Current build, SRT-4

[helotaxi 46]

I finally got in the amp, midbasses and so on and got to work. The box has been under construction for the last week and is done, finally.

2 cf @ 30hz 25.5 in^2 of port. I didn't want a full height port because it would have been stupidly long. As such I built the port as a separate unit and then made a cutout in the front panel and a flared trim piece to finish it off. Here's the port.

Then I laid out the template for the cutout.

and made the cut on the router table.

I doubled the baffle around the sub and glued the port in place.

Here is the box minus the port flange ready for paint. The flange was going to be painted a different color. The baox itself is painted with hammered finish black.

Then I cut out a base plate to bolt in to the spare tire well to mount various things to. To that I mounted my Batcap 800.

Then I bolted in the dancefloor for the box to sit on; critical to get it to sit level and keep it all from sliding around. Two 3/8" bolts hold the thing in place.

The box in place. It's screwed to the guides on the front of the dnacefloor and is a really tight fit. I built a trim ring for the sub to balance the port flare and painted it to match.

The Son of Frank will be running the front stage and is mounted to a board spaced a bit off the back of the sub box.

I ran out of daylight at this point. Tomorrow I should be able to get the sub amp and processor mounted and the wiring finished. It should all be working tomorrow night leaving only the trim panels left to build in the trunk. I'll be running the tweets that are currently installed until I can build pods for the CDT ES-02s that I have. I will also be running the ES-06+s in the door pods that I currently have built. I'll build new lower door pods if I decide that I need more airspace for them.

[Acidburn 10]

looks sweet man

keep posting pics

[Bigpete123 1]

wow, very impressive. Looks great. Goodbye trunk space!

[helotaxi 46]

wow, very impressive. Looks great. Goodbye trunk space!

Its a tiny trunk and has been full of stereo gear for the last 3+ years. It's not like I'm really losing anything. I haven't had it in so long I just forget that it's even there.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Very nice wood working so far!!

[ramos 2]

very sexy my brother . No plexi bottom on the son of frank ?

[helotaxi 46]

very sexy my brother . No plexi bottom on the son of frank ?

The plexi bottom is on it (not the original, though) but I didn't have the depth available to mount it plexi out (which is a PITA to do also) and have enough space between the heatsink and mounting board to get airflow in there to cool it. It looks like there is a ton of room there but the Sundown and the processor still have to go in and have to clear the back seat.

[topgun 262]

Looks pretty darn good.

[ramos 2]

very sexy my brother . No plexi bottom on the son of frank ?

The plexi bottom is on it (not the original, though) but I didn't have the depth available to mount it plexi out (which is a PITA to do also) and have enough space between the heatsink and mounting board to get airflow in there to cool it. It looks like there is a ton of room there but the Sundown and the processor still have to go in and have to clear the back seat.

Cool, I agree. It was apain in the arse mounting Daves ms1000 plexi up .

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

very sexy my brother . No plexi bottom on the son of frank ?

The plexi bottom is on it (not the original, though) but I didn't have the depth available to mount it plexi out (which is a PITA to do also) and have enough space between the heatsink and mounting board to get airflow in there to cool it. It looks like there is a ton of room there but the Sundown and the processor still have to go in and have to clear the back seat.

Cool, I agree. It was apain in the arse mounting Daves ms1000 plexi up .

He told me it took 90 minutes to get it in.

[helotaxi 46]

He told me it took 90 minutes to get it in.

That sounds like too much info to me...

I'll have an update this weekend, been sick and it's been blowing a gale here all week.

[helotaxi 46]

Like I said above, I've been sick as a dog all week and when I've felt decent the wind has been something else (blowing garbage cans around the neighborhood and knocking over a few small trees). I got a bit done, nonetheless.

I got the mids swapped out. The old ones were the ES-600s from a 3 year old CDT Eurosport set. The new midbasses are the new ES-06+ woofers. MMMMMMMMMMM, beefy! New vs. old:

I swapped them out in the door pods that I built around Christmas time. The pods are probably going to prove too small but they'll do until I build larger ones that will probably run the length of the lower door. I'll stick the old grills on them once I make a spacer. The missing screws will hold the grills in place.

Finally the tweeter pods I built at the same time as the door pods. The tweets are the ES-100s from the same Eurosport set. They're being replaced by a set of the new ES-02 mid/tweet combo drivers. The pods for the new setup will look similar but will be built around a 2" pipe cap that will function as a rear chamber for the mid.

I should have the amp rack in tomorrow, just waiting for paint to dry. I'll get the trim panel built at the same time and get it all wired up. That's the goal for the restof the weekend.

[helotaxi 46]

So I go back outside after posting this and one of the punk kids in my neighborhood has hit my car with his bike. Scratch down to bare metal starting at the rear quarter panel and going all the way to the front of the front door. Nice dent in the rear door in the middle of the scratch. Called the police and they, of course, won't send a car out. I have to go in on Monday and file a report. I guess I'll find out then what recourse I have. Needless to say I'm pretty phucking pissed. There was one scratch on that car up to this point from some inconsiderate prick hitting me with a door. Now I guess I'll at least get that fixed too when they repaint the entire passenger's side of the car.

[Bigpete123 1]

That sucks man, sorry to hear about that.

[///M5 2,833]

How the eff do you hit a car on a bike. Sorry for the trouble.

Beautiful work on the box, I love the baffle, port, bracing, and flare. A+

[helotaxi 46]

How the eff do you hit a car on a bike.

Apparently one of the other kids pushed him. Knowing what I do of the other kid, it wouldn't suprise me one bit. He's the kind of kid that in the last year has had the cops called on him for spray painting grafitti in the neighborhood on the fences and sidewalks (dumb enough to write his name in every case so it was not a mystery who was responsible) and for throwing rocks at passing cars *IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD*!!! One of the kids hit my buddy's truck with their bike, too, two weeks after he brought it home from the body shop (he pulled out in front of a guy 2 days after he bought it). Took a pretty good section of paint off the fender in his case. I'm concerned about what I will do if they so much as breathe on my wife's new car. I'm pretty sure it will involve a baseball bat or a .45. I'd let the dog have them but he'd just lick them.

[///M5 2,833]

Tape razor blades to your dogs tongue and let him go at 'em.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

Wow sorry to hear about the damage, but your work is top notch.

[Godsmack 361]

How old are these chit heads?

I'd say set up something to mess with their psyche or shock the crap out of them.

J

[helotaxi 46]

All in the "10 and under category." They don't know enough to recognize the sound of me racking the slide on the shotgun.

[Godsmack 361]

Id say talk to the dip chit's father's.......Or press charges against the parents.......make them keep the kids away from you.

J

[helotaxi 46]

Id say talk to the dip chit's father

You say that like he has one around...

[helotaxi 46]

So I get it all in and wired this morning. Yeah! Or not. SOFAS it would appear is no worky. Bad outputs on the 2125 section. Not sure about the 275 section, but I think it's OK. Now I have to tear it all back out to get SOFAS out and replace the 2125 section with one from a Tenth Anniversary edition that I have here. Not happy at all right now.

[2kchevy 3]

Wow, your work if very inspirational and creative to say the least. Very impressed but I wouldn't expect anything less from a person such as yourself. Sorry for the little brats running a'muck!

[///M5 2,833]

Oh man, sorry for the frustrations.