my build 1971 vw racing beetle 1 of 2

[britvuse]

hi im 18 and i purchased this car not too long ago. it was already pretty sweet but i wanted to add a little more to it so i decided to put a system in it. i have two Rockford fosgate 10" shallow mounts (p3s) i run a mono 500 watt alpine amp. which altho small it really pushes them subs really good its wired to 2 ohms. i have a 1 farad capacitor which dosent do much but it helps clean up the transitions between big note differences. i have an alpine cde 102 head unit. i use kenwood 6x9s in the back and 6.5 in the front. i hope to do more to the car soon. i have now a 55 amp alternator conversion which is better than the stock 25 amp "generator" i also have racing stinger pipes on it and a webber progressive carb. things i am doing soon is re painting a candy red over a quick silver metalic to go with the basic theme already presented just more fun. im also doing disk break conversion kit and eventually nicer chrome rims. so these are a few pics of the first stages of the car ive already done some small things to change it a little bit. the system the alt, carb, and a few cosmetics like the shfting knob which i think is sick and the fizzy dice. anyway hope u like it!!!

ps after finishing i was notified that i had too many picks so im going to have a part two. sorry if its inconvient

this is how the car looked the day i picked it up

first things first to build a box. im gonna wrap eventually in leather or somthing but i have to get nice stuff so this will do for now

these are the kenwood 6.5 3 ways

test fit

webber progressive carb i believe its 32 to a stage 2 of 36 but i could b wrong. also to the right of it u c the new alternator conversion. small only 55 amp but it gets the job done

this is the stinger offroad racing pipes they sound pretty sick. it reminds me of a subaru haha since this motor is the boxter design its just like them, but its loud and has a deep tone to it. also if u look closely u can c the tractor flap on it

this is my battery its a cheaper one from autozone it was like 130 but it still puts out 1000 amps on a good day. i dont really want to put two in cuz the alt might not b able to keep up well enough so i figured just get a big one. the stock one is like 3x smaller its a 350 amp like a tractor battery so this does good

this is my positive terminal which i will be upgrading the wire mainly for looks and well idk its somthing else to do. im also gonna rewire it a different path and make them shorter runs.

close up of the battery

this is my capacitor just a baby 1 farad but it does its job well enough. its not mounted right now but it goes in that spot just on the shelf right above it

this is my alpine 500. which i think is verry under rated. ive had this amp for ooooo id say 2 years atleast and i beat the junk out of it. its been in 3 diff cars and it does great. this little guy has powered 2 15 dual vc kenwoods and it made em go hard haha. great amp

these r my tiny 8 gage wires. ik its sad but they dont need to b any larger altho i might make them bigger just for looks

this is my cde 102 which ive had for as long as i had the amp for and again it really works well. thoes two small switches u c are for the stereo and the amp. the one on the left bottom is for the stereo. i did that cuz there was a hole there already and cuz its hard to find a good switch power point on a 71 bug haha. but this takes up the hole nice. the other small one on the right top is for the amp. the others are for the lights and wipers.

that steering wheel is not stock its about half the size of the stock one lol. im a verry large guy and it was kinda hard to fit. this one is a little harder to turn cuz theres no power steering but its all good. that center piece there was custom machined as well as the other knobs on the dash. under the cap it has a saying "i shouldnt tell u this but..."

thoes r the 6x9 kenwood 4 ways. i decided to carpet there boxes cuz they were smaller and easy but idk if im gonna keep it like that.

thats the final placement btw that box is ported the ports are facing up toward the rear window. its tuned to somthing like 36 i think. u cant c the cap cuz its just cut out of the pic bit it would b just to the bottom left. its right above the battery

every car this amp has been in it was hidden so i figured id keep the tradition going i also wanna put that cap under with the battery and get a diff volt meter thats the only reason y its out like it is

this is part one of two i apparently have too many pics oops. so im just gonna have a part two hopefully its not too inconvient sorry.