06 Skoda Octavia

Krisztián Arnold · December 4, 2017

On 2017. 10. 22. at 1:15 PM, alex912005 said:

It sounds fine. The sub doesn't like the amp from a thermal standpoint. It gets stinky fast. But not a lot of guys have this sub on a 5k so that's why. I am giving it 2800 - 3000 watts after impedance rise. And it's only my 2nd system but I didn't do the work myself if that's what you mean. Several people worked on it.

I am sorry if the question is stupid, but the number you got from the clamping is not rather VA,rather than Watts? I am thinking about that, cause you multiplied the two numbers together if I undersatand it correctly. And also beacuse you measured it on the sub, or am I wrong?

fmedina · December 4, 2017

On 10/22/2017 at 4:15 AM, alex912005 said:

It sounds fine. The sub doesn't like the amp from a thermal standpoint. It gets stinky fast. But not a lot of guys have this sub on a 5k so that's why. I am giving it 2800 - 3000 watts after impedance rise. And it's only my 2nd system but I didn't do the work myself if that's what you mean. Several people worked on it.

check for clipping man. i had the same problem with my xl stinking up pretty fast but turns out i was clipping the crap out of it. got a dc 2k which comes with a clip light on the bass knob and now i can play it safe with minimal heat. im sure that sp4 can handle that power as long as its clean.

alex912005 · December 5, 2017

22 hours ago, Krisztián Arnold said:

I am sorry if the question is stupid, but the number you got from the clamping is not rather VA,rather than Watts? I am thinking about that, cause you multiplied the two numbers together if I undersatand it correctly. And also beacuse you measured it on the sub, or am I wrong?

You may be right, but that's how clamp testing is done. Here's a link about clamp testing on DD's website where they say that RMS power is volts x amperes. Clamp Testing

19 hours ago, fmedina said:

check for clipping man. i had the same problem with my xl stinking up pretty fast but turns out i was clipping the crap out of it. got a dc 2k which comes with a clip light on the bass knob and now i can play it safe with minimal heat. im sure that sp4 can handle that power as long as its clean.

No clipping. The amp has a clip light on the gain knob. The SP4 just likes to get hot. I've seen it happen in videos of other people's systems. I can provide links if you want.

alex912005 · January 9, 2018

Got my doors back from the place that did the flocking the 2nd time (first time it cracked in 2 weeks). Didn't turn out the way I hoped, they kinda made a mess of them, but it is what it is I guess.

Before (May 2016)

Now

alex912005 · January 31, 2018

Gotta change some parts of the exhaust. The old one is rusted and has a hole. Parts are Bosal 281-227 and 105-109 plus all the screws and rubber mounts. These are OEM parts, not loud performance exhaust parts.