New Car - Moving ICE

[Mysterious]

Can anyone advise: I am just about to buy a 200sx. Can anyone tell me what the boot size is like. I want to move my bow with 2 10's in and want to know how much room is available? Is there room for 6x9's?

[Maverick]

There's not a lot of room in there, but you should be able to get a box in. The boot is also a funny shape, though, as the fuel tank and rear axle intrude a bit.

[Daniel san]

Please don't put 6 x 9's in the rear shelf, for 3 reasons.

1) This is not Max power's forum
2) It's not a Saxo, or 'scort, Corsa or anything like that.
3) You'll need the holes where the 2 rear shelf speakers are to vent the bass into the cabin.

[Diddn]

I hope your 2 tens work in 0.5 cubic foot box each. Anything bigger, then you're gonna have to sacrifice a lot of boot space.
Take Dan_BlitzedS14's advice and junk in the 6x9s. Each get rid of the rear speakers or keep the standard ones and put half the power thru them that your gonna be putting thru the front speakers.
The rear speakers are just for rear fill, so don't need a lot of power, also for best sound imaging, you want most of the sound coming from the front.
Take a look at my install in the thread titled "Pics Anyone?". I'm running 2 tens in seperate boxes both 0.5 cubic foot internally. That should give you an idea of how much space you have in the boot - not a lot :(

[Maverick]

Also, when running bass in the boot, you need to use a high pass filter for anything in the parcel shelf. Otherwise you will get a hole in the overlapping frequencies due to the out of phase sound cancelling out from the two speakers.

[Scottie]

Isn't this all assuming its a S14. If you are getting the S13 there is much more room in the boot.
:)

[Mysterious]

It is indeed an s14. Could it be anything else?

[DanS14]

Originally posted by Maverick
Also, when running bass in the boot, you need to use a high pass filter for anything in the parcel shelf. Otherwise you will get a hole in the overlapping frequencies due to the out of phase sound cancelling out from the two speakers.


Change the phase on the sub.
Either by changing the sub connections round, or on your head unit if it has that capability.

Of course experimentation with all the above is best to get the desired sound, this is just another option.
Sometimes I've found a slight overlap between the low pass fed sub and the high pass fed shelf speakers has helped the sound...
Guess it depends on the acoustics of the car amongsdt other things.

[Mysterious]

I dont really understand the way the accoustics or the setting up works really. I think I'll just transfer what I have already and play with it from there.