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98' Ford Escort Zx2 - Beginning of a Rebuild


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It seems to be doing alright. Not all of us can have a show quality build it would be nice lol. I hope the rca thing is just the rca's having a bad spot in them and not the amp.

update time :D

it wasn't the RCA's. I took apart the amp and found a capacitor that would jiggle and lose connection occasionally :/ so I soldered that back on. AND I tightened the RCA females because one was a little loose. so problem solved lol.

Should I post videos?

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It turns out that the sub reaches it's mechanical limits when playing 45hz test tone for competition so I can't go until clipping stops on the HU :(

In recent updates I switched out the positive 4 ga with 1/0 that I got for $20 and rounded over the port exit to eliminate port noise so nothing really photo worthy

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Dude that sub flex in the first video is freaking sexy!!!!

Thanks man, It's been a long and hard climb to get a decenlty respectable system in the zx2 :)

I'm still working on that climb in the xterra....

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Dude that sub flex in the first video is freaking sexy!!!!

Thanks man, It's been a long and hard climb to get a decenlty respectable system in the zx2 :)

I'm still working on that climb in the xterra....

Aren't we all working for that spot :). Nice Crandis that thing flexes pretty good for one sub. Glad you were able to fix the problem easy. One question for you. In your escort with the seat up do you lose allot of the bass sound? I know I do in ours and even after removing some of the plastic backing in the seats it still does. Just annoying to me.
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Dude that sub flex in the first video is freaking sexy!!!!

Thanks man, It's been a long and hard climb to get a decenlty respectable system in the zx2 :)

I'm still working on that climb in the xterra....

hardest an most important is getting proper electrical. Idk where you are now but I would get extra batteries before alt if you are on a tight budget. Good luck though. I need to get my alt repaired :(
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Dude that sub flex in the first video is freaking sexy!!!!

Thanks man, It's been a long and hard climb to get a decenlty respectable system in the zx2 :)

I'm still working on that climb in the xterra....

Aren't we all working for that spot :). Nice Crandis that thing flexes pretty good for one sub. Glad you were able to fix the problem easy. One question for you. In your escort with the seat up do you lose allot of the bass sound? I know I do in ours and even after removing some of the plastic backing in the seats it still does. Just annoying to me.

thanks! I wanted to do more testing on thanksgiving break but I was only able to string the zx2 with all 1/0, round port exit, and fix amp, and run other tests. Found out that my box is actually tuned to ~30 Hz after hooking it up to DATS.

And to answer your question YES I drive with seat down all the time otherwise port fires directly into back of seat and through cracks back into the trunk. I need to check out your build and see what you're doing with your car now.

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