2006 MazdaSpeed 6 Audio Test Lab

**Megalomaniac** · 10-11-2007, 09:29 AM

Wow! this thread is impressive! I always love seeing DIY work

What I find really impressive is that you took your door apart for the deadening. That never came across my mind to that

I ended cutting myself on various spots on my arm trying to jam deadener in a small opening.

But I notice you intended on competing, you asked about USACi & IASCA. NONE of your wires are loomed & secured(every 6")

wont you get immediately disqualified?

Also you have no A/C

I dont think I could handle that here in DFW, TX, but you probably need the heater(blowing at feet) more than anything in IL, wasnt it like 58 degrees yesterday?

**RedGTiVR6** · 10-11-2007, 10:10 AM

You're not immediately DQd, you just have a good deal of points taken off.

Wire doesn't have to be loomed from one end to the other, it has to be protected as it passes over or though any area where it might be cut or otherwise harmed.

Securing every 6" is in USACi and IASCA, not sure about MECA, which is what he competes in.

Also, he might not be doing an install competition. Might be competing in sound only, in which case, install isn't judged or considered at all.

**durwood** · 10-11-2007, 11:09 AM

ya, I'm somewhat lazy when it comes to wiring. I lack the patience to go all out. my wiring in my 04 mazda was a bit cleaner and all wires were terminated properly and protected when passing through metal. No lose strands of wire sticking out of anythink. Heatshrink where it needed to be, etc etc. That was all that SLAP cared about. This car has become more experimental and it makes it hard to always keep it clean if ya know what I mean. For now, all my wiring is pretty much located behind the rear seats and EVERYTHING can be accessed for testing/checking if there are problems.

SLAP is gone from the midwest, so all I have left is MECA. MECA separates Install and Sound. You pay extra to get judged on install although for sound they just do safety checks on power wiring. My power wires under the hood are secured and loomed and pass through a grommet in the firewall. I prefer to just compete in sound anyway and my final install at least what you can see looks clean.

I have AC

If I were to completely remove my stock radio THEN I would have no AC.

For now the stock radio just sits in the dash and does nothing.

I recently got the last of my points needed to compete at MECA finals. Carputer with all software processing goes to MECA finals this year in Nashville Tennesse 11/17. This might be my last year competing though. I don't know what's instore for next year. I have more fun experimenting than anything and it makes it hard to keep a clean install if you constantly are under construction.

**Megalomaniac** · 10-11-2007, 11:26 AM

your mids arent in blowers?

**durwood** · 10-11-2007, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

your mids arent in blowers?

ah yes they are, so that's what you meant.

I still have three vents in the center right below my screen. Cools the car just fine.

**Megalomaniac** · 10-11-2007, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by durwood

ah yes they are, so that's what you meant.

I still have three vents in the center right below my screen. Cools the car just fine.

**durwood** · 10-11-2007, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

hehehe, sorry this worklog is filled with pictures from my old 04 mazda6 and my new mazda. That picture is from about 3.5 years ago. Not to mention all the revisions it's gone through. The midbasses aren't even the one shown here anymore. Here is a picture that is ALMOST current. I have even redone the screen mount and the H701 has been removed, but with the car at the dealer right now I can't snap any pictures of it. So here is what it looked like in the spring from one of my posts on the first page or second page.

**Megalomaniac** · 11-07-2007, 11:11 PM

I think you should do me a favor and go outside tomorrow morning and take some Updated pictures of everything. So I dont get confused anymore on whats going on here.

**aviator79** · 11-29-2007, 10:39 PM

What a better place to post my first post. Im going to be doing a HU-less install it looks like. I have a lot of research to do as im a newb to carpters and this forum is overwhelming me. I installed the "holy grail" (not sure if you been on mazda6club forum lately). I was going to use the stock HU but realize now that is silly. I was going to just do a 2 way passive but now am also thinking a 3 way active would be better if I only knew what I was doing. I just need to determine OD of the rainbow profi mids to see if they would fit in vents.

Anyways this post has been a great read. Subscribed.

**bartosz** · 12-03-2007, 03:19 AM

I went to northland future shop to get it all intalled and waited for fours hours after I came back and the subs were not working the guys told me that the amp is bad, but its all new stuff. I got from my brother.
they said they are going to try fixing it tomorrow. but what could they have done wrong please help me out. its urgent. the amp was level to max and the input from subs was minimal. did they burned someting. they also connected some cables to the stock bose sub. please help me out tonight.

sO I went to future shop second time and it still doesnt work I scheduled for tuesday they are goin to look at it. everything works but the sub just plays minimal.
what could the solution
where should they wire the amp and subs ?
my email beetlepl@hotmail.com