"Lil
YeIlow" Honda CRX
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The Alpine Car Audio Nationals II
in l988 will be remembered as a benchmark event in the history of car audio
competition. It was one of the first heavily publicized national sound-offs
and featured three of the most famous vehicles ever to compete: the famous
SpeakerWorks Buick, Kimura's Acura, and the car known as "Lil Yellow,"
Richie Inferrera's 1988 Honda CRX Si (Installations, April '89).
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"It's a special car, one that made
history," said Inferrera of his Honda. "The imaging in that car is
outstanding. And it was one of the first totally stealth installations. I've
helped people all over the world design systems for CRXs based on that car."
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The limited confines of the Honda
CRX didn't limit the performance Inferrera was able to achieve. The system
includes nine speakers (four 10-inch subwoofers and five two-way speakers),
a pair of four channel amps, a crossover, a parametric equalizer, and an
Alpine CD player which can be hidden by a motorized panel. There's also a
telephone and a security system. The cigarette lighter is actually the
control for the center channel gain.
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Inferrera's CRX is now the
property of a/d/s/, the company that manufactured the amps and speakers for
Lil Yellow's stellar system. "I was sad to see it go," said Inferrera, "but
a/d/s/ really wanted it for a test car. It still has the original woofers
and amps in it."
Article from Car Audio & Electronics, October
1996. Written by Steve Gibbs. © 1996 |
