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Been doing this build since way back in December 2007. I thought it be about the right time to start a build thread.
Being the UK/EU Rep for Ascendant Audio, Fi Car Audio, XS Power, Powermaster, KnuKonceptz we saw it only fit to make something to challenge ourselves..
We had a bunch of ideas initially and I started on a relatively small scale of equipment which grew, grew and grew! Scott made me do something I didn't even think was possible but I'm not one to bow out of a challenge although looking back at it I would think twice about doing it again!
Went through 10-15 different designs, ported walls, clams, bandpass's etc.. nothing was looking easy.. Measured things over and over till we knew for certain what we had to play with. With the design in mind I went ahead and drew it up in Sketch and worked out the volumes etc.. along with working out the tuning points for the rear chamber. We had a nice healthy 110cuft before anything was placed inside the 50mm thick shell.. tunnel taking out around 25cuft add to that the subs, braces, subs and we have a good 6.3-6.5 per driver.
Before I begin with the pics I need to say a huge thank you to Scott @ Fi, he doesn't need any introduction the man is a legend in my eyes. Thanks also to the other people who have been involved in the creation of this build, in no particular order, Mike at CAD (SPL Dynamics), Scottie Johnson, Nick Morgan, Marshall Joyner, Edward Preston, Russ Taylor, Bill Greenberg and my other half.. who has been very understanding with the 1000s of hours spent on the build. OK enough with the Oscar winning speech..
Kit list,
Equipment
Alpine IVA-D300R
Alpine PXA-H701
Alpine KCA-420i
Apple iPod Classic (v5) 80GB
Audio Control Epicenter
Lanzar DA-6
2x SPL Dynamics S6004 4CH Amplifiers (mids and highs) 4x 250wrms @ 2Ohms
12x SPL Dynamics S2000D monoblock (subs) 1x 2000wrms @ 1Ohms
6 pairs of Ascendant Audio Havoc components (12 mids, 12 tweeters)
12x Ascendant Audio 18" Mayhem Series subs (D2)
10x XS POWER D3100 Batterys
2x Powermaster 350A SPL Alternators
Build materials
7x Second Skin Audio Damplifier Pro (147 sheets and 252sq.ft)
4 sheets of Loudboy matting, the 4mm stuff
70m of KnuKonceptz 1/0 Fleks Power cable
10m of knuKonceptz 4AWG Fleks Power cable
120m of KnuKonceptz 8AWG Speaker cable (subs)
80m of KnuKonceptz Twisted Smoke 16AWG Speaker cable (mids and highs)
4x KnuKonceptz KARMA SS Series 6m RCAs
14x KnuKonceptz KARMA Series 2m RCAs
20x KnuKonceptz KARMA Series Y-Lead
50 1/0 Ring terminals
15 sheets of 8 x 4' 1" MDF
10ltrs of Polyureathane wood glue
10ltrs of PVA Wood glue
10x 750ml Expanding foam
2000 MDF TITE screws
20m of Box steel
40 ltrs of Resin
20m of Fibreglass matting
4 ltrs of fibreglass paste
4 ltrs of Upol body fillers
Other features
Billet Specialities Steering wheel
Billet collum shifter
Trenz Billet foot pedals
Custom machine Alternator bracket
Air bag support rear suspension
Copper Buss bar
Van upon collection
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First job was to strip out the interior and get the sound deadening going. Thanks to Mike @ Caraudiodirect.com for the Second Skin Audio matting!
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