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Doing the Sully 2-seat convo. need advice with audio choices

2.4K views 49 replies 10 participants last post by  smokinvr-4  
#1 ·
I'm right in the middle of the Sully two seater conversion. All of my audio components thus far are stock 1G. I plan on putting a sub and a speaker in the center of the vertical board of the conversion (if you don't know about the conv. check this link http://www.vr4stealth.com/sully_two_seater.htm ) I'm talking about puting it where his speaker w/ the roadrunner is. I'm also just simply moving the two rear speakers onto the vertical board in about the same location as where they are (behind and outside of both the driver and passenger, just moving them b/c the convo. covers them up). Anyway, I have no experience w/ audio what-so-ever and need to know what I should buy to get a decent quality bump and sound. I'm kinda confused by the whole ohm, watt thing and what the specs on the stock 1G VR-4 are. Do we have an amp already (under the passenger seat or something) or should I buy one, and what kind of sub should I get to match to get a good bump? Right now, I'm not really looking at replacing all my stuff, I'd like to keep the HU for now and all the speakers b/c the vinyl is a pain in the ass. And I'm not looking for top of the line, just a nice bump and crisp sound when listening to my music. Thx for any help and I'll upload pics when done :wink2:
 
#6 ·
honestly, with the convo I wouldn'y use ANY rear speakers. it sounds like shit. and having the sub right there front firing is going to sound like shit too. having the subs right behind the seats(or where they used to be) firing up at the glass gets the best cabin gain out of this car. i'd only do the 2 seat conversoin if your planning on running like 2 15's ported
 
#8 ·
3siMasta said:
Hey Idiot, this thread was about audio help and not dissin his setup or US amps.

-Back on Subject-

US Amps are the highest quality and I reccomend them too. They will sound friggin sweet with the right speakers :)
Hey dipshit. why don't you go suck us-amps dick too. do you have any experience with us amps? nope didn't think so. this coming from the same person that not 2 months ago thought sony xplods were the hardest hitting sub. go home n00b
 
#9 ·
heres a peice of advice when looking for audio equipment, despite what circut city and best buy may tell you, it is FAR easyer to damage speakerers/subwoofers from underpowering them than it is to overpower them. Always get the most poverfull amp you can afford
 
#10 ·
That is a misconception. If you have a specific amp with the gain turned down but the volume on your deck cranked up, it should not blow nor damage the speaker. However, if you turn the gain on the amp up and crank it for a long period of time then you will probably damage the speaker.
 
#11 ·
gofastman said:
heres a peice of advice when looking for audio equipment, despite what circut city and best buy may tell you, it is FAR easyer to damage speakerers/subwoofers from underpowering them than it is to overpower them. Always get the most poverfull amp you can afford
thats also false information. the only reason this info exists is because idiots buy woofers that can take say 500 rms and then buy a 300 watt rms amp (altho it says 600watt MAX!! on the amp) lol well what they end up doing is cranking the gain up all the way because they heard so and so's 400 watt amp (properly set up) and think "ohh I got bigger amp, me make bigger sound" I could feed 2 watts to a 1000 watt rms sub all day for the next three years and not have a hiccup WHY? because if you set the gains properly you get little to no distortion.
low distortion = less stress on a speaker
less stress on a speaker = happy speaker
distortion is what kills speakres the most thremaly speaking. the more distortion the more your VC will heat up and eventually smoke
 
#16 ·
But would it sound like shit sound wise since you are eliminating the rear speakers?? what about running a component set-up in the back where you could adjust everything and everything is seperate..

just looking for input because i am looking into doing this in the spring. and i still want to have a good audio system..

Styxnpicks said:
honestly, with the convo I wouldn'y use ANY rear speakers. it sounds like shit. and having the sub right there front firing is going to sound like shit too. having the subs right behind the seats(or where they used to be) firing up at the glass gets the best cabin gain out of this car. i'd only do the 2 seat conversoin if your planning on running like 2 15's ported
 
#18 ·
I moved the rear speakers onto the vertical board and also added two more. So in total, there are two 12" subs and 4 6 x 9's on the vertical board behind the driver and passenger. The way I've hooked up the 6x9's is so that I can adjust the power that the stock and aftermarket speakers are getting by using the left/right fader. I did this because I'm sure that they won't put out the same volume.
 
#19 ·
Telefonica said:
I moved the rear speakers onto the vertical board and also added two more. So in total, there are two 12" subs and 4 6 x 9's on the vertical board behind the driver and passenger. The way I've hooked up the 6x9's is so that I can adjust the power that the stock and aftermarket speakers are getting by using the left/right fader. I did this because I'm sure that they won't put out the same volume.
thats not going to have poor imaging and phase/ delay problems at all (sarcasm), in other words you just threw any chance of SQ out the window.
 
#20 ·
So, here's a pic of the install. As you can see, I did mine differently than he did on vr4stealth.com I took out my rear seats and also had the vertical board overlap the horizontal. It's night and I didn't clean anything so it's dirty, and I'm not entirely done with the fabrication. I still have some minor touchup work to do. When I get more time and have everything clean I'll be sure to upload many more pics :)
 
#23 ·
Telefonica said:
I'm not too good at this forum business. Anyone know how to upload nice high quality pics. It limited me to 100 kb, which makes for crappy pics.
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#24 ·
Styxnpicks said:
thats not going to have poor imaging and phase/ delay problems at all (sarcasm), in other words you just threw any chance of SQ out the window.
I'm not very good with audio, but are you worried about the vibrations from the subs throwing off the speakers that are also mounted on the vertical board? We were worried about that too, a little. We used 1/2" MDF for the board itself and then reinforced everywhere possible with 2x2 boards runninng along the backside. If it's all that bad, we were planing on moving the subs to the horizontal board and remaking the vertical with just 6x9's.
 
#26 ·
well lest start with basics. these are general guidelines that usualy if followed end up with an ok sounding setup:
rear fill sucks. its bad for imaging. any spaker playing 100hz and up should be in front of you.
oval speakers suck, they tend to distort and have phase problems.
coaxials distort perty bad too
subs should be AS FAR away from your ear as possible
component tweeters should be as close to the midwoofer as possible.
install is everything
underpowering your speakers will not blow them
overpowering them will
distorted signals also burn up voice coils
there is no best
there is alot of crap
hopefully this help a tad