Cars - C4 Amp installation

How Neat..They make 600W amps for Die Cast Vettes.

Your experience is a big zero. I freeze in my 89 with the A/C on...

Go and serve yourself another cup of that juice....

"X-Eliminator" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:21:59 GMT, "Mike"
> > wrote:
>
> >In >, X-Eliminator
> writes:
> >>Try using a tape measure
> >>
> >>Shut up Dan.
> >>
> >>==========================================
> >>On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 13:31:53 -0400, "Black Bomb"
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>Looking for a good area to install an amplifier (Average Size). I was
> >>>thinking behind the passenger seat. Any other sugestions...
> >>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>Dan
> >>>89 Coupe Blk on Blk
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >I saw a C4 installation where a local shop hid a small amp
> >in the storage compartment behind the pax seat. They
> >removed the door, replaced that with a carpeted panel with
> >large screened vent holes. Amp was mounted upside down
> >to the bottom of the new panel. I think any 'average size'
> >amp is going to be out in the open or weather-proofed and
> >outside the cabin.
> >
> >I decided to give up on an amp and installed replacement
> >speakers (all with SPLs above 91dbm). It ain't concert-hall
> >quality but it's light years ahead of stock and didn't require
> >cutting up the car. The new speakers were 4 ohm so I
> >added a pair of Polk GXRs in the doors and wired those
> >in series with the new 6x9s in the rear. Impedance match
> >is close enough for government work and an old Delco drives
> >this quite easily. (Dave may tell us that I screwed up the
> >damping factor -- shut up Dave.)
> >
> >Regards, "Mike"
> >-- mikeellison3xxxatzzzyahoo.com --
>
> What about the heat dissipation from the amp heat sinks which will
> probably overheat the amp? Any amp large enough to produce quality
> sound will have great heat potential and can't realistically be
> located behind any seat or inside any enclosed panel. The heat will
> always be a factor inside any coupe which is regularly driven in any
> warm climate. The C4 factory AC always sucked, and heat from amp(s)
> tends to defeat AC efficiency. I know this from personal experience
> because I have a 600w Kenwood amp sitting behind my passenger seat and
> the R134 freon sucks as compared to R12.
>
> ================================================== ===
> **Shut-up Dan. Buy a manual & a tape measure"
>