Thread: 2006 MazdaSpeed 6 Audio Test Lab

Ya I know it looks that way and I purposely cut it shorter. I should have mentioned that. When I get my side cover piece finished it will hide the right side opening. Plus the right side is where all my signal cables run going to the amps. When the side cover piece is on, my plan is to use speaker grill press in clips or strong magnets to attach the amplifier cover piece. Then I can quickly access fuses and wires rather quickly instead of having to remove both covers. For competitions, I need to be able to access fuses within 30 seconds as stated in the rules. at least for SLAP that is how it was.

30 seconds for USACi and IASCA too!

Ok good. I was hoping it wasn't less. I should take a look through their rules again but IASCA is insanely long.

BTW: How was USACI finals?

USACi went really well.

First in our class, 5th in a class more advanced, and runner up for best of show.

Very happy overall!

now to prepare for next year, going to be quite the jump up for us.

My current project is my keyspan remote control. It has replaced my XKEYS keypad. I use the keyspan because it it programable for almost any software program/keystrokes. I wanted to mount it somewhere that is easily accessible and does not take up a lot of space.

I didn't want to mess with my current cupholder because the finish makes the piece rather expensive. So I purchased an extra cupholder with trim piece from a Mazda6club member from an 04 mazda6. The finish does not match but I don't care about that at the moment. I will have to match it later anyway.

I dismantled the receiver so I had just the bare circuit board with no housing. That made it roughly as tall as the remote itself.

Next I wired the 5V from the USB directly to the remotes battery terminals. The remote will be fixed in place and I don't want to have to change the batteries all the time. Although the remote takes 2x3V lithiums, 5V from the USB was plenty of voltage to power it.

For the cup holder, I removed the plastic cover to cupholder to reduce thickness. When it opens you will see why. There was only two screws and a few clips holding it on.

Next I hot-glued the remote and receiver in place. When I tried to open the cupholder it hit the side of the trim. I knew this would happen. Next, I used a scoring razor blade to shave off the needed space on the trim panel. When I was finished you could see it opens.


I still have to do some fiberglass work to make it look factory. I will post that whole process up later. For now here are my pics.

woh, old school ads & old school soundstream... I like

those ads were sweet little amps.... I had a few installs with them back in the day, as well as those soundstreams.... nice...

Thanks. The looks and comments I get at comps are funny...cool carputer...whoa olskool amps. Whats the deal? New meets old...thats the deal.

The A/D/s is going on 17 years old now I think and I am the second owner..no mods or repairs. Nothing but a rock solid amp. No built in crossovers, no fancy lights, no chrome, just high quality amp.

The soundstream I repaired a while back. Typical power supply diode failure. Someone was probably pushing it a little too hard or didn't have solid power going to it...but then again a 50x2 amp with 24 output transistors is awesome.

damn this turned out to look really good.........

Is the screen motorized?. How did you mount it?