Technical => Audio & Other Aftermarket Electronics => Topic started by: hellsing73 on February 06, 2008, 04:26:15 PM
Title: 460 sound
Post by: hellsing73 on February 06, 2008, 04:26:15 PM
dose any one have a 460 sound in their car or had it in their. i have it in my car from when i bought it and want to put a after market radio in it any sugitions on how to do it. i got the radio and the harens for the stock wireing but it dont work right with it.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: booksix on February 06, 2008, 05:33:50 PM
Are you talking about the Mach 460 sound system? If so, I believe that came out in the mid 90's. So if you have it in your thunderbird it's added in....? I always thought about doing that. It'd be nice to keep stock components but sound nice so I could say, "yeah, that's a factory sound system" and be mostly truthful. :D
Anyway, for you, I'd say the easiest way is to use that adapter to pick up 12v sources, ground and dimmer, then rerun speaker wire to your speakers. This uses the headunits built in amp (but won't sound anywhere near a 460 or even thunderbird premium sound system IMO).
Title: 460 sound
Post by: hellsing73 on February 06, 2008, 06:09:36 PM
ya but my premium sound in my other bird sounds batter. it has the 460 out of a mustang so the stock amp and all the other stuff is gone.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: booksix on February 06, 2008, 06:50:04 PM
What headunit is running the mach system? The one from the mustang? Is it CD? Did you swap over the speakers and amps from the mustang?
Title: 460 sound
Post by: hellsing73 on February 06, 2008, 06:55:16 PM
it has the one with the cd and i did not do it the guy that had the befor me did so i dont know how he wired it up lol
Title: 460 sound
Post by: booksix on February 06, 2008, 07:28:58 PM
dang, that's sick! why don't you want to keep it! running just an aftermarket deck with speakers won't get anywhere near that system!
Also, can you send me a picture of the Ford CD deck in your dash?!? :D
Title: 460 sound
Post by: hellsing73 on February 06, 2008, 08:16:08 PM
it blows and it has the 10 cd in the trunk
Title: 460 sound
Post by: booksix on February 06, 2008, 10:56:02 PM
really?!? So it's a cassette deck with CD in the trunk? What is so bad about it? I've heard them before and they've always sounded pretty god for factory Ford....?
Title: 460 sound
Post by: hellsing73 on February 06, 2008, 11:27:45 PM
ya, it blows and sounds like shiznit lol and it dont help when the spakers are blown out and the cd player dont work.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: booksix on February 07, 2008, 12:56:46 AM
hahahaha! So now I see the problem. What are headunit are you swapping in? I'd say just run new wiring to the speakers and you'll be good..
Title: 460 sound
Post by: hellsing73 on February 07, 2008, 11:03:18 AM
this is the one http://www.abcwarehouse.com/product_catalog/pc_proddetails.asp~active_tab~Online%20Store~prod_id~20515
Title: 460 sound
Post by: booksix on February 25, 2008, 10:55:52 PM
so you have mach 460's tweeters mounted on the door just opposite the mirror? could I see a pic?
Title: 460 sound
Post by: ivygreen on February 25, 2008, 11:51:12 PM
I have the Mach 460 in my SN95 GT and it's one of the better factory systems I've heard. The Mustang factory set-up didn't have a changer in the trunk. It had a cassette and CD in the dash. Maybe what you have is a mishmash of parts with some Mach 460 components. Before swapping stuff out, you should go through the whole system and be sure that it's all there and all working as it should be. The T-Bird's Premium sound can't even compare to the Mach 460, so something's gotta be wrong.
I'd also like to see the mirror mounted tweeters, if you can post a pic.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: gunkel04 on February 26, 2008, 01:01:10 AM
This used to be my vehicle, I believe the problem is that either the paper in the speakers has dry-rotted and cracked (120 degree temps here in the desert), or the head unit is dirty (sand from the desert here). The system was a complete oem mach 460 setup, speakers, harness, amps, head unit, etc. The tweeters I mounted behind the dash speaker grills, not in the doors under the mirrors. The 10 disc changer was from the same year town car, I simply grafted the oem changer harness into the oem mach 460 system, not hacked as I used the engineering schematics from both vehicles (not the evtms). The system used to sound tremendous when I first installed it back in the 90's, as I said before, I suspect time and heat has taken it's toll. FYI, I have another new mach 460 system that came out of a mustang convertible of the same era, all speakers, amps, harnesses, head unit/cd player, etc. All sitting in boxes...
Title: 460 sound
Post by: kendoo130 on February 26, 2008, 08:49:36 AM
If you like factory sound maybe these would interest you(not mine)
Title: 460 sound
Post by: ivygreen on February 26, 2008, 09:59:46 AM
Quote from: gunkel04;206354
This used to be my vehicle, I believe the problem is that either the paper in the speakers has dry-rotted and cracked (120 degree temps here in the desert), or the head unit is dirty (sand from the desert here). The system was a complete oem mach 460 setup, speakers, harness, amps, head unit, etc. The tweeters I mounted behind the dash speaker grills, not in the doors under the mirrors. The 10 disc changer was from the same year town car, I simply grafted the oem changer harness into the oem mach 460 system, not hacked as I used the engineering schematics from both vehicles (not the evtms). The system used to sound tremendous when I first installed it back in the 90's, as I said before, I suspect time and heat has taken it's toll. FYI, I have another new mach 460 system that came out of a mustang convertible of the same era, all speakers, amps, harnesses, head unit/cd player, etc. All sitting in boxes...
So it seems an easy approach would be to check through the speakers and headunit to see what needs replacing and just buy Mach 460 replacements off of ebay (they're pretty cheap) and see what that gets you. That'll save you from re-wiring everything and will sound pretty darned good.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: gunkel04 on February 26, 2008, 11:41:59 PM
I would agree, or after determining what the problem is, he could ask me for replacements...although I believe he is currently concerned with bigger issues.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: Carpimp1987 on February 27, 2008, 12:27:29 AM
Go buy a poineer CD deck at wal-mart 4900 or 5900 should be about $140-180 might even have them on sale.
Title: 460 sound
Post by: SSX on February 27, 2008, 11:48:28 AM
Quote from: gunkel04;206513
I would agree, or after determining what the problem is, he could ask me for replacements...although I believe he is currently concerned with bigger issues.
This car was totaled correct? (http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs17/f/2007/179/6/b/Cry___by_Chirocko.gif)
Title: 460 sound
Post by: gunkel04 on February 28, 2008, 12:40:30 AM
That was what I thought, however I believe his last post indicated that he was going to fix it...