Hey Guys,

The sales guy at Tweeter has sent me some pictures of the install as of Today (3/6/03). It has been 1 1/2 days with another 2 days to go possibly! Also, I will be going with the 0.5 capacitor. If you are wondering all the CABLES in the car are MONSTER CABLE M-Series: XLN PRO, 4-guage Power Cables, and 12-16 guage speaker cables! Enjoy:

http://homepage.mac.com/kamatas/PhotoAlbum21.html

Please tell me what you think!

 

Whats going in there????

 

I'm not really sure what to think... it's definately different!

 

>>Hey Guys,
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>>The sales guy at Tweeter has sent me some pictures of the install as of Today (3/6/03). It has been 1 1/2 days with another 2 days to go possibly! Also, I will be going with the 0.5 capacitor. If you are wondering all the CABLES in the car are MONSTER CABLE M-Series: XLN PRO, 4-guage Power Cables, and 12-16 guage speaker cables! Enjoy:
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>>http://homepage.mac.com/kamatas/PhotoAlbum21.html
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>>Please tell me what you think!
Looks good
How much power are you going to be running?
Are you sure you need a capacitor? A capacitor, at a minimum, will void the electrical part of your warrenty. At least that is my understanding anyway.

 

Looking good....now for some shots of the good stuff!

Oh, and a capacitor has as much effect on your warranty as does an amp or a different head unit. It's just an inline "battery" to ensure proper power delivery. Nothing special. And yes I'm sure he does need it. You should, on average, be using a 0.5f cap per 300watts of amp power. Otherwise peak hits may degrade.

R

 

Hey Guys,

You don't think the dealer is going to hassle me on warranty work. I hope not I made sure to not touch or cut anything that is factory i.e. oem adapters and wires. Everything going is is aftermarket with no alterations to the factory stuff. I hope they won't bother me with it. Till then thank you and hope to hear from you soon.

 

Is that link still good?
It didn't work for me.

 

his install looks really sweet!
this link worked for me


http://homepage.mac.com/kamatas/PhotoAlbum22.html

 

>>Looking good....now for some shots of the good stuff!
>>
>>Oh, and a capacitor has as much effect on your warranty as does an amp or a different head unit. It's just an inline "battery" to ensure proper power delivery. Nothing special. And yes I'm sure he does need it. You should, on average, be using a 0.5f cap per 300watts of amp power. Otherwise peak hits may degrade.
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>>R

I was told the car comes stock with head unit and amplifier. It does not come stock with the .5 ferad cap for every 300 watts. I just thought I would give the basis for my understanding. If you can clear this up for me I would be appreciative.

 

Capacitors are rarely used for anything but subs. Since subs crave and use such large amounts of power, especially if you want that ground shaking "BOOM!", a cap is often used on them. As no subs come in the MINI, not even with the HK system, there's really no need for it.

All the same, here's a simple explanation of what it's doing:

In a way, a capacitor is a little like a battery. Although they work in completely different ways, capacitors and batteries both store electrical energy. A battery has two terminals. Inside the battery, chemical reactions produce electrons on one terminal and absorb electrons at the other terminal. A capacitor is a much simpler device, and it cannot produce new electrons -- it only stores them.

One way to visualize the action of a capacitor is to imagine it as a water tower hooked to a pipe. A water tower "stores" water pressure -- when the water system pumps produce more water than a town needs, the excess is stored in the water tower. Then, at times of high demand, the excess water flows out of the tower to keep the pressure up. A capacitor stores electrons in the same way, and can then release them later.

The difference between a capacitor and a battery is that a capacitor can dump its entire charge in a tiny fraction of a second, where a battery would take minutes to completely discharge itself. That's why the electronic flash on a camera uses a capacitor -- the battery charges up the flash's capacitor over several seconds, and then the capacitor dumps the full charge into the flash tube almost instantly.

R

 

AK430,

Looks like a good clean install. I bet the sound is nice and loud. I am getting the final components for my install early next week. I can hardly wait.

Peace Out

 

did the sounds insulation help lower the cabin noise levels at all?

 

nice very, very nice... how much did the whole install and system cost?