Date:         Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:53:19 EST
Reply-To:     FrankGRUN@AOL.COM
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From:         Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re:       Re: Tips on making 
              space under Westfalia swivel seat usable?
Comments: To: dosteven@SYR.EDU, albell@shaw.ca
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In a message dated 2/14/06 7:38:21 AM, dosteven@SYR.EDU writes:


> heck even a slim subwoofer would be perfect .. I think Fieros had a small
> slim fit sub stashed inside.
>

Couldn't resist a short comment. Many years ago, I modified the
under-swivel-seat area of my Westfalia on the driver's side to mount an 8" Pioneer
subwoofer with the internal cavity re-fabricated into a tuned bass-reflex speaker
enclosure. The speaker is mounted in the center of the swivel retaining plate. The
sub-woofer fires to the underside of the drivers seat adding several
significant mph to any cruise. Fiberglass sound matting helped tune the response of
the "cabinet" to be nearly ideal for the speaker. I had attempted to use a 10"
sub-woofer at first and can't recall if that turned out to be the final
configuration. On the passenger side, I mounted the high power primary amplifier for
the rest of the sound system - Boston co-axials in the upper front doors and
in the rear Westy cabinet and high weight woofers in the lower part of the
front doors. The sub-woofer power amp is mounted against the cabinet wall behind
the driver's seat. The CD changer is mounted in the Westy cabinet below the
sink. More than a kW of power all together, as I recall. All detailed in the
archives and pictures at Alistair Bell's web site. I tuned it for classical music
and it has eliminated any suggestion of engine noise from the DZ/I4 engine
trans power combination for these many years. Now I must turn to the ipod
interface issues, when I return to my modification mode again.

Frank Grunthaner