[Built Nightshade v.3 15"]

that excursion though.....

[Just for our SMD Family!!!!]

Thanks man! Every dollar counts :cheers:

[PORT AREA for (2) DC Level 4 18's /or/ (2) DC XL 18's]

dbl post fail lol

[PORT AREA for (2) DC Level 4 18's /or/ (2) DC XL 18's]

So from what you're saying If I have the room it would be best to make a dual chamber box to maximize efficiency?

I didn't know that that still could be that much of a difference concerning the overall volume.

I can easily fit a ~14 cu.ft. box. It will be going into a 05 grand cherokee.

[PORT AREA for (2) DC Level 4 18's /or/ (2) DC XL 18's]

Shared chamber box or dual chamber?

for dual chamber I would go somewhere in the 5.5-6ft^3 volume per sub like CJ said.

for shared chamber I would go somewhere around 8.25-9ft^3 volume after displacements.

For slot port box I would do between 12-16in^2 of port area per cube

For flared round ports, somewhere between 10-12in^2 per cube.

is that 8.25-9 cubicfeet PER SUB OR TOTAL? I'd be surprised if there was that much of a difference if the subs each have their own chamber.

btw my plan is for a shared chamber. my current mock up consists of a 4" x 36" port that is against one edge of the box. I want to kerf the 36" side that isn't against the edge with roughly a 3" radius i believe. I'll check the design and put up some pics tomorrow.

[PORT AREA for (2) DC Level 4 18's /or/ (2) DC XL 18's]

Thanks CJ appreciate it.

[PORT AREA for (2) DC Level 4 18's /or/ (2) DC XL 18's]

Bump! Want to work on this now since i have access to a computer with autocad

Also how do you work in a kerfed port? More or less, how does it affect the length and tuning of the port?

Although I won't be able to make a huge radius kerf I do want to give it a whirl on the exposed end of the port.

[PORT AREA for (2) DC Level 4 18's /or/ (2) DC XL 18's]

Can anyone reccomend a ballpark port area for 2 DC LVL4 18s AND/OR 2 DC XL 18s? I'm not sure if the area would vary too much between the two.

I was planning on tuning to 35hz.

But this is also a brief question... Would 35hz be a well rounded tune for most varieties of music?

I listen to roughly 40% rap/hip hop, 40% dubstep,edm/ other various electronic stuff, and 20% rock.

Thanks for any help!

__Andrew

['99 Civic w/ LVL4 12"]

once im back from vaca im planning on using some thin plywood or thick cardboard with a roll or two of gorilla tape and try to seal the trunk off

['99 Civic w/ LVL4 12"]

I didn't use primer and am a lil annoyed i didn't. At certain angles with the light the texture does show pretty clearly. I'm not too concerned tho still turned out pretty good.

I'll shoot um some pics of the car tonight or tm.

Dropping the car off tm to get the whole drivers side fixed up while im on the beach in florida haha. finally putting the body work over the bass lol

['99 Civic w/ LVL4 12"]

internal bracing with a 1 1/2" dowel rod. Cuts werent perfect either, but i went heavy on the glue and used #12 2" screws to secure them

Baffle cut out and mounted

subs in and looking sexy

So its been roughly 4 months since then. ripped the box out the other day to give the baffle a face lift

popped out the level 4 12's

after applying some wood filler

some good sanding, more wood filler along with more sanding. touched up the port and gave the baffle 4 coats of a nice gloss black

added a decal i had laying around

flash really shows the gloss

['99 Civic w/ LVL4 12"]

super delay but finally got my laptop functional (had a full beer filter through the keyboard lol) so ill update this

started off by running the new power and ground wire and adding my new xp750

old 4ga vs new xskorpion 1/0 ofc

did some digging and couldnt have found a more perfect hole in the firewall hiding right behind/under my battery!

crimped and soldered

cable management. also lucked out seeing as this was able to fit (barely) under the trim that runs along the side of the car

rough and messy wire up but it was a lot of progress for the day so i was happy

now for the new box to accommodate the second 12 i aquired

started off on the double baffle

next on some of the angled port walls. didnt turn out as well as i wanted it to but it is still functional.

EDIT;; also forgot I ran out of birch so instead of wasting 20 bones on a 4x4 sheet i used some scrap mdf i had lying around. since it was only for the internal port wall and will never really be seen i wasnt too concerned.

got the box started and placing the port. also painted all the visual parts of the port blue for later

port and top piece secured

[ANyone know calculus?]

Just graph the function on your calculator (guessing you have a ti83 or 84) and hit 2nd, calc, minimum, then move the cursor left of the min &hit enter, right of the min &hit enter, then enter once more should give ya coordinates

Edit, yeaaaaaa that shit can get distracting real quick haha

[ANyone know calculus?]

Take first derivative and set equal to zero.. if u got the x value right u should just have to plug it into the equation and get a y value. But I'm drunk tired Nd failing calc 3 good luck bro hahaha

[We're screwed in the future! hahahaha]

I think it looks fake.. like at 3:46 during the explosion from the side..

i was thinking the gas can might have been blown out of frame, was wondering about that too...

hahah I honestly don't know what I'd do if a WHOLE bunch of these things started flying around in packs one day ahhaha

get the AA gun outta the attic

[Serious Help.]

hasent been online in like 3 years either sooo...... your newly found advice is going unseen. failsauce lol

[F**K you and all your Motherf**king friends!!]

just saw this on =3 and pretty much lost it lmao

[Whats the biggest box that can fit in a dodge charger?]

18's it is then!!

but from those measurements that BEEMDUB posted it sounds like the trunk is pretty big. get some cardboard and ducktape and see what the biggest box you can fit in is. Sounds like a third should be doable, forth might be pushing it..

[charging my xp950]

From what I am reading the core reason for using an agm charger is so the charging voltage does not exceed 14.4 volts, please correct me if I am wrong. So if I buy a cheap $20 2amp trickle charger from my local hardware store will it suffice as long as the charging voltage is acceptable?

['99 Civic w/ LVL4 12"]

Since I'm goin for soth i guess i should update this,

Purchased some nice Kenwood 6 1/2 components for the front doors!

Also purchased a Solid Audio F2500D.

Running it at 2 ohms so somewhere between 1-1.5k watts

Pics of the Solid audio amp tm

[Good quality 0 gauge?]

But, consider that KNU is oversized.

According to the AWG spec, KNU 1/0 has a .45 inch conductor diameter, which puts it at just below 4/0 wire

I will round down to 3/0 for this though

1/0 has 53.5sqmm of cross sectional area, and 3/0 has 85.0sqmm of area.

This gives the KNU KCA wire around 55% more area than 1/0.

~50% more surface area, ~50% less conductive. So KNU KCA should be just as conductive as OFC welding cable.

You decide if you want to deal with trying to fit 3/0 in 1/0 terminals. There should be no difference between the conductivity of KNU CCA and OFC welding cable.

So that's why it was such a pain in the ass to get it into the 1/0 connectors I had lol. I agree with the Knu CCA if your on a budget. I used it for my big three and have had no problems. Still noticed a solid 1~2/10ths of a volt higher. The rubber jacket does seem kind of thin in my opinion tho...

Just ordered 36' of xscorpion 0ga from darvex. Ill let you know how it is when it gets here tomorrow!

[Kicker DS65.2 -6 1/2" Component Speakers w/Tweeters]

ttt

[2 LVL4 12's Box design overview]

Just wondering if I could get any input on my box I will be building for 2 12" Level 4's (stock). Started on a basis of around 1.75 net cubes per sub and roughly 30 sqin of port per sub. Looking to tune around 35 hz. Subs will be getting ~2500watts.

Here is my rough sketch up of what I am playing around with so far. The Height and Width are pretty concrete which leaves me the depth to play with. My max depth is somewhere between 28 and 30"

Any suggestions on my volume or port area/volume??

Thanks!!

--Andrew

[Kicker DS65.2 -6 1/2" Component Speakers w/Tweeters]

Item: NEW set of Kicker 6 1/2" Component speaker system (Kicker DS65.2)

Got them brand new for Christmas but ended up not fitting my car. Never have seen power. ALL original wiring, connecters and manual included.

Price: $80 +shipping from 60136

Specs:

• 6-3/4" (oversized 6-1/2") 2-way Component System
  
• Power Handling:
  
  • Peak: 240 watts per set / 120 watts each side
    
  • RMS: 120 watts per set / 60 watts each side
    

  [*]Impedance: 4 ohms

  [*]3/4” Titanium Dome Tweeter

  [*]UV-treated ribbed surround

  [*]Neodymium tweeter magnet

  [*]Heavy duty voice coils

  [*]3-Level Tweeter attenuation circuit

  [*]4000Hz 12db crossover

  [*]Grilles included

  [*]Flush-mount/angle-surface mount/angle mount tweeter options

  [*]Titanium dome material

  [*]LP and HP crossovers: 12 dB/Octave @ 4 kHZ

  [*]Frequency response: 43 - 20 kHz

  [*]Sensitivity: 90 dB

  [*]Speaker Size 6-1/2" Design 2-way Component System Tweeter Design Dome Tweeter Composition Titanium Woofer Composition Polypropylene Woofer Surround Ribbed Poly-Foam Peak Power Handling 120 watts RMS Power Handling 60 watts Sensitivity 90 dB Frequency Response 43 - 20000 Hz Impedance (Per Voice Coil) 4 ohms Shallow Mount Installation Yes Top-Mount Depth 1-13/16" Bottom-Mount Depth N/A Cutout Dimensions 5-1/2" Speaker Grilles Yes

Pics~~~

Sorry for the poor quality, just have a shitty phone camera. If you are a serious buyer I can pm some more photos if needed.

Here's a notable feature that I liked, This set comes with 3 different types of mounting brackets for the tweeters. One of them is a three piece thing you can use to mount the tweeter at an angle (as shown in the pic on a piece of cardboard)

[XS Power/Audio Savings SMD Group Buy 2012!! ENDS 4-13-12]

I just checked again and only saw the XP2500 and the XP1000, went from the link on the homepage and also tried going to the powercells/batteries page. Same result man..

http://www.audiosavi...ower-Cells.aspx there you go it's on there on mine.

You see the XP950? They have all the D-series ones but the only XP-series ones I can see out of the 11 products are the XP2500 and the XP1000, seeing as only the XP line is eligible for the 15% discount. IDK if im not being clear or my web browser is fucking with me haha

edit- I just sent an email to audiosavings. If I am having troubles with the site they should be able to help me out with the order.