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  6. Posted · Edited by Jasonc13

    Monster opening in the Avalance, Nice!  How's it hit?

     

     

    You may already have the power wire you need, but I just bought 75ft of 2/0 EB Flex for $157 shipped from Electron Beam.

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    I hear ya...no worries!  You can do WAY better with the prefab than the guy in that video.

     

     Using a kreg jig, you can screw from the inside of the box, getting perfect screw hold until the glue dries.  A lot of guys use this technique, like Frogcase in his it trunk build on page 25. That was an excellent box btw! 

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    Do you know anyone that can weld well?  It would be no different than mocking up a roll cage for an autocross car, on much smaller stage. Once the outer frame was intact, you could build the inner angled struts to be removable. I would be happy to help you mock up all the tube stock needed to make this work.  A good friend is an engineer with a badass Miller mig/tig welder.  I'll ask if this is something he would be interested in.

     

    If not, I too think you may need to build this sucker inside the trunk. 

     

    I think you have pretty good height IIRC.  Ball park, what dimensions do you have to work with?

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  13. Posted · Edited by Jasonc13

    Where are your clamps?  Even with a not so perfect cut, you could have clamped her tight, then screwed it while the glue dried.

     

    To seal that corner, I would first scrape all glue off and give it some 80 grit roughing up.  I would then glue & screw a solid 45 in that corner. Once dry, you could even throw one more layer of mdf over the 1st 45 if you wanted.  No way in hell the corner will leak then!

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    Not sure why the guy cares about painting metal he is about to cover with sound deadener, but to each their own.  That hot knife might not be a bad tool to add to the collection. 

     

     

     

    I will give another positive vote for Damp Pro.  It's great stuff!

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    I appreciate the offer, but the EB-Flex is so reasonable new, I prefer the piece of mind of buying new wire.

     

     

    This thing's gonna be wicked with 4 15s!!  Will you strap 2 3500s? 

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    I definitely like where you're going with this!  From what you have suggested, my vote is 2 Zcon 12s on the 5500.morepower1.gif   No way 1 15 on a 3500 would be as loud.

     

     

    Of course the only way you would get this big ole box in there is from inside the car.  I have seen a couple builds where frame work was cut supporting the rear deck and bolt in struts were fabricated to keep body rigidity.  I too am considering something of this nature to get more room for my 18s. 

     

    Will you post a pic with your seats down?  I think you have a good amount of height IIRC.

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    Wow, that is a big upgrade : from 12's to 18's !

    Great work.

    How do you like your Mechman alt now ?

     

    Tuned in for more pics.

    Thanks, I'm very excited to hear these!

     

    When driving at highway speeds with rpms 1700+, I can't drive the Xcons hard enough to drop below 14.2v, on any song/tone/bassboxing edit.  Now when sitting in a parking lot playing the same Bass tune at the exact same volume, my voltage will drop to mid 13s.  I even bump the revs up to 2500 to make sure I'm getting all possible output the alt has.  I cut a stick to fit between my power seat and gas pedal, allowing to finely adjust & hold the car's rpms while checking/adjust things.

     

    Anyone else experience this type of voltage change?        Additional power draws are not an issue, as I turn of lights, heater, etc. when testing parked.  All connections are 100% sound with big wire.  I also have a new tight serpentine belt.

     

    I haven't asked mechman directly yet, but I need see what they say.

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    I did some more measuring today, and I can go a little taller to 28.5" and still see with the rear view mirror.  Any issue running the port the full width on top?  I will definitely give it strong bracing!      Thoughts?

     

    Here's the revised Torres.

     

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  25. Posted · Edited by Jasonc13

    To keep things simple, what's the distance of the trunk opening?

     

    40" on the floor between the shock pillars

     

    I'd use that as the width of the port maybe?

    It looks like you're just using the seat space as the enclosure or does it tuck into the trunk too?

     

    Correct.  I wasn't planning on running it into the trunk. I plan to build a 2 battery rack where the Xcons currently sit, and get the rest of my trunk back. 

     

     

    I will also get exact dimensions of what will be taken from the box in the corners.  I won't know until I get the framing all squared away, and build some mock up pieces.

     

    Getting this thing into the car once complete should be fun!  :)  I already plan to take out passenger seat, and likely the center console.

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