I know many of you have purpose-built racers, but I'm in the midst of
converting my fourth door slammer into a race car. This newer generation never
ceases to amaze me. Back in my high school days, when I built my first couple
of cars, priority went to dual carbs, dual exhausts, maybe high compression
heads and a cam. Now days, the very first thing that gets done has to ba a
sound "system".
I bought this 1975 Pontiac Firebird and am in the process of stripping out the
interior and removing the "system" so that I'll have room for a cage, racing
seat and harness. I have never seen so many cables. The amplifier, mounted in
the trunk, had it's own cooling fan! When I got everything from the "system"
disconnected, the electric fuel pump stopped working. A thorough tracing of
the "system's" wiring revealed that a couple of "lesser circuits" were add-ons
to the primary "system" harness. The fuel pump, and the primary alternator
wire, fell into these "lesser add-on" secondary harnesses.
But man, that system could vibrate acorns off the big oak tree through it's
eight speakers and 400 bazillion watt amplifier!
Dick J
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