Custom building a sound system for dad’s corvette (1981)

[@lad63bird]

This was a really well produced video, even though you did time lapse I got all information I need to mount my gear in the rear of my red 1981 Corvette. I have 2800 watts in it now with my amp in the rear compartment next to battery but I will make exactly the same style unit that you did. Incredible workmanship! Thanks very Much!

[@pierogiengineering]

Real happy to hear you found use of the vid. Best of luck!

[@jr-75c3]

Great video and great work!! Thinking of doing the same to my 75! Thanks for putting this together!

[@SomeRandomPiggo]

This channel needs much more attention, great work!

[@Ry2009Ry]

Grew up with a 78 in the driveway. It’s the first car I ever drove. Grandpa had to put a pillow down in the seat so I could see over the dash. Had the t-tops off…. Never went over 30mph but it was awesome! Your dads looks well kept. Awesome vid.

[@Karek53]

I love this Slavic version of Michael Reeves

[@joshcarter-com]

When my teenage daughter took over driving my car, she wanted to upgrade the stereo and add a subwoofer. We did a new head unit and two under-seat subs, which is nowhere near as fancy as your build, but running all the wires and taking apart the interior was a day-long project. It was GREAT to do together. Having the stereo is great, too, but the experience of installing it ourselves was even better.

[@simpsonhomerenovations]

Awesome job on the audio enclosure. I would have loved to have seen the engine. 🤙🏼

[@haroldvalin7110]

awesome job...!!!!!!!! Keep up the EXCELLENT work, and try to be more careful please

[@lllllREDACTEDlllll]

Reminds me of living in Ft. Lauderdale back in the day...

[@JordanDavid204]

One way to find out what’s drawing power when the car is shut off, hook up an ammeter in series with the battery and watch the reading as you pull fuses 👌🏾

[@tiffanysparks8319]

Bless you!

[@johncharleshill6528]

I have an 81, You've inspired me!

[@pierogiengineering]

I’m glad to hear that! Infinity audio yielded amazing results for a great price. Highly recommended

[@immortalgaming1315]

How do you not have 5 million subs!?!?

[@pierogiengineering]

🤷‍♂️

[@emilj.4766]

awesome.

[@AaronDay-r9g]

Cool

[@nightcat87]

Sweet

[@nathanbulle5782]

So far the most impressive thing I've seen you do is smash that little speaker as if you were a 10 ton press. That being said, what is your max bench?

[@pierogiengineering]

Thx! 325 is max

[@nathanbulle5782]

@@pierogiengineering good job!

[@iansinnovations1393]

I did already see the sound system at your dad's birthday party, but it was really cool seeing the process of you building it! I guess I forgot that you said before that it took 2 months to build it. Nice use of the song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin in the Moonlight" like how it was used in the first episode of SpongeBob. Also, where did you guys go at 4:58 to 5:35 ?

[@pierogiengineering]

I knew you’d like the song😉. We went to downtown Miami, Brickell.

[@iansinnovations1393]

@@pierogiengineering Thanks for the song and for letting me know that you guys went to downtown Miami in that part of the video.

[@iansinnovations1393]

@@pierogiengineering Oh and did you know that copywrite issues with the song "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" had prevent the first episode of SpongeBob from being included in most, if not all, DVD sets of the fist season of the show? This is apparently because Nickelodeon did not want to pay the estate of the song's singer for the rights. But the episode had had official releases on DVD in different ways.

[@pierogiengineering]

Really? Bastards. That was a golden episode and the song was perfect for it. Hopefully I don’t get a strike for using the song.

[@iansinnovations1393]

@@pierogiengineering I think the most that you would get for using it would be a copywrite claim. Which is different from your entire video getting taken down for copywrite infringement.

[@skunkop]

What city was that ?

[@MrSteveCasper]

I Just ordered the Custom Audio USA 740 radio and some Infinity Kappa 93ix 6x9s, Infinity Kappa 64cfx 4x6s. I'm going to order an Alpine PDX V9 amp and Jl audio 10tw3-d4 sub next. I'm going to build this same speaker box that you built to mount the 6x9s and sub. Do you have any build plans or list of measurements you could share? Also how do you like the infinity sub? I was considering it as a option.

[@pierogiengineering]

For a $700 budget, I couldn’t be happier with the sound. Bass digs deep, mids are balanced, and sopranos are clean. I wouldn’t spend the extra money on a JL primarily because the infinity sub I have already outputs enough bass to loosen screws in the vette, up to you tho. I gave the sub one cubic foot of sealed volume, as recommended by the manufacturer. And for the coaxial speakers, I don’t know, but not much is needed, as you can see in the video. I don’t have any measurements to provide you with, I got rid of all that a while back, but in the beginning of the video, you see I made a cardboard template to fit as best as possible, and I HIGHLY recommend you do that too. I made sure as to leave room for the sun/cover tarp to still be rolled out over the enclosure, and I also measured the depth of our T-top panels and made sure that the enclosure wasn’t too thick to prevent the panels from fitting behind the seats. It’s a very tedious enclosure, but relatively straight forward. Let me know if any other questions. Best of luck.

[@peke8881]

What are the measurement’s on cutting it out 0:45

[@pierogiengineering]

Unfortunately I didn’t keep them, but there is no way to know all the radii and contours without making a template.

[@haroldvalin7110]

Hey Daniel- I hope your Father stays safe. I saw that urban search and rescue was activated

[@pierogiengineering]

Thank you for the regards, but he wasn’t activated. Nice you remember he was part of that though.

[@haroldvalin7110]

@@pierogiengineering I really sorry for what happened to the people in the tower but I also hope your dad does not get activated. When you were a teacher you remember a little bit about a lot of your students in your case I remember a bit more since you have the KZbin station and I remember your dad visited for career day

[@pierogiengineering]

Oh yeah! I forgot he did that. If he didn’t get called by now, it’s not gonna happen.

[@haroldvalin7110]

@@pierogiengineering I just heard on the news rescue crews are coming in from Israel in Mexico so perhaps they will not need to activate any other South Florida units

[@haroldvalin7110]

@@pierogiengineering in other news… featured.muscleandfitness.com/2021/harold-b-v this is happening lol A friend of mine encouraged me to apply and now I’m in the second round of competition

[@FinnishArmy]

Why does the corner have a Mercedes steering wheel

[@pierogiengineering]

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[@dirangoal]

I had a question, for your battery switch when you switch it on does it turn on the whole car, or only the speakers and the amp

[@pierogiengineering]

Whole car as well

[@dirangoal]

@@pierogiengineering ok cool, so every time you go to turn the car on you have to switch the battery on right

[@pierogiengineering]

@@dirangoal yup, that was the goal though. If we did not disconnect the battery from the car, there was a fault somewhere that would slowly drain the battery, and if left connected for a longer period of time, we wouldn’t be able to start it.

[@dirangoal]

@@pierogiengineering got it, did you use the same wood to make the new press fit for the battery compartment as well for the subwoofer, amp, and speaker box? if so what kind of wood and how thick. I want to do the same to my 77 vette but I want it to be as shallow as possible..

[@pierogiengineering]

@@dirangoal I used MDF (medium density fiberboard) everything was 0.75 inches, but you can go a little thinner or thicker if you like

[@ishakibrahim4443]

Hey bro just wondering where you from

[@pierogiengineering]

Born in Florida, raised polish

[@ishakibrahim4443]

@@pierogiengineering ok

[@CRAWLER3888]

What size were the subs?

[@pierogiengineering]

10in

[@drewcifer9755]

A bad alternator will drain your battery

[@mikebroszczak5767]

sent me the carboard template im doing same thing.

[@pierogiengineering]

Long gone, sorry. Just trim one yourself piece by piece until it fits

[@joshcarter-com]

1:08 Use a push stick on the table saw!!! You’re too young to be losing fingers. 1:32 You’re killing me, man. 😬