skaraudio_fanatic

I'm in for updates..

I would say a groundpounder is all of the above suggestions plus a system that moves a decent amount of air, can do hairtricks on demand, and of course as stated above, has to be able to play music for long periods of time without stopping.

Nice! Good to see more pt's gettin loud. They're a pretty easy car to get loud for sure.

Still through Mike Singer. Retail probably in the $600 range. Thanks man I appreciate the input, awesome build! Can't wait to see whats next!

Sorry for thread jacking, but which alt company are you going for to upgrade to a 6 phase hairpin alt? How much did they quote you and does it bolt on directly or will you be modding some things under the hood to get it to fit? Pt's have like zero room for alts so I'm trying to find something bigger than 240 amps that would directly bolt on without changing brackets but doesn't look like that will happen.

Nice! Thats some good flex. How do the sp4's play? Do they pretty much play most frequencies well or are they more of a 'low and loud" kinda sub? Most subs I've had just dig low but drop off higher than 50 hertz. I'm thinking about a couple of these also. Sorry to jack the spotlight. Awesome vid should be nasty when you get those other two!

I was just looking at these speakers this morning, would love some info on them as well..... Maybe someone who has tried them can chime in.

Have you tried taking the ground wire going from the harness off the headunit and just grounding to bare metal? That helps a lot I heard. Also if you have a line driver and be careful when you use it and lower the gain on your amp to compensate that eliminates a lot of noise because it helped when I had my own noise problems. Hope this helps!

Absolutely positively badass man. That system looks violent as &$^%! But yeah man you're welcome I've showed all my friends who are doubtful of pt's getting loud your build and the videos of your ride plus twisted's vids and they all changed their minds in a hurry, lol. I remember on another forum I was told I should just give up because it's impossible to get them loud, but I knew if theres a will theres a way. a pt doing damn near 160 on a burp? and over 157's on music?? You can't beat that, lol. Hopefully when I get my build done I'll be slightly as loud as you haha.

Thanks for the input every little bit helps, I love this build because you're one of the pioneers with this car and upgrading stuff and just makes it easier because the rest of us pt owners have something to fall back on as a reference for the way to go when upgrading electrical. Thanks for the help man.

Where did you buy your external voltage regulator and was it hard to wire up? Do you have to buy the alternator set up to be externally regulated or does it matter? and do you have any dash lights that come on? Thanks!

I see a 160 very soon! Also have you ever thought about losing the ac to add a second alt or finding someone to make a dual alt bracket? I'm trying to find someone to do it but it's hard cause pt's have almost no room under the hood. Just wondering cause you're running a lot of power.

Awesome can't wait to see how they sound!

I had this exact same issue about a couple weeks ago and burned my alternator up because of it. sad part about it was I had no money for a Ho alt at the time so I had to put another stocker back on

Probably a guy I saw at a high school football game years ago when I had my first for real system. And he was bragging about his lights dimming and his stock volt gauge was reading around 11 volts or lower and his engine kept nearly shutting off from the bass.

I always say the Brutus line and the xxv line from Hifonics all do rated power but they are power hungry like a mofo. So basically you will end up paying more for couple extra batts rather than just going with more effiecient amps like sundown, skar, dc power, AQ, etc. I even heard soundstream and audiopipe amps are more efficient then Hifonics but maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in. I've ran Hifonics amps for a few years but am now about to purchase a sundown amp. Love the Hifonics amps for the money you can't beat it. My only complaint is they are current hogs.

The Singer alternator is now 100% working, and kicking ass. With both D9's in before I messed a sub up I was getting into the mid to low 11's under full tilt. That might change in a while when I get the new re-cone and can tweak things a little. The Singer mounted directly to the factory bracket in my 01 Non-Turbo, I preferred that over changing the whole bracket. Sweet thank you for the input, and good luck with the rest of your build! Maybe one day when I can drive to some shows I can meet you in person and hear this thing.

Man that looks so loud, excellent!

Man I LOVE this build! I also drive a pt and have admired this build for the past year now, ever since I first saw twisted's video of your wall I've been working towards walling mine and now I'm hopefully about to start with a buddy of mine soon in the next few weeks! Excellent numbers! This build has been my biggest inspiration for my own build hands down and I have learned many different things about SPL with Pt cruisers from you. -Btw what was your voltage like when the Singer alternator was working? Mechman offered to build me one that was 250 amps or 320 with a turbo pt bracket. Anyways sorry to thread jack awesome build man!

This is too funny haha, great vid.

Hello all, My name is Chase. I've been into audio for about three years now ever since I got my first car in the 11th grade. Ever since then I've been through about five different systems and have just recently finished my first "real" system. I look forward to learning new things on this forum and checking out some awesome builds!

Headunit: soundstream vir 8300-NR Front stage: re 6.5 coaxials Rear fill: re 5.7 coaxials Subs: 4 skar vvx 12's Sub amp: Hifonics Brutus 1700.1 @0.5 ohm Speaker amp: Hifonics zues 600.4 Batteries: 2 C&D 54 ah batts under the hood and 1 C&D 140 ah batt in the back Alternator: Stock for now (Mechman 320 amp coming soon) Box: 8.31 cubic feet net Tuned @ 32.5 hertz 1 0 guage and 1 4 Guage run to the back. Big three upgrade Coming soon: 6 skar vvx 12's in a wall on 3 AQ 2200's!

When the sides of your room and just about every piece of furniture in your room is filled with audio equipment to be installed in your ride. When you always turn down having your friends give you a ride so you can drive your own car cause it has bass. When all your free-time is spent viewing some video related to audio or checking out the audio forums be it on breaks at work, in class, or just at home.