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ur search for true Rockford Fanatics takes us clear around the globe to South Africa. Known for its exotic landscape situated between the Indian and Atlantic oceans, diamond mines as well as a culture rich in diversity, it’s also the home of Jan Steyn, owner of Auto Sound Engineering.
A cross between a car audio fanatic and an absolute petrol head, Jan has been a certified Rockford Fosgate fanatic since 1993. Located in Pretoria, South Africa, Jan has had one goal in mind since opening his store, to absolutely dominate the sound quality circuit. Jan has a unique love for Subaru and he’s created an absolutely amazing show car based on the WRX STI X. His aim was to create a vehicle that was truly unique and came up with the idea of using the trunk of the vehicle to house a 2nd motor, which would actually be the audio system. With painstaking detail, Jan crafted a replica of the famous Subaru “flat four” motor in the trunk. His creation is complete with a turbo charger, blow off valve, manifold and nitrous bottle. The installation features (2) T400-4 amplifiers, used as the heads of the motor, a Punch 150 25 To Life amplifier as the intercooler, 3Sixty.2 to serve as the car’s ECU and a 10 Farad Rockford Fosgate Capacitor as the power source. The car uses the T1652 components front and rear, and a T2 10” subwoofer that acts as the flywheel of the motor. Of course, nothing but Rockford Fosgate cables, interconnects and accessories are used to ensure maximum performance. “Performance for me is paramount in everything that I do. Rockford Fosgate’s products deliver maximum performance, unbelievable sound quality and look the part too,” smiles Steyn. At first glance, most think that the 2nd motor is the real deal, yeah it’s that convincing. Of course Jan is quick to point out that this motor moves at the “speed of sound!” To showcase other aspects of Auto Sound Engineering’s specialty products, Jan tricked out his Subaru including a one-off custom bodykit, 20” custom wheels and increased the power plant to 450HP.
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