Miata Mailing List: February 1998, Message #261
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From: 	"John Freas" <jfreas@gte.net>

Subject: Re: Air horns or electric?

Date: 	Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:56:11 +0000



Previously on Air horns or electric, Stephen Foskett

<sfoskett@concentric.net> said...

 

> No kidding here!  Is there anything special that needs to be done to

> install Cadillac electric horns in place of the little Miata horns?  Will

> the stock power/wiring handle the larger horns?



I see no reason why this wouldn't be a simple plug-in affair.  The draw

from the GM horn isn't going to be nearly as high as the CRI compressor,

and in fact, far closer to the OEM horn.



As a reference point, I was so offended by the OEM horn that I replaced it

the day after I got the car.  I had never heard of CRI horns at that point

(I first heard them mentioned maybe 3 or4 days later on the list), so I

went with experience and did what I did on my GTI.  I went down to the junk

yard and strolled over to the Fiat section (typically one of the largest

sections) and picked up a set of Crazy, Black, Italian Electric Horns (AKA

Fiat 124/2000 horns).  These are dual electric horns made by FIAMM.  They

sound the same as the CRI FIAMMs but aren't quite as loud..  They /are/ a

lot louder than the OEM, and sound like a sportscar horn ('cause they are).

 Anyway, getting back to the point, they plugged right in and work fine.  I

figure that 2 FIAMMs are probably not drawing much less than a GM dual

horn, so there you go.



	-John



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