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    I have installed the fountek's. They sound good on some songs and very harsh on others. I haven't made any adjustments other than basic gain adjustments.

    I also heard back from Jacob with sundown. He's offered to trade in my v1 and v1.5 motors for v2 subs, at a great price.

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    Thanks for the post John. If I was driving a crown vic, I'd just have them do a p71 flash. They raised the idle on the cop cars to help idle output. But I'm not, and rarely rev it. So a few more rpm on the alt shouldn't hurt. I'll hit the parts store tomorrow.

    After finishing my wiring today, I hit the hardware store for some ABS or PVC to make temp speaker pods. I ended up with a 3"-2" reducer, 2" end cap, 1.5" of 2" pipe, and some kind of bushing to neck down the opening of the 3".

    Here's the finished product. 1/3 of a liter stuffed with polyfill. That was as big as I could go and still fit them on axis on the dash.

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    I've been talking to Jacob at sundown about the recones for the 3 sa8's. He said he's low on v1 soft parts and asked if I was interested in trading them in for v2's. I'm waiting to get a price back from him.

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    I added an alt to starting battery +, starting battery to engine block -, starting battery to body -, and body ground to engine block -, all in 1/0 gauge. I left the factory wires in place, cleaned up all the connections and coated them in battery terminal protector. I also cleaned and coated my rear battery to frame, rear battery to body, and rear frame to body grounds. I have 13.3-13.7v at idle in park. Idling in drive it drops to 12.5-12.9. Driving around it is 13.9-14.0. This is with a 240 amp alt I bought used. In the previous install it idled in the mid 13's, so I'm not expecting 14v@ idle. Should I put one size smaller pulley on it to speed it up? Or not worry about it?

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    I picked up the next size smaller belt today, cleaned the pulleys with some brake clean and a scrub brush. No more belt squeal! Tomorrow im going to make some rings to mount the fr88ex's in. Then I can work on aiming. These will be much easier to glass into the pillars than the hds. They have a narrower mounting plate and magnet, and they are lighter.

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    I've got some belt squeal with the new alt. I'm going to pick up a new belt one size smaller tomorrow and I'll hit the pulleys with a scotch brite pad. I got my fountek's in the mail today. I demo'd one of them playing down to 400 hz @24DB. It sounds pretty good, and these will be a lot easier to fiberglass in the pillars.

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    Honestly it looks like a bucking magnet for shielding to me, which wouldn't be necessary in a vehicle.

    I would be a little more worried about the rear vent no longer being sealed......it looks like the plate on the rear side of the bucking magnet was creating a small sealed chambered.

    I'm going to get some glue and clamp it togther. After it's setup, I'll try it out and see how it sounds compared to the other one.

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    sir where have you been!!!??? you came, gathered info, then hauled ass.... i feel like your using us sad.png(

    j/kin hows that lincoln doing.. when can i see some pics and vids?

    I have a lot of hobbies, and tend to focus on one at a time. When I get burnt out on one of them, I cycle to the next. Lately it's been my garage remodel taking up my time.

    I never seem to finish my stereo installs. They are up and running but never completed. I emailed Jacob about the SA8 recones and I'm looking for some fountek fr88ex's to demo in my front stage before I fiberglass my pillars. Here are a couple pics of my garage progress.

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    And now

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