RedFred Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Something that might help your score is re-bassing that song. You can see that at one frequency (second highest pitch) the score gains immensely compared to the other ones, so by replicating that you should be able to acheive your goal. Yeah I've considered that. All in all, if I had any idea I was going to be metering, I could've picked a better song lol. I knew there would be a meter at the "competition", but thought it would be only for competitors. When the guy opened it up to anyone with a vehicle using it, I knew I had to hop on there and see what happened sometimes less is more, i really bet the height of that enclosure being so clos to the roof was hurting your score. score isnt the end all of this though. if you learned anything while building it, and you like how it sounded, thats all that matters. It's definitely a possibility. But I learned a ton about box building, so for me the experience alone was worth it. Plus it's pretty sweet to retain those back seats. This weekend I'll have the 4th order wall in (not sealed) and see how that is. Haven't decided if I want to keep it in permanently during the school year, because I'm always transporting people, and that would limit me to 1 passenger. I've also been tossing ideas around for building a C Pillar wall and sealing that off. Should move a bit more air and do better numbers than my current setup. So many thoughts, so little time and money haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedbear220 Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Something that might help your score is re-bassing that song. You can see that at one frequency (second highest pitch) the score gains immensely compared to the other ones, so by replicating that you should be able to acheive your goal. Yeah I've considered that. All in all, if I had any idea I was going to be metering, I could've picked a better song lol. I knew there would be a meter at the "competition", but thought it would be only for competitors. When the guy opened it up to anyone with a vehicle using it, I knew I had to hop on there and see what happened sometimes less is more, i really bet the height of that enclosure being so clos to the roof was hurting your score. score isnt the end all of this though. if you learned anything while building it, and you like how it sounded, thats all that matters. It's definitely a possibility. But I learned a ton about box building, so for me the experience alone was worth it. Plus it's pretty sweet to retain those back seats. This weekend I'll have the 4th order wall in (not sealed) and see how that is. Haven't decided if I want to keep it in permanently during the school year, because I'm always transporting people, and that would limit me to 1 passenger. I've also been tossing ideas around for building a C Pillar wall and sealing that off. Should move a bit more air and do better numbers than my current setup. So many thoughts, so little time and money haha i dont care to transport people around, waste of my gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFred Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Fall break just started, and my JS Ultimates alt arrived right on time. Just under 2 weeks from order time till it arrived. My first time installing a new Alt, and it went pretty well. Only took about 30 minutes. The customer rep told me to get a 1" shorter belt, so I did, but it was too small. Turns out the OEM serpentine belt was the perfect size. Stock 105A alt on the left, 270A JS Ultimates on the right. All installed. You can see my crappy 4 GA power run as well That's the next thing I'll be replacing. Big 3 in 2/0 welding, then running it throughout the whole car. Voltage is already much much better with the new alt. Old one idled at 14.4V - 14.6V. New one idles at 14.8V - 15.0V Old one would drop into 10V's under load. Lowest I've seen so far is 12.4V on the new one. Quick video: Just realized I filmed it holding the camera the wrong way. Whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkarredSierra Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 If your worried about messing up interior by selling off y not just get another set from a scrapyard. Should only be a few hundred bucks for most of the interior panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarAudioFab Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Thats a big box! Nice job -Mark Host of "CarAudioFabrication" - YouTube Car Audio Tutorial Channel Check out my forum section here on SMD for my builds and tutorial videos! Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/CarAudioFabrication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFred Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 If your worried about messing up interior by selling off y not just get another set from a scrapyard. Should only be a few hundred bucks for most of the interior panels. I'll see how it sounds and moves air unsealed, and then decide if it's worth it for me to seal it. I have no intent to ever compete, so it's likely it'll be good enough for me unsealed. Thats a big box! Nice job Thanks I'm real happy with how it's all gone for a first build ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spent a couple more hours working, and got the entire 2/0 power run in and pulled out the old power. Funny thing. I always thought it was 2 gauge OFC, and it turns out it was 4 gauge CCA. So this upgrade should make an even bigger difference than I thought Here's a little intermediary pic: Kept the first power wire in there so I could use it to guide the 2/0. Routing it in through the firewall only took about 3 minutes doing it that way. Then I spent a couple hours swapping amp locations, etc. It's now pretty dark and I started to make mistakes, so I'm calling it a night. Hoping to finish all the wiring, test voltage again, and then go ahead and put the new wall in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Did i read your measurements right and the bottom of your port is 2.5" away from the bottom of the box? F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFred Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Did i read your measurements right and the bottom of your port is 2.5" away from the bottom of the box? That's correct. Would you have done more room? I feel like having such little space between the bottom and port would be choking it, but I kind of haphazardly came up with the design as a first box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSkippyJ Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 So no I didn't read them right! lol however I think you are changing something about the port tuning if the opening in to the box isn't the same size as the port itself. Overall build looks really good though! F150: Stock 2019 Harley Road Glide: Amp: TM400Xad - 4 channel 400 watt Processor: DSR1 Fairing (Front) 6.5s -MMats PA601cx Lid (Rear) 6x9s - TMS69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFred Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 So no I didn't read them right! lol however I think you are changing something about the port tuning if the opening in to the box isn't the same size as the port itself. Overall build looks really good though! No you were correct. I did my math wrong when I responded at first. it's 24" from top to bottom including 1.5" of baffle. And there's 20" depth of port from the first baffle. So yeah 2.5" total from the bottom of the box. What do you mean if the opening to the box isn't the same size? I think it is the same size, but I could be wrong and/or misunderstanding you. Thanks for the kind words I was extremely surprised at how good everything has turned out so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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