How much stereo stuff can you shove in a Miata?

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05-22-2005, 09:23 PM
channelmaniac

How much stereo stuff can you shove in a Miata?

HOLY COW!

I'm starting to tear down the interior on the racer and it just keeps on popping up!

I've already removed 4 Polk Audio 6.5" speakers... and tonight I pulled out the Alpine CD head unit and I found a rats nest of wires behind it... I tried reaching up inside to pull out some RCA cables and found they were attached to an amp - UP UNDER THE DASH...

I had to take a pic of it... will upload it later, but it's up right above the gas pedal all zip tied in place... An Alphasonic amplifier.

There's another one in the trunk... and buried under the rear deck is an active crossover.

Who knows what will pop up next?

Luckily the stereo adapter kit is stamped steel. I'll be able to use that steel face to mount a nice aluminum panel to hold a variety of switches... (Power windows anyone?)

I also found what appears to be an aftermarket cruise control. Crazy... I also think they had lights instead of visors as I had to strip out wires going up there too.

RJ
05-22-2005, 09:27 PM
Treibenschnell

Wiring can be a royal mess...
05-22-2005, 10:18 PM
black roadster

Might be interested in some of the stereo stuff. Let me know your CB prices. :pirat:
05-22-2005, 10:49 PM
channelmaniac

There's a Concord amp in the trunk... Haven't looked at the active crossover yet to see what brand it is.

Hell, PM me an offer for all of it... speakers included... (1 speaker is bad... cone is stuck)

It turns out that it isn't a cruise control, but rather an Ungo alarm... which is wired to EVERYWHERE. Siren, Fuse box, Pin switch, motion detector, control box, ignition kill, and some other box under the driver's seat that I'll remove tomorrow. One control box was way up under the dash between the fuse box & clutch pedal mount.

It also has some FIAMM air horns and a custom bracket on it. Those are coming off too...

RJ
05-22-2005, 10:52 PM
Treibenschnell

I'll give ya 5 quid for the air horns and compressor.
05-23-2005, 12:01 AM
channelmaniac

If ya throw in the stock horn & bracket... you got it...

Just keep in mind the battery is dead & the engine is apart... so I haven't tested the horns.
05-23-2005, 11:58 AM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

If ya throw in the stock horn & bracket... you got it...

My stock horn went out the window months ago!!
05-23-2005, 12:08 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

My stock horn went out the window months ago!!

I am running with no horn at all at the moment. The CRI horns came out when the intercooler went in, so I need to find a new place to mount them. It is a real let down to go to honk at a jerk cutting you off and here nothing at all.
05-23-2005, 12:11 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by Titus

I am running with no horn at all at the moment.

Oh, I've got air horns alright... I just don't think two are loud enough! http://www.dallasimports.net/forums/...evilboogie.gif
05-23-2005, 12:14 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Oh, I've got air horns alright... I just don't think two are loud enough! http://www.dallasimports.net/forums/...evilboogie.gif

I think I read about someone on the pointy board running a secondary battery to help power his BigRig horns! :bom: :bom:
05-23-2005, 12:19 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by Titus

I think I read about someone on the pointy board running a secondary battery to help power his BigRig horns! :bom: :bom:

But I can't imagine how big the compressor has to be to power those damned things!
05-23-2005, 12:27 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

But I can't imagine how big the compressor has to be to power those damned things!

Hence the need for the secondary battery!
05-23-2005, 01:19 PM
channelmaniac

w00t!

All that crap under the dash & seats has been ripped out. Now to go find some seat bolts to put the passenger seat back in... and then to tear out the back tray area.

Does anyone know if you you can run without that tray section or do you have to have the sheet metal panels back there. The items posted out on www.specmiata.com are vague.

RJ
05-23-2005, 01:24 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Does anyone know if you you can run without that tray section or do you have to have the sheet metal panels back there. The items posted out on www.specmiata.com are vague.

Hmmm....I would think there wouldn't be much left of it once the roll cage guy is done with it.
05-23-2005, 02:30 PM
black roadster

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

w00t!

All that crap under the dash & seats has been ripped out.

RJ

I PM'd you about the stereo gear.
05-23-2005, 05:24 PM
channelmaniac

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Originally Posted by black roadster

I PM'd you about the stereo gear.

Offer accepted... but I'm still slowly pulling the rest out...

I have to take the rear deck apart tonight to get the crossover out and then I can get all the wires out that go to the amp in the trunk. Let me know when you want to get together on this stuff. I'm keeping the stereo adapter face since it is stamped steel. I'm going to rivet in an aluminum panel and use that for some miscellaneous switches like the switches I picked up to connect the power windows to. (bottom pic on the page)

3Bean? You don't have the stock horn anymore? :(

RJ
05-23-2005, 05:26 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

I'm going to rivet in an aluminum panel and use that for some miscellaneous switches like the switches I picked up to connect the power windows to.

Keeping the power windows huh.... is there a weight difference?
05-23-2005, 05:28 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by Titus

Keeping the power windows huh.... is there a weight difference?

Pretty much the same... but if you're building a SPEC, they'll be coming out anyhow!
05-23-2005, 05:29 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

3Bean? You don't have the stock horn anymore? :(

I very well may have it... I'll search the boxes of parts in the attic and report later.
05-23-2005, 05:30 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

I very well may have it... I'll search the boxes of parts in the attic and report later.

Same here.

I pulled the book you wanted out... you still need to borrow it?
05-23-2005, 05:34 PM
channelmaniac

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Pretty much the same... but if you're building a SPEC, they'll be coming out anyhow!

Not necessarily!

I saw a lot of spec cars out at MSR that had them in still... Helps keep the car weather resistant when they are sitting out under awnings instead of in the garage. Mine won't be kept in the garage 100% at home. I need the garage space back!

Power windows are also easier to roll up & down when strapped in a harness AND they don't have a crank handle that gets blocked by the roll cage. :D

I'm still debating buying a donor car... which if I do the spec will be OUT of the garage since I can have a non-running car in the driveway as long as it doesn't look non-running. The city frowns on having wrecked donor cars sitting in the driveway. I have a line on a car that supposedly has a hardtop for just 800 + storage fees (about $70 bux)

I'm just trying to talk the wife into that one. If I get it, who needs what parts? hehehehe Gotta recoup it somehow!

RJ
05-23-2005, 05:37 PM
channelmaniac

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Originally Posted by Titus

Same here.

I pulled the book you wanted out... you still need to borrow it?

Yes sir!

When can I come get it? The rest of the parts are supposed to be in by Wednesday. Still waiting on the intake and exhaust manifold nuts (OK, I'm sure some of you can find humor in that) and a couple of baffle plates for the valve cover that are having to come from California.

RJ
05-23-2005, 05:40 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

I have a line on a car that supposedly has a hardtop for just 800 + storage fees (about $70 bux)

Care to share this line? http://www.dallasimports.net/forums/...ult/pirate.gif
05-23-2005, 05:50 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

I saw a lot of spec cars out at MSR that had them in still...

If they're running NASCAR bars, then they wouldn't have windows... at least not on the driver's side. I would highly suggest some sort of stout NASCAR style bar.

MadMerv may chime in soon with his opinion... he would know best.
05-23-2005, 06:16 PM
Titus

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Yes sir!

When can I come get it?

Pretty much any evening between 6:30 and 8:30.... I'll PM you address and phone #.
05-23-2005, 09:46 PM
black roadster

CM,

I work weekday evenings 5:30p-9:30p. 12p-9:30p on Wednesdays. I can make arrangements any other time. I think I still have the directions to your place. Just let me know when I can come out or I can meet you at your Plano work place.

I'll make the time! I promise!
05-23-2005, 09:52 PM
channelmaniac

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Originally Posted by black roadster

CM,

I work weekday evenings 5:30p-9:30p. 12p-9:30p on Wednesdays. I can make arrangements any other time. I think I still have the directions to your place. Just let me know when I can come out or I can meet you at your Plano work place.

I'll make the time! I promise!

I'm on vacation this week... and next Monday is a holiday... so I'm out till Tuesday!

So... call me on my cell and I can bring it over to meet you somewhere. Tomorrow at lunch my folks will be down to pick up the kiddo from his last day of school. The wife is on a trip with her graduate history class... so I'm bacheloring it for a week :D

RJ
05-23-2005, 10:06 PM
black roadster

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

So... call me on my cell and I can bring it over to meet you somewhere.
RJ

Sweet! I'll call ya!

Update: PM sent. Need your celly.
05-23-2005, 10:21 PM
altiain

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Not necessarily!

I saw a lot of spec cars out at MSR that had them in still... Helps keep the car weather resistant when they are sitting out under awnings instead of in the garage. Mine won't be kept in the garage 100% at home. I need the garage space back!

Power windows are also easier to roll up & down when strapped in a harness AND they don't have a crank handle that gets blocked by the roll cage. :D

If you put NASCAR bars in the driver's side of the cage (which I highly, highly recommend), you'll have no driver's side window at all. Just a net.

What you've probably seen at the races are drop-ins. They are window inserts designed to drop in at the top of the door to keep the car weatherproof during transport, but to be removed before racing.
05-24-2005, 07:49 AM
channelmaniac

Whew... all that stuff is now OUT of the car... and I only have to patch 2 wires... The main ignition wire (where the kill relay was) and the door switch for the interior lights.

I'm going to leave the airbag system in until I get the car reassembled & running. This way I can check out the module to see if it's still in working order so I can sell it for some $$$.

Hey 3Bean! How hard is it to get to the sensor up under the dash?

I'm wondering if it's worth trying to get to for removal. I can at least remove parts of the wiring harness for the airbag system. :D

RJ
05-24-2005, 09:08 AM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Hey 3Bean! How hard is it to get to the sensor up under the dash?

I'm wondering if it's worth trying to get to for removal. I can at least remove parts of the wiring harness for the airbag system. :D

RJ

Getting to the center sensor is going to require the removal of the dash... but the dash comes out fairly easily.
05-24-2005, 11:50 AM
altiain

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Getting to the center sensor is going to require the removal of the dash... but the dash comes out fairly easily.

He oughtta know - I think he's taken his out half a dozen times! :mrgreen:
05-24-2005, 11:58 AM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by altiain

He oughtta know - I think he's taken his out half a dozen times! :mrgreen:

What can I say? http://www.dallasimports.net/forums/...ault/dunno.gif He ain't lying!! http://www.dallasimports.net/forums/...t/laughing.gif
05-25-2005, 10:07 PM
channelmaniac

Quote:

Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Getting to the center sensor is going to require the removal of the dash... but the dash comes out fairly easily.

Kewl! Hey 3Bean, would ya come up to Lewisville and help a guy out? I'd buy the food & the drinks.

Hell, if ya like venison I could throw some venison brauts on the grill.

No hurry on it. I'm going to get the car running so I can see what the airbag light shows. I'm hoping it's all in good working order so I can remove all of it and sell the whole system, wiring harness, sensors, steering wheel, and modules.

RJ
05-25-2005, 10:13 PM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by channelmaniac

Kewl! Hey 3Bean, would ya come up to Lewisville and help a guy out? I'd buy the food & the drinks.

I'll try... schedule is screwy lately... however, I'll be off this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I've gotta meet with Jigger and pick up my new top...
05-25-2005, 10:30 PM
channelmaniac

Kewl!

I'm hoping to get the car running by Saturday but that all depends on how soon I can get those dang intake bolts.

RJ

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