bushroot Posted June 10, 2014 Author Report Posted June 10, 2014 Passenger door coming together: The back is wired for now. I'll clean it up later and build a carpet skirt for the DSP and terminals. I'm hoping to have it up and running this weekend. I need to glass the back side of my door panels and transition them into the curves under the arm rest. Then it's vinyl and a little sound deadening.
bcbrassard Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Mad skills! looks great with all the wire organization. Question though.... Is it a good idea to have the port blocked by the amps and the sub to be loading off the amps as well? Is this a SQ build? Nice amps!
bushroot Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Posted June 11, 2014 Mad skills! looks great with all the wire organization. Question though.... Is it a good idea to have the port blocked by the amps and the sub to be loading off the amps as well? Is this a SQ build? Nice amps! The port isn't blocked at all. The amps are actually tilted. The front legs are 1-1/2" tall and the rears are just shy of 4" I know it's hard to see in the photo. Also, the side and back are completely open. I'll go take another photo in a minute. Yes, it's my interpretation of a really effin' loud SQ build. I normally do house stuff, so I just applied that to the car. The A-pillars and door enclosures are sealed. The only reason the sub is ported is because it's the only way I seemed to be able to get flat response down to 20 without EQ'ing the hell out of it. I'm tuned at 28 Hz and I'll run the subsonic at 25 with a 48 db slope to keep it from unloading. I played it in the living room on 3-400 watts and on some low dubstep I witnessed how it acted below tuning frequency. I'd actually never unloaded a subwoofer before...
bushroot Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Posted June 11, 2014 That should give a little more of an idea. Worst case scenario, tuning frequency might drop ever so slightly, but that's not a huge concern. My concern was modifying the amp rack so everything fit under the factory cargo cover. Then I decided to tilt them and rotate the amps. I really think I should be fine though. In the even that I'm wrong, I didn't really like the wire routing at the back anyway...
bushroot Posted June 11, 2014 Author Report Posted June 11, 2014 Now I'm thinking about this. I shouldn't get corner loading, but if I do, I may need to EQ a bit...
bcbrassard Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Right on man! you know your shit better than i do, i was just wondering how it it would perform. Looks great. I had the same battery terminals until i switched last weekend to CNF battery blocks, 6 0 gauge holes. Just like Toolmakers. What amps are you running?
bushroot Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Posted June 12, 2014 Those terminals are probably 20 years old. It's what I had lying around. I'm feeding dual 2/0 to a set of copper bus bars I built. It might be overkill, but meh... The amps: Soundstream Reference 4.920, 2.640, (2) 1.1000. The 4.920 feeds the A-pillars, 150x4. The 2.640 is for the doors, 190x2. Each REF1.1000 feeds one voice coil of Bob's custom 15. The 15 is an old school RF HX2 4" motor, Soundqubed basket (and I think soft parts), and a custom wound 1800W voice coil. Speaking of doors, I finished up the structural part of the fiberglass this morning. I need to let the epoxy resin cure for a day, then I'll grind it down and start the cosmetic work before wrapping them with vinyl. That's the last thing to do other than putting the A-pillars back in and powering it up. I had hoped to finish by the weekend, but work and life get in the way of the important stuff.
bushroot Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Posted June 14, 2014 The door panels are slow going. Since I'm using a boat builder's epoxy resin, it takes a day or so to set up. Next, I'll have to grind the excess back down to get at the mounting flange and then I'll start the cosmetic work to blend the panel to the door. I thought I was done the other day, but I had some leaks. I really like the way the epoxy resin sets up, but I like the speed of polyester much better.
bushroot Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Posted June 16, 2014 I nearly threw one of the door panels across the driveway yesterday. Everything has fit so well up to this point. More grinding, more fiberglass.
truthsayer Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 I like what you have done to the Scion thus far. Keep up the good work. truthsayer
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