WakeMikey's 1987 Supra SunSport wake/surf

[87SunSportMikeyD]

New stereo is done!!

[mapleleaf]

What's that just under the dash???
A switch bank or something?????? Looks good....

[Tony128]

Mikey,
How did you mount your eq under the dash, do you have any pix?
Boat look's great,

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Sorry I should've commented... We removed the factory radio completly and there is no new cd deck at all. All speakers (four in boat, four on tower and one 12" sub) are all powered by one 5channel amp hidden in the gunwale right behind the sub.

The amp is connected to the Equalizer (Clarion EQS760 very common $60) which is glowing blue. Controls all eq as well as volume to the sub. The tower speakers are wired into 'front' on the eq, and boat speakers as 'rear'. This way the fader controls how much volume the tower speakers get independant of the cabin speakers.

To the right of the EQ is a wired remote for the sub which gives it a little more boost if needed. The only music source is the ipod. I wanted a minimal, almost stealth look. If you are standing up you can't even see the EQ under the dash.

The EQ and sub remote are mounted to little blocks of wood that are screwed into the dash (only where the dash is covered by the black vinyl!). For the EQ we made the block of wood into the shape of a wedge. Two flat pieces of ply, spaced apart by small triangle-shaped pieces of wood. I will try and get a pic. It is a little DIY and not the most professional install ever, but my goal was really budget and clean.

I may yet mount the ipod somewhere. Apple also makes a small ipod mounting dock that is usable with a remote. It is all hooked up to my 2nd battery which is on a seperator/combiner smart relay from SurePower (polarbill on wakeworld hooked it up for half of what a bluesea add a batt costs).

[Tony128]

Mikey,
I'm installing a system just like your's, I'm adding a tower speaker's with a amp this year and a eq. ws 420 eq, kicker kmt6 tower speaker's with a kicker 450.2 amp, I all ready have a amp with 4 cabin speaker's and a 10 sub,I'm going to take out my cd player, it's to big and in the way.. I'm going to run the eq and Ipod set up like you did..plus I have a roady XM i'm going to use...

Can you show me a picture of the Eq mounting bracket you made?
Thank's for all your post, it's been very helpful!!! and fun to follow!!!

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Tony I will try and get one tonight! Good luck with your system it is quite a project lol!

I think something is wrong with me I cant stop fixing things...

[Mr oppenheimer]

did you try out your new prop yet? going to start on the 87 here in a week or two. had to find a new shop and move all the tools ect. also built a wakeboard winch that was cheap and worked great for memorial weekend. I am curious to hear about the prop so I can order one asap if it is a winner. your boat is getting too nice to use anymore

[87SunSportMikeyD]

The prop is awesome I know it is a winner, but I can't get rid of the vibration. Today I will try the old prop just to be sure, then call Nettles and see what they say. I know they will make it right.

My buddy has a motor to donate to a winch but I don't really know how to convert it. Nice simple one.

We got a little 'surging' in speed last night. Small changes in the throttle would result in large drops or spikes in speed. Going to try changing the plugs tonight, otherwise thinking it may be a vaccume line, not really sure....

[Hematoma]

Hey Mikey did you get that prop from Nettles props in Austin Tx? I live down in Houston about 4 hrs from Austin. I might make a trip up to pick that same prop up next Friday. My 13x13 just doesnt have the hole shot with all the sacs full.

[wotan2525]

Tony I will try and get one tonight! Good luck with your system it is quite a project lol!

I think something is wrong with me I cant stop fixing things...

I know the feeling.... my projects seem NEVER ENDING! I gotta take some pics of my progress.... have done some really nice upgrades in the last couple of weeks.