system in a '78 Z28 Camaro

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

Like the title says, I have the opportunity to do a system in a 1978 Z28 Camaro Drag Car. It belongs to my friend's dad, and he asked me to do the system. This is a drag car that he is building, but he wants it to be nice for shows and stuff too. Budget for the system components is probably less than a grand.

Just some stats for the car

1978 Z28 Camaro Body

350 Chevy bored to 355

Edelbrock 4 barrel carb

Gear-Drive Timing

Headers, Purple Hornies Glass Packs

Cowl induction hood

Z28 Style wheels with Mickey Thompson Drag Radials

Est. 450 HP, mid 12sec 1/4

Anyway, this car is a tribute to a friend of his who was murdered, and he wants it to be a showcar as well as a balls-out street-legal dragster. I will be doing a simple system that will sound good but not weigh the car down too much. Sub and amps will come out for races.

I will be doing 6.5 Comps up front, Single 12" woofer sealed in the trunk, fiberglass enclosure.

I was thinking go with Phoenix Gold for the bang-for-the-buck qualities and good sound.

So either rSD or TX comps with a single 12" rSD subwoofer

Probably go with Profile amps unless someone has a better suggestion

Head Unit is undecided, probably Alpine or Pioneer. Looking for a nice Head Unit for about $200ish

Let me know if you guys have any good ideas

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[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

sounds like hes got all the sound he could ever want to me...

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

yeah, that thing is d'amn loud, but he wants a system in it, something that will sound good and would be a nice touch in a show car

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

You're gonna need something loud to overcome all that horsepower!

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

yeah, those glass packs are louder that I ever thought they'd be. I think Kicker comps get loud IIRC, but I have heard the sound like ***

 

[tbasile1 10+ year member]

I heard a single RSd sub can handle like 1000w, theyre supposed to be pretty dam good subs!!

And of course you cant go wrong with the RSd comps!!

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

he's got purple hornies

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[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

pics of said car?

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

i don't have any pics right now, i will take some probably friday

its a little rough, but it is on its way

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

I heard a single RSd sub can handle like 1000w, theyre supposed to be pretty dam good subs!!
And of course you cant go wrong with the RSd comps!!

1000 WATTS!!!!!! that is crazy loud!!! I will probably give it about 600 watts or so.

I was thinking give the RSD comps about 120 RMS. I run mine off of 80 RMS in my car, but my engine is nowhere near as loud as that 355.

Anyone know how the TX comps compare to the RSD comps?? They are listed to take more wattage than the RSD's and are on sale at OCS for $104, usually $199