Vactor's Subaru STI Build

[12v Electronics]

Member Vactor dropped off his car today for a bit of an upgrade to his stock system.

Here is a couple of pics of the car.





Equipment list to come shortly.

[strong*I*bumpin]

Sweet ride,I saw a sedan version yesterday man that thing look noice!

[Boostedrex]

I do love that car. The looks and power are great! And the sound of a boxer motor is a beautiful thing IMHO.

[Tonyguy]

Damn. I think I gotta make a trip for this. This is nice. Can't wait to see an equipment list.

[JayinMI]

One of my co-workers has a WRX wagon. It sounds like a motorboat.

Jay

[gio89]

Beautiful car!

[12v Electronics]

The car is very cool.

Sorry for the delay on the equipment list. I am not actually going to start working on the car until Monday, and I have a TON of equipment to choose from. The owner has been busy shopping and collecting for many years.

The front stage is most likely going to be Seas. I will confirm on Monday when I do some preliminary fitting.

Please stand-by.

[Echo42987]

I'm waiting...GOSH! Lets get this going already

[Tonyguy]

Originally Posted by Echo42987

I'm waiting...GOSH! Lets get this going already

I'm waiting for updates too

[12v Electronics]

Boy, you guys are an impatient bunch!!

Still working on choosing product and figuring where everything will fit with taking up the least amount of space.

Here is a pic to tie you over.

[Tonyguy]

looks interesting. Are those the Exile flat subs?
BTW I hope he's not a basshead. That X1R amp hates anything below a 4 ohm load and like to cut off to save itself. We went through about 6 amps back at Music before we figured out they're just not happy with a 2 or 1 Ohm load (even though they're rated for it).

[Echo42987]

boring, saw all of this already

[12v Electronics]

Originally Posted by Tonyguy

looks interesting. Are those the Exile flat subs?
BTW I hope he's not a basshead. That X1R amp hates anything below a 4 ohm load and like to cut off to save itself. We went through about 6 amps back at Music before we figured out they're just not happy with a 2 or 1 Ohm load (even though they're rated for it).

Thanks for the heads up. The subs are not flat.

Some of this equipment choice is still up in the air as we are deciding on placement etc. The owner is coming out in the next day or 2 to go over everything. If everything works as planned it should be very cool

[syd-monster]

Looking forward to this one too, thanks Tom!

[captainobvious]

Cool. I dig these cars, and am looking forward to seeing your install!

[vactor]

Originally Posted by Tonyguy

looks interesting. Are those the Exile flat subs?
BTW I hope he's not a basshead. That X1R amp hates anything below a 4 ohm load and like to cut off to save itself. We went through about 6 amps back at Music before we figured out they're just not happy with a 2 or 1 Ohm load (even though they're rated for it).

good thing it will all be running at 4 or 8 ohms throughout
i love bass, but i planned ahead and (hopefully) have enough 4 and 8 ohm power to give a nice bass response without loading the amps too much. here's crossing my fingers

2x300 at 4 ohms to each tweeter and 2x300 at 4 ohm to each mid (both are 8 ohm drivers though, but what does nominal impedance really mean? LOL) and 1x600 to each sub (2 subs). total of 2400 watts at 4 ohms (or if we really go by DCr then 2x150 and 2x150 to the front stage and 2x600 to the subs for a total of 1800 watts.)

[Tonyguy]

Originally Posted by vactor

good thing it will all be running at 4 or 8 ohms throughout
and being a basshead has nothing (ok, little) to do with the load being put on the amps.

I'm just putting my 2 cents in with what i've seen in person. You'll love it anyways.

[12v Electronics]

Shouldn't be a headroom problem in this car. There will be a X4R bridged on each Seas mid and another bridged for the tweeters. Then a X1R for each Exile 10.

Work has started on the amp rack and sub enclosures. I will get some pics up soon.

[12v Electronics]

Some progress pics as promised:

Fabbing the sub enclosures.

[checkerz]

Very Nice. I think my next vehicle is going to be a subaru. This is inspiring.

[vactor]

it's a truly great car to drive. not as sharp as the evo x, but MUCH easier on you, absorbs bumps much better, nicer interior, etc. as an all year car, it's amazing. winter was a joke in chicago, even with the city not plowing streets anymore and truly EPIC potholes. it fits everything i could want into it as far as groceries and travel, and has a great motor and awd system to boot. i LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

[Tonyguy]

This is a truly badass car. Any Performance mods done to it or in the future?

[tr0y_audi0]

Sick look foward to what you goin for this one..

[12v Electronics]

I was hoping to get a bunch done today, but we had some crazy weather come through here that knocked out power, etc. and it is darn hard to fiberglass in the dark and without motivational music

I did see some fairly large hailstones though. I have pics 1.5" inches in diameter this morning. Unfortunately I left them on my camera.

[jonnyanalog]

That's nothing! Here in TX we get hail the size of baseballs. Seriously some of those storms can be downright scary.