Project Flexington: 160.3db @ 37hz!! Parallel 6th order walk through, DC Neo Elite 18s, 4 DC 5.0ks, JY Lithium, 12 banks of XS Caps

[bsneon98]

build is looking better and better each day! I cant wait to see what else you come up with.

Oh and I love your little helper lol 

[the_garynator]

16 hours ago, ShadeTreeMechanic said:

Man I would love to do auto cross! Good stuff!

It's a ton of fun!

 

3 hours ago, bsneon98 said:

build is looking better and better each day! I cant wait to see what else you come up with.

Oh and I love your little helper lol 

Thanks man!  I love him too, although he can be a dick sometimes Hahaha!

[the_garynator]

Little update. Got 2 packs of DC Audio DC Mat delivered last week! 

Have been trying to decide on what to run for mid bass since I wasn't super happy with how the 10s sounded sealed (lacked the mid bass punch Iwas hoping for) and I will likely not have room for them with the new wall.  Ended up getting a nearly new skar 150.4 and 4 8" skar neo mids for a stupid good deal from a buddy so I figured I'd pick them up so I at least have something to toss in for slamology and while I figure out what I want to run

 

Also got some more work done on the truck yesterday, wiring is almost done, didn't grab a picture though.

 

More updates coming soon!

[the_garynator]

Couple of quick updates

Finally decided how I will be running buss bars and ordered some 6101 T61 aluminum!  I'll be running one bar down each side of the enclosure, they will wrap around the back and go across the whole back.  Positive down driver side, negative down passenger side.  

The alternators will have short runs of 4/0 ofc from positive to a 0.5" x 2" aluminum distribution bar. From that bar will be 8-10 runs of 2/0 cca which will run to the front of the driver side buss bar in back.  Negatives will be 4 runs of 2/0 cca from alternator frames to (2x) 0.5" x 2" buss bars that run across the top of the firewall (as well as some more grounds possibly). 8-10 runs of 2/0 cca will run from those bars to the passenger side buss bar in back

The cap banks will be behind the box near the top with 0.25" x 1.5" terminals  and will connect to the buss bars via multiple 2/0 cca runs.  The batteries will be connected with 1 short run of 2/0 cca per terminal to the main buss bars in back.  Mids and highs amps will be connected to the buss bars as well and will most likely be mounted to the top of the wall.  The warhorse will be mounted just behind the cap banks with with 1/0 ofc from the amp to either the buss bars (possibly the caps but haven't decided yet)

This will minimize the amount of wire I need to run. If my calculations are correct, I should have extremely low voltage drop at the back of the truck even running a full 640amps from the alternators. 

I also pre-registered for slamology and committed to a spot on my friend's semi trailer to haul this POS to Indianapolis for it!

Now I really need to make sure this thing is ready to rock and roll by early June! Lmao

Lastly, I forgot to post that I finalized my build options for my DC Neos a couple weeks ago!  Looks like I should be receiving them by the end of the month or the first week of June.  I'm super stoked for them to get here! I just really hope I made the right decision on coils...the 6th orders have ridiculous impedance rise and depending onot a couple of factors, it's possible that I'll only end up getting 1/2 the power outta the Warhorse. Unfortunately, if this ends up being the case, I won't have time to make any changes before Slam to remedy it.

 I really want to give a special shout out to Rusty for making sure I have my neos for Slamology!  DC's customer service is absolutely incredible.

 

 

[the_garynator]

Another update

Driver side deadener pretty much removed, passenger side about half removed!  Wiring is ready to go aside from about 8 wires I still have to connect.

Rusty sent me this today! My baskets are ready to rock!

[BP1Fanatic]

Omg!!!

[the_garynator]

Deadener removed!

[the_garynator]

Rusty over at DC Audio surprised me today...Turns out he's almost as excited as I am to see how my Neos look and happened to have one motor in the shop still. Feast your eyes on this subwoofer porn!

Definitely helping the motivation to keep workin' on the truck!

[jcarter1885]

Sexy

[the_garynator]

So I finally got around to opening and assembling my new drill press that I bought back in January lmfao. Figured I should get it going in preparation for a delivery that actually ended up arriving today (much earlier than expected actually), but we'll get to that in a bit.

Excuse the ghetto mounting, I'm doing this stuff in my garage instead of my shop so it's all temporary just to get by.

Probably doesn't seem like much, but I made a decision last night on how to get the power and grounds to the bed of the truck.  It sounds like an easy task, but in all honesty, it has been one of the biggest hurdles I've had in this build.  

16+ runs of 2/0 starts to get daunting when you realize how little room there is under the hood due to the v8 swap.  I really wanted to run the wire underneath the truck but there literally isn't room. I plan to remedy this by doing a body lift this winter when I pull the cab off and replace the firewall and floor with 1/8" steel laid over a square tubing frame. 

Either way, I REALLY didnt want to run the wire through the cabin since space is at a premium in there too, but, since none of my other ideas panned out, and time is getting short, I said fuck it and decided to run it through.  Still have a few more holes to drill on this side for grounds and have to do the driver side for power, but this should at least allow me to hook a battery up in back to do a test drive.

I realized that my shifter mount wasnt going to work out, so today I cut it out and started test fitting my center console and figuring out how I will mount it. No pictures yet, but should have some later tonight. 

While working on that, a 52lb package showed up...was actually extremely surprised since I immediately knew what it was and didn't expect it until sometime next week since I ordered it only 2 days ago!

52lbs of aluminum!

Biggest buss bars in car audio? Lol. One of these will run down each side of the enclosure and wrap around the back to the other side.

I'm slightly in awe of how ridiculously huge they are in person.  Going to be doing a lot of drilling (heh heh) in the near future!

On the subject of ridiculously fast shipping, I also had this delivered today...64gb usb drive from DJ Russticals which I also ordered on the 10th!

More updates to come! Let me know what you think!