wrecker

waiting for some new amps and another battery
ordered some neo magnets for mounting some trim panels

wrecker

made the bottom trim.. .
working on the sides now

Collin Lacy

Man, seeing two giant subs there is freakin cool. I almost feel like they would bash into your seat when they hit too hard! XMAX TOO HIGH!

wrecker

finished the last 2 front panels..
I'm still waiting for mounting hardware..
the piece is just sitting in there.. it will bolt up flush n toight

wrecker

EQ time

wrecker

testing a new amp out..
the sound is a fair bit clearer.. but not as loud as the old amp..
im undecided
maybe i will try a pdx f6 .. see if its any louder

wrecker

Well after running this alpine pdx f4.. I'm thinking i might send it back..
Amp gets insane hot ! cant touch the dam thing.
It gets this hot running about half the volume..

Anyone else have problems with these amps getting that hot ?
For the amount i play my stereo im sure it will burn out in a year.
not happy

Collin Lacy

Are you running it at a 2 ohm load? I thought all the PDX amps were class D and super efficient... My amp used to get really hot but it was class A/B on the speaker side.

wrecker

ya its a class D 4 and 2 ohm stable..
i dunno im puzzled
running 2 sets of alpine components .. they are 4 ohm so it should be no problem at all
hope i dont have a bad amp..
calling alpine monday morning.

ranger92998

you didnt clearify if your using it for your subs or your mids/highs..Alpine are 2 ohm per channel stable, which is the same load as 4 ohm bridged (4 ohm bridged=2ohm per channel load). You cannot run 2 ohm bridged (2ohm bridged= 1 ohm per ch.) Also, I see your pheonix gold eq..is that also a line driver? keep in mind the gain is NOT a volume control, but used to equal the input sensitivity of the amp the the output voltage of the radio/eq. Some more details would be helpful.

CourtesyFlush

Holy **** man, that is insane.Very nicely done.

wrecker

ya im running the 2 15" dc subs off the alpine 4 channel amp at .05 ohms

Collin Lacy

Wait im confused, 2 posts ago you said you were just running the 2 sets of alpine components off of it (this would mean one woofer/tweeter combo per channel).
If you have the pdx f4 running bridged at a .5 ohm load then you've got bigger ***** than I do.

wrecker

i though it was funny

wrecker

its just a basic setup with the front stage .. 1 tweet and 6.5 on each channel is 4 ohm..
its not a wiring issue.. or clipping / distortion /
clearly the amp is poop

Collin Lacy

Haha, I didn't register the sarcasm at first, now that I go back and read it I see it in a whole new light lol.

Ya sounds like either the amp just runs hot (which seems wrong) or you got a poopoo one. Good luck getting it sorted out.

wrecker

new part today

quakerroatmeal

iTrader: (9)

No videos yet? Those door pods look insane with 2 sets of components mounted. How's it sound? I might make a switch from HDC3's to DC subs.

wrecker

ya no vids.. only have a i4 atm
The pods sound really dam good. I'm really happy with it.

today i did a Big 3 or 4 what ever u wanna call it ..
still using stalk alt.. ran 1x zero gauge off the alt to the battery.
And ya its fairly difficult getting to the alt.. Brutal design Nissan.

Collin Lacy

Man thats a lot of heavy gauge wire. Guess you need it though lol. How long did it take you to run the alt-battery cable? I keep wanting to do it but its hot outside in arizona and I don't want to have to work at it for hours.