I hope you enjoy my truck one tenth as much as I do. I will try to walk you through the truck and install so you can see how much effort has gone into its construction. If you are not familiar with Typhoons and Syclones, they were limited production specialty vehilces built in 1991-93. Syclones were manufactured in 1991 and Typhoons in 92 and 93. They are basically S-10's with intercooled turbocharged all wheel drive systems. Check out my links for more information.

Here is the animal at rest. The wheels are custom built billet wheels from Boyd Coddington. Add a set of Z-rated Dunlops and you've got traction! The only other external modification is the bug deflector up front.

Here is the only view that most people get of a Typhoon. The plate causes some confusion to the uninformed, but yes, this Ty does fly!

Another view - just showin off!

Here is a shot of the interior - I always liked the "Typhoon" logo stitched into the headrests. The black leather inside makes some of the details tougher to pic out, but this is one mint truck!

(sorry the pic was nasty - another coming soon)
The system starts with an unassuming head unit, Pioneer 7800. It is actually a cassette unit the has internal controls for the CD changer. Under the HU, you can see the Pioneer 6500 EQ.

The changer is mounted in the center console and is Pioneer's 12 disc unit. I like a clean install and with no trunk, you have to be creative on where to hide things.

The real construction started with the kickpanels. I wanted to house a 3 way component set and pre-formed panels would not cut it. I started with a 1/4" MDF backboard cut to the exact size as the stock kick panels. I then made the baffles from 3/4" MDF and attached them to the backing plate with metal strapping. Here you can see my Boston Acoustic Pro series 6.53's in for a test fit.

After the initial mock up, I installed the kicks in the truck for some intensive listening. The metal straps allowed for easy adjustment of the speaker angles and I spent about 30 hours listening to the iasca test CD to perfect my soundstage. I ended up installing the tweets in the dash to raise the soundstage and get a better on center image.

Once the soundstage was to my liking, the gaps in the kicks were filled with expanding foam, the foam carved to shape and then layers of fiberglass sealed the job.

Once the 'glass was sanded smooth, I stretched black vinyl over the completed kicks and mounted them in place. The end result was and incredible soundstage and pretty good looking custom kicks, if I do say so myself.

The next project was the subs. Since I was after an all-out SQ system, I wanted real up-front bass. The only way I could get this was to install the subs in the front doors. This basically meant some exstensive surgery. Here you can see the metal removed from the front door and the box beginning to take shape. the box was formed out of 3/4" MDF and glued/screwed together while inside the door. The box was then siliconed to the outer door skin.

The baffle was also constructed from 3/4" MDF and then fiberglassed to the door. Finally the JL Audio 8W6's were installed.

Here is the door with the sub installed and the second box of dynamat rolled on. I also used two cans of V-bloc spray-on deadner in each door to kill the rattle monster.

Since there was no door speakers originally in this truck, I had to custom make some door panels with speaker grills. I removed the map pockets and used 1/4" MDF to form the bottom portion of the new door panel. After cutting the hole for the sub, I used a large waffle grille, cut out to use only the flat part and stapled that to the MDF. I wrapped the entire lower door in accoustical carpet to match the floor carpet. While I was in a creative mood, I also cut out the "Typhoon" logo from 1/4" material and glued it to the substrate before carpeting. the result is a raised logo effect that I have recieved many compliments on.

With the subs and components installed, I had to start making room for crossovers and amps. I didn't want any rear fill and the stock speaker locations provided a great opportunity to showcase the Boston crossovers. I flush mounted them to MDF and then carpeted over the mouunting surface to provide a sort of high-tech look.

The amps were next. I have actually had them mounted in several locations already, but finally decided on the back of the rear fold-down seat. This view is from the back of the truck and you can see I used 1999 chrome PPI PC series amps. The PC 2400 powers the subs and the PC 4800 is bi-amped on the BA components. The amp rack was cut from 3/4 MDF and then wrapped in vinyl to match the interior. The 0 guage runs from the front to the rear and then is split by the PG dist block and the 4 guage runs directly to the PPI's.

Here is one last view of the 0 guage under the hood as well as the PG terminals. You can also see the motivation of the beast.

Thanks so much for checking out my truck - PLEASE RATE IT before you leave!!!