunit basically. So I may end up rerouting the power wire under the car instead so that I can eliminate the engine whine.

[coltsicehockey]

Once the wiring was done I could finally install the Carbing floor brace since I was done working on the interior. Even with the brace set at the smallest setting it is still a very tight fit to get past the plastic B pillar panels. The way the bar fits though it would be extremely hard to put the panels back in after the bar was installed. I unfortunately scraped the one new side panel during the install but it should always hopefully be covered by the seat. I tightened the bar till it was extremely tight against the sides of the car. I have no idea whether it is over tightened or if that Is possible.













The euro r floormats still fit in under the bar but just barely.





My Dad wanted the rest of his garage back so he didn’t have to worry about possibly knocking something over and denting the car or scratching the car. I had to put the car away because of this so not sure when I will get to work on the car next. I decided since I was pulling it out of the garage to snap a few quick pics for the heck of it.








I hate having to put it away in the trailer cause when I come home from school on weekends I normally don’t bother getting it out since I am only home for about 48 hours at a time. Car needs long gradual ramps and a blanket incase the front lip does touch it at least wont scrape then.

[Greenergy]

Oh, I forgot how pretty she was!
And drool on your equipment!!!!! I can only dream about trailer like that...