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Member ID: tenntitanfan

Location: Ft. Smith, AR

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2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

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  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jul 09, 2009

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Chris’s Chrysler PT Cruiser

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This is my Summer install that I recently completed.  The idea was to creat an install that was budget friendly, sounded nice, and looked clean.  I have done two other installs in this car, but was never happy with them.  I can now say I have found what I wanted. 

Here is a audio flow chart of my install. 

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

I'm an avid Alpine collector, so I went to my closet and dug out an old-school Alpine CDA-7940 pre-amp head unit.  This is connected through AINet to an Alpine PXA-H701 processor.  It's only used for radio and to control my cd changer.  My tunes come from an Alpine CHA-S624 cd changer, which is connected to the PXA-H701 via a Phoenix Gold optical digital cable.

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

The front and rear speakers are Cadence CMW-6Kit components.  In the front, the mid's were installed with a custom mdf ring in the doors.  The tweeters were custom installed in the sail panels.  In the rear, the mid's and tweeters where installed in a custom built box, which opens and houses the PXA-H701 and Cadence passive crossovers.

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

Opening the hatch reveals my Polk Audio db212-2 ported subwoofer enclosure.  This is the first time I have gone with a pre-fabricated enclosure, and I am very impressed with it.  It's not a "one-note wonder" like others and produces very accurate bass. 

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

Folding the rear seats down inside the cab exposes the amp rack.  An Eclipse XA400 4-channel amplifier runs the front and rear Cadence speakers, and a Hifonics BXI2006D monoblock amp runs the Polk subs.  These two amps were from my previous install, and I decided to use them again because they are very efficient, and honestly, you can't beat them for the $. A Tsunamis 2-farad capacitor is also used.

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser

A RUX-C701 controller is ran from the PXA-H701 to the center console...sorry I don't have pictures of this.  After roughly measuring frequency responses using a SPL meter, I adjusted the graphic equalizer of the PXA to compensate for peaks and dips in frequency.  Here is the final graphed measurements.

tenntitanfan's 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser


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Bigin52  

Posted by: Bigin52

07/26/2009 05:35PM

Nice Audio System !

andersen_knight  

Posted by: andersen_knight

07/11/2009 10:56PM

impressive work on d audio installation

CHARGERFORCE  

Posted by: CHARGERFORCE

07/09/2009 03:44PM

nice stereo

StolenHeron  

Posted by: StolenHeron

07/09/2009 03:17PM

nice PT cruiser, 5 stars, come check out my 2004 Land Rover Discovery II SE7 sometime.

4runneron24s  

Posted by: 4runneron24s

07/09/2009 01:54PM

Clean ride check out my TL

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Member ID: tenntitanfan

Location: Ft. Smith, AR