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anyone interested in the entire build and not have to wade through 23 pages of talk.....click here for all the pics, no interruptions http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/178103-project-dgaf-the-smdc-audio-91-tercel-4-15-lvl-5-walled-ubla-sawzall-a-big-hole-and-battery-rack-43014/ thanks!

this is just for fitment...i plan on bracing it down the middle a few times and also sheeting it with sheet metal to keep the elements away from the rack. It shouldn't hang very much lower then the well itself used to. I don't buy my shit built, i build it myself. Thanks very much. LOL OH YA I DGAF! Got home and had some stuff waiting for me from SkyHigh Audio! Some of the nicest ANL fuse blocks i have seen. All these fuses for 3 amps.

2 175a per block (for a 350a total value) .......and 3 of those pairs per each DC Audio 9.0k Also got some Skyhigh 4ga (red and black) OFC for the smaller amp (and future projects)....as well as some 12ga OFC speaker wire.

there is nothing "quick" about hooking up 8 batteries to 2 amplifiers that have 9 power inputs each let alone all the other things i would have to do. He said "since the fuses are there" hahah.....like its that simple.

Just use some tint. Itll hold it together

I believe he was talking about broken glass.

I made a technical post the other day on Facebook regarding some of the design philosophy of the NS v.3 -- figured I would share it over here. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=639014686154006&set=ms.639014606154014.639014626154012.639014656154009.639014686154006.bps.a.528967150492094&type=1&theater We built a set of NS v.3 12s with a smaller 8 3/8" spider pack, stock long 4-layer coil, and a Z v.3 style cone for a customer build requiring them to peak at 50+ Hz -- Fs came in at 47 hz so I am very pleased and they should be awesome. The customer asked about the raw BL figure so I did some explanation for him : Part 1 : "Little tech talk on the specs while I'm at it. As compared to a Z v.3 12" model (as they share the same cone configured this way) and also an NS v.2 12" model : Z v.3 12" : BL^2/RE = 131.8 / MMS (276g) = 0.477 SPL Factor Le = 1.12x RE for 50mm coil length (8-layer) NS v.3 12" SPL : BL^2/RE = 204 / MMS (296g) = 0.69 SPL Factor Le = 1.01x RE for 80mm coil length (4-layer) NS v.2 : BL^2/RE = 201 / MMS (346g) = 0.58 SPL Factor LE = 1.62x RE for 70mm coil length (8-layer) Given the variation in SPL factor assuming all else equal that leaves us with an advantage of 45% to NS v.3 compared to the Z v.3 which is close to 1.5dB gain for burps. Also factor in that the coil is 60% longer and the spider is also over an inch wider and you have the potential for even more output; likely 2.5+ dB in the end. Part of the design philosophy of the NS v.3 is the use of a VERY long coil for very large amounts of x-max -- but in order to keep LE and MMS down a 4-layer was used for the stock configuration. Thanks to the huge motor we can still get BL^2/RE on par with the NS v.2 but with much better MMS and LE figures." Part 2 : "Also... BL in and of itself has essentially no meaning without looking at the RE (DC resistance). So to properly analyze the spec you must consider BL^2/RE (The NS v.3 Dual-1 has a very low DCR so BL alone might look "low" compared to other higher DCR units) -- but this still isn't the entire picture so also look to their relationship to MMS to gather the "SPL Factor" And still yet... if all of that looks good and LE is too high you STILL won't have good SPL performance at higher frequencies as LE works as a 6dB low-pass crossover. With the NS v.3 we are able to get a good mix of ALL of these aspects at the same time." ---------- I am not sure alot of people have realized yet how awesome the NS v.3 Le spec is yet... it is simply on par with the RE with an 80mm long coil. That is lower than the 50mm long coil used on the Z v.3 10 and 12 models... and MUCH lower than the NS v.2 coil that was 70mm long. The cool thing about the NS v.3 is that we could use either of the other coils we compared to in this motor if we wanted to do so. I have sleeves that are perfect for the Z v.3 and NS v.2 coils -- so we aren't limited to JUST this configuration; but I chose it as stock due to it possessing such an excellent mix of Motor Force, Inductance, and Mass characteristics.

Step 1) All the way at the top of your screen towards the left, click on your username. Step 2) A menu will drop down. In that menu, click in "My Settings" Step 3) A new page will load. On that page, click "Signature" Step 4) Scroll down that page to the text box. Step 5) In the text box, you'll see a lightswitch image.. which changes the BB Code mode. Click it. Step 6) Now, save your settings. Worked for me, and a few friends.

Sometime a few months back during an update, the sigs got corrupted. If you look down, you might notice a bunch of code instead of your usual signature. Invision's only answer to that was "just redo your sig". so if you have this issue, feel free to go into your settings and fix it. I had to fix mine - thanks!

hahahah Gunnem that shit is funny bro ^^^

This site is called Steve Meade Designs? Shit I thought it meant suck my dick....jk On the other hand purple syrup and his little northstar butt buddies are straight up bitches and plain old ignorant... Please tell me why the hell you would listen to this dude for advice on car audio? Just look at him!! I am glad this idiot got banned, don't need any of this bs on here. Ungrateful bitch. Dude is a chronic bull shitter as well. Anyways looking good Steve, can't wait til it starts taking shape a little bit (: Fuck the haters dude they are just jealous.

ya, i guess that ungrateful asswipe purple syrup was trying to advertise on this forum and got shut down. People try all the time and get warned. It's not doing it, but it's what you do when you get caught that matters. He didn't like being shut down for attempting to advertise for free so now i am getting a slew of people coming at me about some shit i don't care about. Guys with little to no system, in a few cases not even a fucking car are coming in waving the flag for that "brand". Basically trolling hard. And when they get their feelings hurt, watch out! Nobody here even liked that guy but i let him stay. Nobody likes the guy but i put him up in the spotlight a few times. It's the thanks i get. Oh well. Dismissed and soon to be forgotten about. and i STILL don't care about whatever they were pushing. I know it's a good brand but i don't understand the trolls who have nothing going to war over it like it's that important. Who really gives a shit? LOL GOD DAMN. one more thing, there isn't a website or forum (that's worth a damn) in the world that will let you advertise on their site for free. Mine is no exception. Try if you like but deal with it like a man if you get caught. Act a bitch, get treated like one.

you get blocked for being an annoying troll....and if you been following from back in the day you should know better. I got low tolerance for trolls. You think your "cool" suggestion was a good one? honestly? there is 8 brand new 16v xs power batts in this car that i PAID for (not free). What about me switching to some brand that you saw one day on a forum is a good suggestion? If you are down from day one, just check out the pics and save your suggestions because i don't need it. Thanks anyway though, like i said 3 times and you STILL would not shut up..... annoying gets you blocked. i don't want to hear about it again or same will happen here. Drop it. thanks.

wow. that's awesome. and on two 18's. I know its not made to play music but I wonder how it would sound.

Meh.. Mikes like the d ... And i love Mike