New System in the Grand Marquis (Build Thread)

I'm going to return the amp as soon as Ben gets me a receipt lol.

I've got the 5x7's in the front doors and I think I might put 6.5's in some kick panels... I dislike those 5.25's.

I'll try to get some videos up of the sub today.

 

Okay. Me and my friend listened to tones at low volumes and decided which we thought was loudest, and we decided on 35Hz. I put the gain at 0, I put the sub bass at 0 on the headunit, I put the volume at 33/40 on the headunit, I put the 35Hz tone on repeat, I put the DMM probes into the speaker terminals, and I raised the gain until I hit just about 31.2-31.5 volts (31.6 volts is 1000 watts @ 1 ohm). Man that thing was blasting! That **** OWNED my dual CVR12's!

I played zoom by lil boosie and put the sub bass at +6 and I was hitting in the low 20's (volts) at the speaker terminals on the amp during the song's peak times. That and late night tip by three 6 mafia were hitting pretty damn hard. A paper that was in my trunk got sucked into the port when I was playing zoom and I had to use a shop vac to get the paper out of my box lol.

Oh yeah, and I accidentally played a 25Hz tone with the volume at 33/40 and I blew a 40A fuse in my power distribution block lol. The sub was all over the place... I won't be playing anything below 35Hz again.

I need to find some more songs with low beats though.

 

My CDT's, they get the highs, but they suck for any kind of midbass.

 

I can take some pics. It's not much to look at because I had to take my 4 channel amp out and the 5.25" components aren't hooked up. The videos will have to wait until I find a remote location... my neighbors were getting p!ssed.

 

No I had some MTX 5x7's in my rear deck already, so I just moved them to the front for now, until I find some 6.5's I want.

 

I need some more songs with low beats. Hood Nigga by Gorilla Zoe and Late Night Tip by Three 6 Mafia work pretty well, but I need some more.

 

Here are some pics. The SAX-100.4 is missing from the amp rack as you'll notice, and the crossovers obviously aren't hooked up. I've also left out the pics of the security features.


15" Fi Q with BP Power option in 4 cube @ 32Hz box^












Fiberglassed 45 degree turns^


8 gauge Rockford Fosgate sub wire^


CDT crossovers and 4 gauge Kicker amp wire^


Sundown Audio SAE-1000D and Dual Kinetik HC1800's^


1/0 gauge Knukoneptz battery wire^


New Craftsman DMM with DC clamp^

 

Oh yeah, and in June I'm selling my grand marquis to get a car for college. I'm looking for something with good gas mileage and lots of stereo capabilities. Right now I'm thinking about a black 2005 Volkswagen GTI (1.8L turbocharged 4 cylinder, 5 speed manual, 32mpg highway)...







Let me know if you guys have any other ideas.

 

Definitely louder and lower than the dual CVR12's. No problems with the batteries or alternator. The amp gets hot after blasting on the highway for an hour, but that's about it lol.