bladehines

Hey everyone i am Ryan. You will here alot from me while i am building my new setup! I have a 2000 Isuzu Hombre (same as an S10), std cab, 5speed, 2.2 I had twelve RE 8's in the truck before the teardown, and now i am upgrading: here is an old pic: and for anyone interested it did 148 on the TL mic with a modified MTX 1501D amp. My new setup will look something like this: with 10 ascendant 8's ported with 6 aero ports tuned to around 45hz or so for comps, and if i plug up 3 ports it will tune the box to around 32hz for daily driven and i will be putting in four 5 1/4's or 6" mids in each door, along with 4 tweets in each door. i have yet to decide on brands for those any comments or suggestions on mids/tweets are WELCOME!!!!!! oh and here is a pic of my truck:

well guys i am going to have to wait on getting my subs. i got laid off at work. i got some promising job openings.... so let's hope.

well got my powder coated tool box today, and got 25ft of red tsunami 0 gauge and 25ft of silver 0 gauge yesterday so i got some more stuff to work with now! also got my baltic birch and mdf in.... will be ordering my subs soon!!!!!!!!!

doing good..... going to nursing school, staying busy. can't wait till slammin and Jammin again.... you gonna be there? i will be representin Fi, Ascendant, Power Master, Second Skin, and Incrminator Audio BIG TIME this year! truck should look nuts! gonna get a BIG tax return and try and get it painted! EDIT::::::::::::::::::::::: also i should get my new license plate in soon! ASASN8

well did some measuring and stuff..... and i changed the box size. going to try and keep it simple. 55 long, 10 wide top, 12 wide bottom that way all the weird angles are out of the equation. but i am getting my tool box for the bed monday afternoon. and i will do some measuring and stuff on how to mount everything. other then that when i get paid next thursday i will probably order my subs. been working on my mids lately they are rediculous! i hooked two of them together for a 4 ohm load(roughly) and bridged them on my little MTX342 amp. so they are getting roughly 160 watts a piece! and man are they loud! hits the lows real well and the highs..... i can't wait to get the rest of my mids and tweets in there!

oh yea.... half a cube ported.... so Scott tells me.... i am going to get started on the box soon. i don't have the subs but the box is going to take a while to get right! I am using Baltic Birch instead of 3/4 mdf for the front top and sides... i will use 1/2 mdf on the bottom and back of the cab. i think i am going to use cardboard to get the front shaped right since it is going to be oddly shaped....

250 watts is rating...... i will be running closer to 350 a piece or more for comps, and will turn them down for daily.... as of right now right after the first of the year i should have them... will still be awhile before i get them in. door panels, tool box, amps, and wiring is all i STILL have to do!!!!! i am doing everything right this go round, and making it all nice and pretty too! lol

the four 8" mids in the doors ( 1600.2) and the four Seas Tweets in the doors ( 800.2)

update pic of the tool box setup.....

more sketchup drawings alittle more detailed this time.... you guys outta like this:

well i am getting my tool box for the bed for chirstmas.... here is what i plan on setting it up like: and a thought of getting some plexi and darkening the edges, maybe putting some neons under it or something...

well i have a std cab Hombre ( same as s10) i would do 8's....... i like my 8's.... i had 12 RE 8's in the cab last time, this time i am going with 10 Ascendant 8's ported check it out! http://www.soundsolutionsaudio.com/forum/i...=11687&st=0

well sorry for no updates lately! i have been working 6 days a week 10 hours a day, so i don't really feel much like working on fiberglass and what not! lol but i will be getting my tool box for the bed soon and start running wire and i have to get a battery soon!!!! my Optima is crapping out on me! who can blame it thought it is 7 yrs old.....

alot of money saving is being done to get them around christmas! i hope!!!!! they are 99 bucks a piece so that is right at 1,000 bucks...... sooooo. i need to do some more saving!

well i got all my mids, and tweets at the house... couldn't wait ot hear the mids so i hooked one up to my old boom box, it was probably getting 15-20 watts MAX, and let me tell you they sound AWESOME!!!!.... so crisp and clear! i can't wait to get these in the truck with around 100 watts a piece!!!!!! well anyway here is some pics of the mids, and tweets!

Well got my mids in and DAMN they are BIG!!!! 8lbs a piece! i guess i will have to mount them to the door instead of the door panel! besides that i hit a little snag and i will now have to run two 2 channel amps instead of one 4 channel amp. which will cost alittle more but oh well the mids are 8ohm instead of 4ohm like i thought they where..... so instead of 2 ohms at the amp for 200 watts total... i would get only 100 watts total, so 50 watts per speaker.... that sucks... so with two 2 channel amps i would get 200 watts at 4 ohms, so 100 watts a piece... which i think will be better! i will try and get pics up of them monday!

got my tweets in! damn they are big! and heavy too! i can't wait to hook them up!!!!!!!

Well i should get my tweets today and i ordered my mids yesterday! http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_i...products_id=633 http://www.dpcauto.com/products/711 i will start cutting on the door panels as soon as i get the mids in!

yea 6 is all i can have......

Well i think i am gonna change my idea on my License plate............ instead of ANIHL8........ i think i may put ASASN8 (assassinate) i am trying to stick with the 8 theme in the license plate...... what do you guys think?

The amp i am getting is the 1600.4 US amp, it's 4 channels so it should be good. Also the Crossover i have is the Coustic XM6 which is a very nice crossover. So far so good on getting eveything sloved. I am getting the Whip Audio 8" mids ( 4 total ) and 4 of the Seas Tweets i posted. Over all power to the mids will be 100 watts per mid, and about the same for the tweets so they should really hummmm when i get done. I am working on getting all of my money saved up for everything all at once. I hate buying everything seperate and having it lay around untill i can use it, but my new door panels should be in this next week, then i will order my mids and tweets to start on the fiberglass work on the panels. Been thinking of naming my truck something fitting for this project, so far here is what i have come up with. I think ASSASSIN is fitting. My license plate will say ANIHL8 ( annihilate ), my dash speaker grills will have the Ascendant logo cut out on them, and the dash defroster will say ASSASSIN like this across it: i will end up covering them with a sheer piece of fabric and putting red leds behind them, this will be only for show, and to thank you to the great products Ascendant and FI have created! I plan on putting all the company names that is helping me with this build on my truck too.......some where.... lol OH YEAH!!!!! i forgot to mention, i will be putting an in the bed tool box in my truck to store the 2 amps, crossover, and 2 3100 series Power Master batteries i am getting.... Since i don't have the room in the cab. The amps i will be using are US Amps, 1600.4 for my highs, AND an Incriminator Audio 40.1 on my subs. I already have a 260 amp Iraggi alt on the truck, and enough 0 gauge to wire everything. i just need the cash to get all the mids, tweets, and subs! lol EDIT:::::; i will also be getting custom door speaker grills made like cross hairs on a scope like this:

I am going to make some circle shaped pieces out of 3/4 mdf that will use the screw holes of the port to hold it down. i will probably put nuts in the wood so i can use a machined screw so i don't mess the wood up its self.... if i don't do that, after 2-3 times of taking the plugs off and on the screw would lose it's grip on the wood. i will probably fiberglass the tops of them with the Ascendant Audio Logo or something on them for looks too...

i don't have them anymore they were 4 ohm DVC, perfect shape and i sold them for 25 bucks a piece. they were about 2 years old. here is the products page on the Whip Audio mids i am looking at now... i wish i had some more info on them. http://www.dpcauto.com/products.php?productsId=711

well i can't use the mids i was looking at...... so i got to thinking????? Anyone know where i can get Whip Audio 8inch mids???? That is what Tommy Mckinnie is using in his truck and i liked the way they sounded..... I also got to looking at these tweets: http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_i...products_id=633

well i have decided to do 2 mids and 2 tweets per door. the mids i am looking at are these: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.c...tnumber=295-480 since they are 8ohm DVC i can get them to 2 ohms at the amp for max power. now as far as tweets go, i still don't have a clue but they need to be 4 ohm, 6 ohm, or 8 ohms a piece, i would perfer 4 or 6 though so i can get some decent power to them as well... anyone have any recommendations on Morel tweets, some where in the 20-30 dollar a piece range? never mind on the morel's they are all 8ohm....