2003 mustang mach 1, stereo advice?

I am getting ready to re-do my current system in my 2003 Mustang Mach 1.

The only current piece of equipment I am keeping is my Alpine head unit.

For amps I have two PPI Art series A404.2's and I plan to use an Audio Control 6xs X-over as neither the head unit or the amps have built in X-overs. For subs I have 2 Elemental Designs 11Kv.2 10" 2ohm DVC's. I am going to have to wire them up for 4 ohm loads and will use one A404.2 bridged to 2 ch. mode to power them which should give me about 200 watts a piece. Would love to run them to 2ohms but from everything I can find the old PPI's cant handle a 2ohm bridged load.

For highs I am still up in the air. I still plan to use some sort of rear fill, I am thinking maybe just a 5" woofer on each side with a bandpass filter, gain turned down lower than the front and angle the speakers to hit the back windshield so it acts more as fill than direct sound.

For the front I want to go with a component set and would love to find a set that produces a 2ohm load. I was thinking either something from CDT or MB Quart. Opinions are welcome at this point I want it to sound good but I also don't want to drop $500 + for a set of Rainbow's or Morel's either.

My car came with the Mach Audio system which places the front tweeter at the top corner of the door I am just wondering if I should keep the tweeter high in the door or place it lower closer to the woofer.

Any opinions, changes, or suggestions  would be appreciated

trublugt wrote:

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I am getting ready to re-do my current system in my 2003 Mustang Mach 1.

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trublugt wrote:

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Any opinions, changes, or suggestions  would be appreciated

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Dump it and get an import.

Naww just kiddin - (well, sort of)

trublugt wrote:

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For amps I have two PPI Art series A404.2's and I plan to use an Audio Control 6xs X-over as neither the head unit or the amps have built in X-overs. For subs I have 2 Elemental Designs 11Kv.2 10" 2ohm DVC's. I am going to have to wire them up for 4 ohm loads and will use one A404.2 bridged to 2 ch. mode to power them which should give me about 200 watts a piece. Would love to run them to 2ohms but from everything I can find the old PPI's cant handle a 2ohm bridged load.

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Sounds good to me.

trublugt wrote:

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For highs I am still up in the air. I still plan to use some sort of rear fill, I am thinking maybe just a 5" woofer on each side with a bandpass filter, gain turned down lower than the front and angle the speakers to hit the back windshield so it acts more as fill than direct sound.

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The bandpass part sounds good, this is actually how I run my rear fill - but don't bother angling or anything, rear fill isn't that complicated - just turn them down a bit.  With ur tweets up front, u will get exactly ZERO locational information from ur rears.

trublugt wrote:

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For the front I want to go with a component set and would love to find a set that produces a 2ohm load. I was thinking either something from CDT or MB Quart. Opinions are welcome at this point I want it to sound good but I also don't want to drop $500 + for a set of Rainbow's or Morel's either.

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I wouldn't worry so much about the 2-ohm requirement - but I think Image Dynamics has some stuff that might be up ur ally -

https://www.woofersetc.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=3943

but if I were to purchase any particular componet set on the market today?

https://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_components_pages.php?page_id=233

trublugt wrote:

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My car came with the Mach Audio system which places the front tweeter at the top corner of the door I am just wondering if I should keep the tweeter high in the door or place it lower closer to the woofer.

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Lower, closer to the woofer.  Point the tweeter at the opposite side window pane.  Right in the middle.  It'll sound fantastic, I promise.

trublugt wrote:

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Any opinions, changes, or suggestions  would be appreciated

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Dude - you sound like u know EXACTLY what ur doing.

Thanks for the input, as for the import.....I had a mid 11 second Civic but once Fast and Furious came out and people started slapping 3' tall wings on Corollas it was time to get out of that.

I have been looking into CDT components with their upstage add on system, from what I can read they are getting pretty good reviews. For now I think I am going to get the sub box and amp rack built, get the front stage set up and bridge the 404 going to the highs for the front. Once I see how that sounds I will decide if I even need any rear fill. I don't have a back seat so its not like anyone will be back there listening for it anyways.

trublugt wrote:

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I had a mid 11 second Civic but once Fast and Furious came out and people started slapping 3' tall wings on Corollas it was time to get out of that.

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LMAO! 

Yea those movies warped many young minds. . .

trublugt wrote:

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Once I see how that sounds I will decide if I even need any rear fill. I don't have a back seat so its not like anyone will be back there listening for it anyways.

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I found that when I added a bandpass rear-fill (100 - 4000hz @ 45 watts to a pair of CDT Classic-series midranges) to my front stage, the sound became *much* more enveloping - and it *really* helped blend the midbass into the sub nicely. This was probably one of the most meaningful improvements I've made to my system - So if you're the type that tends to appreciate rear-fill - I couldn't recommend this enough - nevermind that you already have the available channels and the xover - you just need a ~$75 pair of drivers. . .