Basic stereo for '78 Lincoln Continental

[ozzy87 10+ year member]

hey man what kinda mileage u get in that baby. btw car is the sex

 

[bigblocktowncar 10+ year member]

About 12 or so; it depends how you drive. The car has cruise control and can probably do about 15 or 16 on the freeway. The car no longer has the Motorcraft 4350...It has a Holley 4160 now which is probably more efficient.

 

[ozzy87 10+ year member]

ahh cool man. i got a chevy caprice and i gotta say big cars are the best.

 

[waka_waka 10+ year member]

picture?

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/486986-bumpinboats-93-towncar-build.html

thats his

 

[bigblocktowncar 10+ year member]

Well to update...I returned the Infinity Kappas back to Frys and got my $190 back. I borrowed a few subwoofers from friends and am actually getting what I would consider to be really good sound.

But since I am borrowing them, I will need to give them back...

I borrowed some Sony Xplod 10's from a friend and those were not what I am looking for. I also borrowed a JL 12" W0-4 which sounds pretty good. It is only a 125watt speaker and is mounted in a truck box, but it sounds pretty good the way I have it setup. The car does not have much rattle at all and since it already has a decent amount of sound insulation being a Lincoln, it is not very loud outside of the car either (a huge + for me).

My amp can either do 2x100watts @4ohms, or 300x1 @4ohms...I have the amplifier running the JL in bridged mode right now so I am not listening at very loud levels since it is twice the recommended power.

So here is what I am looking for:

A single subwoofer that can handle 300watts @ 4 ohms bridged from the amp that is in there.

Any recommendations? I don't really want to spend too much money as this current setup sounds pretty good to me...just need to make it mine. I might not even replace the rear 5x7 speakers.

 

[bigblocktowncar 10+ year member]

any ideas?

 

[mclerico83 5,000+ posts]

NEW CADENCE CS3.57 5x7" 6x8 300 WATT 3-WAY CAR SPEAKERS - eBay (item 390211002195 end time Nov-15-10 11:05:11 PST)

will blow u away for the price

NEW Phoenix Gold RSD12 12" 4-ohm subwoofer 500 Watts - eBay (item 390096054892 end time Nov-13-10 12:48:10 PST)

one of my face budget subs, they sound amazing

RWE302 MB Quart 12" Sub 1000 Watt by Rockford Fosgate - eBay (item 110573206513 end time Nov-11-10 12:34:07 PST)

also an amazing sub, this is an amsolute steal, likes sealed boxes build by fosgate

SSA Shop - SSA Dcon 12D4 subwoofer300rms

and then this would be the top quality out of all them imho

 

[bigblocktowncar 10+ year member]

Any more subwoofer suggestions? I haven't bothered to get anything since I posted last...That MB Quart unit is 500 watts. I would like something closer to the 300w capability of my small amplifier.

SSA? Will this sound better than the JL w0 I have right now?

 

[benzmansl65amg 10+ year member]

Car is pure secks. 6 x 9 subs and a good front stage properly amplified and deadened.