Pt Cruiser/Mazda 3i Builds

[kentb]

nice upgrade! can't wait to see some vids of this thing!

[ptcary]

you have completely confused the hell out of me a few pages back when you said "IM PISSED!" but never told why?

Sorry, You've got to go back and read more.

Simple rundown:

1. I stated in my very first post that this was a low powered build despite the size of the wall. Its my dailly driver and will never compete.

2. When I finally got it up and running, everyone forgot that first post and said, "you need more power!" ....and "Whats it hit?" forgetting that its an SQL setup.

3. I stated my confusion on the whole 'dynamic watts' thing but was pretty set on leaving it all alone.

4. I then read a lot about giving subs their rated RMS and decided that since I already had very powerful mids/highs, then came tax return time, a new sub amp was in order.

[ptcary]

nice upgrade! can't wait to see some vids of this thing!

Thanks man! I gotta finish up some wiring and put the passenger seat back in. As soon as the rain lets up this week, I'll get some new videos.

Edited: that shoulda read "put the passenger seat back in".

[Andrew2944r]

PT you need to come out to Heatwave in Austin in July, I will be down there, would love to see it in person for sure!!

I live over in Tyler, Texas

[ptcary]

PT you need to come out to Heatwave in Austin in July, I will be down there, would love to see it in person for sure!!

I live over in Tyler, Texas

I am usually there, spectator only. I don't know what it would take to compete, or even pass the tech inpspection. Maybe we can get a SMD Heatwave group together to meet up. I would be more than happy to let you guys listen to it, but again I won't be competing with it.

Oh and if your running 6 SAZ3000's I'm gonna wanna hear that, too!

[Charger]

New amp looks great man. Surely you'd notice a huge increase after that power (To ear anyway)

[ptcary]

New amp looks great man. Surely you'd notice a huge increase after that power (To ear anyway)

Thanks for looking, Charger......not really on your level, but a great amp nonetheless! I just set the gains on both amps, and plan to throttle it up high for the first time tomorrow on the way to work . My garage is right under another apartment, so I can't test it in there and the weather is a mess here today.

To the ear it's easy to hear the difference, it's so much more authoritative, but not harsh at all.

I did not expect it to be so smooth and controlled sounding, maybe that's the difference between class D and A/B amps on subs, or just a better quality amp.

I spent most of my time with SQ music so far just to sort things out, but I'll have to hit may test playlist in the ipod tomorrow.

So far,so good!

[FYI-Future-Star]

looks real nice bro

[ptcary]

Ok, a nice update .

I have been playing with setup and tuning for about a week and I think I got it dialed in finally. It was a little more involved than just turning up the gains on the 4 channel amp now that the AQ2200D was in and tuned.

All gains are set by my ear, the AQ 2200D is set ~3/4, and the 4 channel Crunch (115x4 rms) gains are set 1/2 front and 1/4 rear. The center channel is run mono off the head unit, and all processing is done via the head unit, Eclipse CD7000.

I rewired everything and added a second Kinetik HC600 in the back, the HC1400 is still under the hood. I am seeing 14.1v at my rear batteries for normal listening and 13.4 at full volume, 13.6v and 13.0v at the OBD plug up front. I still plan to run the charger/conditioner, but will probably run it more often now.

I added the mesh insert to the sides of the console, but they may get glassed over then covered in suede, not sure yet.

I also made some covers for the ports...gotta keep it true to the mini-MEade theme!

I had bought these steel handles to use on a battery mount, but did not use them there, so I mounted one on each side of my wall by the rear windows.

And just cause I know how demanding you guys are................VIDS!!!!!!!!!

Voltage drop....13.4 at the rear batteries....volume at 60 of 80 on the head unit, RPMs at 1500 until the alternator % rises, that was letting off and back to idle:

Moments in bass ~50hz...not sure why the camera mic goes quiet as it gets closer to the tunnel, but this is one of the loudest songs in the car:

Roof flex!!

SQL, this is some old school Depeche Mode....I am a BIG eighties/nineties fan, and this is what the car is tuned for:

Thats all for now, hope you guys like it! I am thrilled that it sounds so smooth for a 2200 watt amp!! I expected it to be very harsh. Its really tame at normal listening, but you can hear the added authority over the 2 Crunch amps. At full tilt, it's a HUGE difference, the enclosure is very strong with no resonance, and the body of the car is ok with all the edead in it!

I do have a pretty big amount of sound and pressure making it back past the wall into the rear of the car, not sure what the easy way of correcting that would be.

I do have a vid of Jeezy's Hypnotize but it went 101 mb and is too big for photobucket, if you guys want better vids of the excursion , post up and I'll take some.

[kentb]

i love this build, SQL FTW!

im curious, how much air does it move?