KU40

no, voltage doesn't change. For the most part

Only bad thing is that now I just hear all the interior rattles even better. I popped my driver's door panel off the other day to check for deadening and I think I induced another rattle or two out of it. I did it hastily so I may not have gotten one of the snaps in or something.

If the deck is all you have, they'll do as good as anything else.

Did you have any bumbs on any private places the next day? Heck no. It wasn't a random bumbing.

156 square inches from the front of the port to the back of the box on the inside, thats without the baffles ? Port area is the size of the opening to the port on the front baffle. By the looks of it you have 123 sq. inches.

Why don't you want to ground in the trunk? There shouldn't be a difference.

Where are you going to put the speakers? in little boxes under the seat? I agree about the factory system, I think it'll be all right. Head unit should only be pulling 1-2 amps most of the time. Might cut his range in half though.

I got some nice bumb action last night

Finally got rid of the front end rattle. Sway bar bushings where it meets the frame. Finally an end to the 1.5 year annoyance. And only 80 dollars.

Oh do explain. Ive never heard of either. Well you know MDF is Medium Density Fiberboard, right? Why would they call something medium if there weren't other products above and below it? Though I wouldn't think HDF would be lighter than birch, if the name is correct. High density should weigh more than medium density, right? LDF, maybe, but I've never seen that.

I'm looking for low weight, basically. Rigidity isn't a huge concern because my box will only be 1 cube and in an L-shape, so all the corners and small panel sizes should make it pretty stiff regardless. I may also add a second baffle on front to countersink the sub. Birch is getting up over 60 dollars a sheet, though (5' x 5'). MDF weighs twice as much and half the price. Is there anything else readily available at most lumber yards that would do the job for less?

That's very normal. 14.8 may be a bit high, but a higher voltage right at start is normal. This happens for two reasons. One, the engine is cold, and as we know, cold electronics run more efficient. And two, your battery just got drained a little from the starter when you started the engine, so the alternator kicks it up a notch to help recharge the battery. Then after you drive a ways the engine both gets warmer and the battery gets recharged, so the voltage goes down.

half day of work today!

as John pointed out, both.

ah you lose for using the correct word!

anything smaller than 12 gauge I use my wire strippers. Anything bigger I use my knife. Just need something with a sharp edge, you know.

All good and valid points. I think I remembered figuring up that I would save 15 lbs by going with baltic birch, so you're probably right about that 1/2 sheet mlstrass. Which isn't very significant, sure. Fiberglass has been recommended to me before as well, and I'm still thinking about it. I've never done it before. I'm doing this box in my hometown, 3 hours away from me, so it will have to be a fairly quick weekend project. I'm not sure fiberglass lends itself to the "quick" crowd. But would be interesting to try. I slapped some resin on the inside of the box I have now to help seal and harden and all that. Seems to work pretty well, but how would you tell without building another box without it, you know.

Glad you picked something, but I'm not sure why going from BTLs to BLs changed your mindset so much. It's still two 15s and you're just going from the #1 to the #2 sub in their lineup for SPL. Could have powered both with the same amp, had the same box, everything.

it's all about matching the gain setting to what's coming in from the head unit. You can set the gain wherever you want as long as the input signal is the same. But in order to have as much play with the head unit volume as possible, yes turn it all the way down to 6 volts.

everything seems to be ok. Try unhooking everything and just hooking one speaker straight to one of the channels. Make it a 4 ohm speaker. It could be one of the mids out of the set, another you have lying around, anything. See if it still shuts off. Try the speaker on both channels. If it does not shut off, the problem is with something in the component set. If it does, something is wrong with the amp or inputs.

His bashing and biased is so prevalent, I have no idea how he can be respected as a journalist. If obama gets elected, what in the world is he going to bitch about? His show will have lost its purpose, same thing can be applied to the woman from Air America that MSNBC thinks is worthy of her own show. His politics aside, you have to concede that all Sportscenter anchors are merely pale copies of what Olbermann did for that show. Personally, I think he makes a much better sports broadcaster than a political one. that is true. But you have to admit some of the sportscenter guys are pretty good on their own. Kenny Mayne is the number 1 example.

looks ok

If it was a year ago, it was probably lost in the data crash. ah, darn those things.

I'd be more worried about Mangino getting hungry and eating people rather than the hurricane getting you... haha. Well I wasn't so much worried about the hurricane getting me as the people in the southeast, but yes Mangino's hunger is a constant concern. Speaking of football coaches, I can't believe your school gave Price an extension. That guy is not a good coach, IMO. At least from the bits I saw and heard of him last year. I don't know if it's true or not, but a friend of a friend is on the team and supposedly the guy said Price basically gave up on the year after the loss to KU.

My search didn't find anything either, which is weird. It wasn't my thread though, I commented in somebody else's. But I couldn't go back beyond a couple months, and it was like a topic from a year ago. Anyways, it involved two transformers, one 300 ohm and one 75 ohm. One looks like this: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=search And the other has two pronged wires that hook into those screws and a female coax cable port.