Found the perfect sail panel replacement speakers.
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2 ohm or 4 ohm? Ok, so I pulled the factory sail panel speakers out and this is what is shown on the back of them:
Rev. 00
Delco Electronics
09365799
36908P 0226
Assembled In Mexico
4 Ohm/4 Ohm
02M0626E
So according to these markings, the factory speakers have dual voice coils that are 4 Ohms each, not 2 Ohms each. Is the label incorrect on the speakers?
Rev. 00
Delco Electronics
09365799
36908P 0226
Assembled In Mexico
4 Ohm/4 Ohm
02M0626E
So according to these markings, the factory speakers have dual voice coils that are 4 Ohms each, not 2 Ohms each. Is the label incorrect on the speakers?
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From: Georgetown, DE
Originally Posted by Rybo Flavin
Ok, so I pulled the factory sail panel speakers out and this is what is shown on the back of them:
Rev. 00
Delco Electronics
09365799
36908P 0226
Assembled In Mexico
4 Ohm/4 Ohm
02M0626E
So according to these markings, the factory speakers have dual voice coils that are 4 Ohms each, not 2 Ohms each. Is the label incorrect on the speakers?
Rev. 00
Delco Electronics
09365799
36908P 0226
Assembled In Mexico
4 Ohm/4 Ohm
02M0626E
So according to these markings, the factory speakers have dual voice coils that are 4 Ohms each, not 2 Ohms each. Is the label incorrect on the speakers?
That is corrrect for the Firebird sail speakers. Camaros have 2 ohm single voice coil speakers. The 2 coils are wired seperately to the Monsoon amplifier, so there will be 4 wires to each speaker.
If you decide to drop in aftermarket speakers in your F'bird, you simply hook up one of the coil pairs to each replacement speaker. The two coil channels cannot be bridged, according to other posts on here. Since I don't have access to a Monsoon equipped F'bird (or any F'bird for that matter), I can't investigate why that is so. Note: There's a link in the Monsoon FAQ to a page that gives the wire colors to the Monsoon amp, so you can identify which wire is which.
Last edited by HiTechGent; Mar 15, 2006 at 12:09 PM.
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My apologies. I didn't realize that the Camaro's and Firebirds had different sail panel speakers...throughout this entire thread and I was getting really confused. Thanks for clearing it up.
On a side note, I ended up ordering a pair of factory replacements from txparts.com:
http://www.txparts.com/servlet/the-2...Factory/Detail
They sure sound better than the blown out originals. The store claims that,
Only time will tell if that is true, but they were $15 a speaker less than my local dealership, so I couldn't resist. As long as I am careful with the sound levels, I think they'll be fine. If not, I'll get some of the TS-M7PRS speakers.
On a side note, I ended up ordering a pair of factory replacements from txparts.com:
http://www.txparts.com/servlet/the-2...Factory/Detail
They sure sound better than the blown out originals. The store claims that,
These speakers commonly fail as the original design could not handle the 500 watts of power the monsoon system put out; this new design has more handling power and will not blow out easily like the original "
