Subwoofer in a 328

I was just talking to a friend about this.

He said that he had heard about someone installing one in the service hatch in front of the passenger seat. It is on the floor under the carpet.

You would cover it with wire mesh, and maybe use some kind of acoustically invisible carpet over it.

Another option is to use seperates. You can fit a 6" subwoofer in the original speaker location behind the door panel and surface mount the mid and tweets. You would have to confirm that the deeper speaker will clear the window, and you should use a backing cover for the sub. This would probably give you the best sound of any option, but you would have speakers mounted on the inside of your door panel, and that would effect resale value.

Polk audio used to make a very good seperate set like this. The alpine sets with the paper cones were also very good. Infinity used to make a very low profile ribbon tweeter that might work well here.

When using seperates, the cross overs are the key to good sound. They will a lot of tweeking to get it just right.

One other option is to fit a very shallow sub in an enclosure under the passenger seat. There is very little space there, but there are some fine subs made for tight fits like that.

Any of these set ups will require a good amp. The best place I have found for it is in front of the pedal box under the dash. There is also some space in front of the console. Be sure you have adequate ventilation. Use a seperate circuit breaker to the amp power. Another alternative place is on the fire wall by the spare tire well, but then you will have a lot of wires running through the fire wall. Not necessarily a problem, but not the cleanest install either.

 

Respectfully Guys,

Aren't the 4 horns out the a$$ end of the car enough?

That is part of the reason we bought these cars in the first place isn't it?



I got nothing (noise makers) in mine ..... for what it is worth.

 

Granted, it's a 308-specific question, but see this thread
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6257

chaa spoke from experience - he hasn't been active here for several years
Nuvolari spoke from experience and is a Sponsor

 

Iain,

Understand your POV. Good Luck.

I am 50 years old. I long for the days of Internal Combustion purity. THAT is music to me.


No car has made my blood boil since the early 1990s. Generally, CARS were no longer built after 1969.

I am so glad I grew up when I did.

I'll leave "eco friendly" to the new guys.


Good Luck on your quest.

 

Music is a must..no matter how good your F car sounds...I'm going to put in a 6. Inch bazooka tube..it will sit right between the seats..and you can disconnect it whenever you want...itsself powered and portable

 

Know about pancake (thin) speakers which open several mounting possibilities including under both seats, just below the evap core above passengers knees, and in the doors. Pancake speakers are roughly 2" thin and available in 10" and 12" diameters.
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I concur. I hope the ghost of Enzo haunts these blaggards.

 

Mark, et. al,

If you wanted to be respectful, you wouldn't piss and moan in this guy's thread.

What help is a post like this? The OP wants to know where to put a sub, and you tell him "don't!"

Let's try to be a helpful community, not a bunch of purist d0uchebags.

 

when i get my bazooka tube,,,ill give you some feedback...as far as my system goes,,it sounds pretty good with the top in,,,with the top out,,for me ...a sub woofer is absolutely necessary,,,in my car ,.,you can enjoy both music and exhaust note all at the same time,,,dont give up,,,you will be able to figure out something ...

 

There are several posts on sound deadening in the cockpit. You are still able to hear the engine, but the decibels inside are lower thus reducing the need for a louder more powerful stereo.

 

Iain,
how effective was the sound deadening? I might have my engine out soon and would LOVE to quiet things down in my car. Now that you have done that, would you do anything different? The roar of the engine is great for the first five minutes or so. After that, it gets annoying.

 

Many times I've seen 10" subs mounted in the passenger footwell...the passenger loses a few inches of legroom, but the sound is improved. You can also mount mid-bass drivers in the doors with sub baffle material behind them that will help in low frequency production.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_237XT652/XTC-6-1-2-Speaker-Baffles-Slim-line-2-3-8-depth.html?search=baffle

 

ive got 6.5 inch 2 way infinitys and 4 inch MB quarts in each door ,,with crossovers behind the speaker wells in the doors and the dash tweeters,,,my alpine head unit is an old 3 cd cassette changer am/fm,,,i also have a roady xm reciever that has 10 different light settings (really cool) .,including a perfect orange to match the gauges,,i have a kenwood amp custom mounted inside the spare tire compartment,,,i forgot what its rated at,,,i wont ever cut into my car to mount any other speaker/ woofer,,,im definetly going with the bazooka tube,,,but ill tell you,,i believe i have the maximum set up you can have as far as whats in there,,,and it really sounds good,,,,a bass tube will make it perfect.....i can put it between the seats..or fasten it to the front of the passenger seat via the slide bar...
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Jason,

I am lots of things admittedly, I'll even take the ******bag part,

But a "PURIST" is NOT one of them.


I even went so far as to buy two different units from wrecked Ferraris just to plug the dash hole with something with the word Ferrari on it.

In the end the Maranello Quartet easily won out.



PLEASE though, use earbuds if you insist on driving your Ferrari to the Magnum PI theme. That IS ******baggery at its finest and embarrassing to the rest of us.

 

i drive mine ., now and again .,while listoning to the miami vice soundtrack,,,,!!!lol...