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It turns out my car has some alternator that that is like some weird option or somthing. Mike and i have been talking and the alt is going back and he is going to put it in the case for my car. This isnt Mikes fault it just one of those things you run into sometimes in car audio. He is paying return shipping and is gonna put the guts in the case for my car and make it right. He's a stand up guy and this is the 2nd alt ive bought from him. The other one is on a car and that alt has 80k miles on it and still works perfect. 10/10 would recommend to anyone especially if you a special fit or custom alt.

Actually maybe it's the shadow that makes the aluminum look like it's cut out to match the plastic. But still, the bolt pattern and bumps on the rear of the alternate aren't symmetric, so if it is clock-able, then it locks in place using friction somehow. if it's easy to take off the black plastic then it'd easier to see what exactly is going on. Sorry that's not much help lol

You're wanting the positive post terminal to be higher right? Looking at the photos you posted earlier of the alternator. it looks like the black plastic (and rear bits) and rear cast aluminum housing are somewhat keyed together. I'm not expert with Singer alternators, but I'd guess you aren't able to clock the post with keeping the rear housing in the same place too. Any chance Singer would respond asking them about it? Happy to see people post build logs. keep up the good work

This is one of the best explanation of this I've seen. Simple clear & on point. You just made this make total sense for me thank you!!

yea this thread runs pretty far back in time on the NightShade, by Derrick of course. Thank you for the reply. I wasnt so sure about what route I was going to take but if it can be side fired ill build the correct load bearing brace for it.

lol a little late is a bit of an understatement. this thread is over 17 years old. you should be just fine side firing that sub, for sure with the bracing

Im a little late to this thread but speaking of NightShade! I just bought my own Sundown Audio 10" Nightshade V6 and its about 65 lbs. I prefer my box to side fire. Seems to get more bass in my 03' 4runner that way, plus I use my box for a table. Its extremely convenient. My 4runner is converted to a camper so no back seats. just a 72" bed and a box. I plan to build a custom wood/metal brace for the motor slot (1/4") and high points of motor case (1 3/16 and 1 5/8 + the depth of the box from cutout, but only IF I CAN side fire it. It was very hard measuring this thing to custom brace it. Too bad someone didn't build level brace kits for NightShade and other subs. Id buy one or 2. Is this advisable? or should I not risk it? I have a heavy duty down4sound custom box so the wood at the sub cutout is 1 1/4 inch birch. I use heavy duty Allan T screws with 3 prong nuts to mount sub. give me your opinion and do people often side fire these heavy subs or do they always fire up? thanks in advance for any tips.

ive designed quite a few enclosures and done a few mid 140's but i know enough to know i dont know everything so figured i'd drop a thread and see if anyone has some ideas for enclosures. I would like to keep the height at or under 16, width under 26 and depth under 26. I would like sub back port back I would prefer slot port for cost reasons but i'm not opposed to round/aero ports car is 96 dodge stratus amp is skar SK2500 at .5 sub is Ascendant audio mayhem 12 rated at 2500 electrical will be a singer 330 amp alt with stock front battery and g34 agm in rear. TIA

hey ya'll. anyone re-clocked an alternator? i hear this an be done if you dont pull it apart more than an 1/8th inch and spin the back to where ya want. Im asking because of this situation. ive never tried it but i am mechanically inclined, like ive done engine swaps and stuff so i'd be willing to try if i had good directions and knew what not to do.

You'd go further with a larger single alternative rather than trying to fit dual alts in that. If you must have duals, then it's going to be some custom fab work. You'll need to find a spot that does race builds and is familiar with said custom fab, but you won't find one sitting in the shelf somewhere. Also... My dude.... Chillllllll. Not sure what Kyle said to rub ya the wrong way, but nothing was intended to be hurtful. He's just saying that dual alts out a fair bit of drag on the motor that you'll notice in some bad ways, and that duals aren't needed for this application. The dude has a fair bit of build experience, he's trying to save you the time and money of fiddling with stuff so you can put said time and money towards more fun things

@Kyblack76bruh did you not read the whole post? The 3,000 watt is not the only amp… Why do you even respond to people? I’ve seen you respond to other people’s post and you’re never helpful just always come out with snarky comments. You replied to someone saying nobody can hear the difference between subs wired at different ohms, like what are you on about? The same subs wired at different ohms makes a huge difference idk why you can’t hear it, maybe you should clean the potatoes out of your ears. I need something better because than just my sock alternator because the voltage drops significantly under deep bass. I already have a second alternator, why not use it. I don’t care if my car won’t like dual alternators it’s a 2002, cable throttle, I’ll just turn up the idle RPMs till it’s happy. It’s called experimenting which you clearly don’t like to do. Don’t even respond again unless you’re helpful…

our girls cuddling on the couch while the wife and i cuddle on our daybed.

the headunit i will be using a JVC kd-r9758ts.

for the time being im going to use this old enclosure i have laying around. I slapped it together in like 1 day or something so it is not pretty. It works well though. I took my flush trim bit to the rough edges and then used a roundover bit on all of them and the port exit. My local walmart has reduced its craft section to half an isle so i didnt have many options for the wrap. The largest bolt i could find was 44" wide so i had to kinda patch this together. Its not great but far better than when i started. Thank for lookin! I had my supervisor with me during this as well.

You wont "hear" a difference in load, especially on low end. You wouldnt even be using the U series if you really cared about legit quality sound. Stop over thinking and get bangin.