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TrotFox NOV 26, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by Sourmug:

Well, there's not much room for an enclosure. What sort of measurements/pictures would you like?

Nolan



Basically, how much depth is available and how much of the door's lower area is it available for. I was looking at using as much of the carpeted area as is needed to get the job done. The enclosure can be shaped around door beams and the regulators if need be to get more volume too. : ] Basically, I just need to pull the inner door skins on my car but haven't done so yet. I figured that if you have them off already you could give an impression as to the likelihood of success for such a project.

Red 5spd Formula (power nothing... yet.)
Trot, the pondering, fox...
Sourmug NOV 26, 08:56 PM
cornersonrails:

Thanks for your comments, I really hope that this thread helps you out!

TrotFox:

As I mentioned earlier, there is the window stop that comes down right behind the speaker location and this severely limits the depth of space available. Rickady88GT has a Thread about relocating the regulators. Here are a couple of pictures from that thread that show the issue:


This picture shows his solution to the stop:


Let me know if you need anything more specific.

Nolan
Sourmug DEC 19, 12:48 AM
Just a bump to keep this out of the archive.
TrotFox DEC 19, 04:17 AM
I'm glad you bumped... I missed this the first time! Thanks for the pix, they illustrate well the issues I'll have to address if I try this. : ]

Red 5spd Formula
Trot, the pondering, fox...
Toaster_Man DEC 19, 07:59 PM
I was starting to get worried. I hadn't seen this in awhile.
Sourmug DEC 19, 08:22 PM
No need to worry, I've just been procrastinating.

I hope to get out into the garage over the holidays and do a bunch of work.

TrotFox:

I was wondering if you had seen the info I had posted. There sure isn't much room for enclosures. Fierosound just sent me a LINK to some foam baffles that I'm going to look into.

Nolan

[This message has been edited by Sourmug (edited 12-19-2006).]

TrotFox DEC 19, 11:23 PM
Sourmug,

The guys on one of my train forums (G-scale model railroads) advocate using Styrofoam cups as baffles similar to what you linked to. They claim much better bass responce from the tiny speakers normally used in locomotive sound systems. Looks like a good compromise for a woofer but I'm looking at sub enclosures and so will require more volume. *shrug* Looks like I'll be learning to make fiberglass molds and attaching something to the door in place of some of the carpet. : ]

Thanks again!

Red 5spd Formula
Trot, the plus-in', fox...
Sourmug DEC 20, 12:38 AM
Thanks!
RCR JAN 17, 05:53 PM
Long overdue bump...And Happy New Year.....

Bob
Sourmug JAN 20, 05:56 PM
Thanks for the bump Bob, and happy new year to you.

Well I haven't really done any work on the car but I have made some purchases for it. Let's see...

I bought most of the brake parts, just need to get pads. I bought this all together from one of the guys nearby who decided not to do the brake upgrade:



Now I have an extra set of brackets. The black ones below are a set that I had previously purchased and I believe they were from one of Archie's kits.

As you can see, they are a different shape than the others although all the bolt holes line up. Anyone know which would be better?

I also received my fiberglass headliner. Bottom view:

Top view:

It arrived with some shipping damage in the form of a small crack:

But overall it appears to be in good shape.

[This message has been edited by Sourmug (edited 05-29-2007).]