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See ya'll Sunday.

Looking good.

Bummer guy. No sub-frame connectors? I thought you had some. : Is it too late to get some in? At least maybe the bolt in kind? I can help, I haz a big hamma. Just a hop, skip, jump away from a 160. Woot woot.

Hey there! Thanks. I dig the songs myself. They're recorded on the hot side thought, so got to be careful with the volume know. Possible. : I don't get the sound when it's all sealed up though. Then again the coil is on an 8" long former. Thanks, I'm happy with it. As for the rattling, it wasn't as bad with the old setup. I didn't think it was going to be this bad with this setup. Guess I was wrong. No plan of attack for the rattling just yet, it's on the radar for now.

Ha, ha, no need to be jelly brother. I know once you get a bit of free time from your Camaro build you'll be making some sweet crisp ear soothing sounds yourself. Thanks for the complement. Looking forward to hearing, experiencing, the Camaro. Just let me know when you've got some free time. I'll bring the drinks. Thanks for the offer Jon, as you can see I need all the help I can get. What ever you got to offer, I'm all ears. Thanks Dani

Here is a vid of the first outting. Please forgive my noobish ways, I know the interweb is serious stuffs.

Thanks, glad you all enjoyed the build, so far. Muahahahaha!

Funny guy. Yes sir, that is correct. I've got a small arsenal of these little amps. Great buys. Getting a little scarce though. Thanks. The system has been up and running for a few weeks now. I've only had the chance to really listen to it for a couple of hours though. A couple of locals have had the chance to listen, they are more than free to chime in with any critiques. I am happy it's up and running. The output in the bass department is impressive. Louder than the previous setup fo sho. I haven't taken it to the meter yet. I'm still tinkering with all sorts of "auto tunes" through the MS8 and getting the gains set on the amps. One particular place I've been focusing my effort in getting a good sound out of the mids and highs. I'd like to get some good imaging and staging and depth for when listening at moderate levels. At the same time I've been working on the gain of the Warhorse amp. I don't have a sure fire way of setting the gain of the amp. All I can do is set the MS8 then adjust the amp gain at full tilt and wait for a smell after a bass heavy song. Alot of trial and error for now till I figure out a better way.

I got Dr. Gregory House ( : ok ) Will Smith ( WTF?! That guy gets on my nervs.) and Peter Griifin ( Another dumbarse a-hole) Well, bottoms up Dr. House it looks as if the end is near for both of us. This game sux.

Careful when saying that. "Watts" are just a mathematical result of amperage times voltage. Just like "horsepower" is the result of torque over time. Not all "watts" are the same.

Bonkers man. My question is how did you convince those honeys to partake in the nonsense? Did you offer them some candy? I bet you did.

Very sexy looking.

http://heatwaveshow....texas-showdown/ Anybody thinking about going? I am.

Looking good. Congrats on the great job.

E-high-five back at you boss. In the world of used audio equipment nothing beats these amps dollar per watt. Oh, just to mention these amps are rated to do advertised power at 12.9v. Thanks, demo time is coming up soon.

You had me at "asian babies"

Yay for updates! This was a fun day. First a big thanks to my buddy Rick for coming over early in the morning just to help me load this monster up. No amp on the box, just too much weight. O_o Amp installed. A little bit of the wiring. A couple of install picks. Barely enough room to shut the barn doors. Looking over the drivers shoulder. Finally, some subs in view. Up next some the smoke test. O_o

THREAD RESURRECT! Ha, ha. I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off lately. I've made a bit of progress on my system, I just haven't had the chance to put my pics and words together for a proper presentation. Here we go. I wanted to take a little bit of time to make some improvements. Make things a bit easier in the disassembly and re-assembly department. We'll start off with the alternator bracket. The biggest pain in the ass is when tightening the outer most alternator nut and bolt. To remedy this I welded a threaded insert to the backside of the bracket. In this pic, the red circle is the area in question. On the right side is the insert to be welded. To center the insert I used some foil paper to center a bolt threaded into the insert. Here is the welded insert. The final product. Another area I improved on is the receiver hitch area. It's a bolt in piece, that has to come out when the battery rack has to come out. The pain about it is that it's a two person job that I'm always doing alone with a floor jack and a pair of ratchets. The only way to eliminate the floor jack is if I bulk up, which ain't gonna happen any time soon. The next best thing is to eliminate at least one ratchet. To do that I welded some bolts to a stip of 1/8" steel. Here is the new part installed. Looking up at the receiver hitch mount. The receiver hitch installed. More on the way.

I would have made the same face if I had a monkey on my head. Cool pics, glad to see you all out and having fun.

With the batteries up in place it was time to connect the cables from the alternators to the battery bank. In getting ready to make the connections I was stopped in my tracks. The fuse panel thingie that I made to go inbetween the alternators and batteries was in bad shape. Here are a couple of pics of the item and location in question. The fuse holder panel. Fuse holder panel in position. Here is said part after a year. I think what really did this part in is for Christmas I drove the Suburban to El Paso. It was a freezing drive, I-10 was salted to keep the ice to a minimum. Here are some more pics of what I had to work with. The backside. I used a wire cup on the drill press to knock off the lose paint and rust. I followed up with a scotch brite pad to get into the corners. Lastly I followed up with some metal conditioner to neutalize the rust and prep the bare metal for paint. Here is what I used. Here is the part in my quick drying contraption. This is what the part looked like before painting. A close up of the neutralized rust, well sort of. There is still a little bit of rust red in there. When properly done all of the rust should be a black color. Another treatment would have gotten all done right. My quick drying contraption in action again getting the job done with the fuse holder panel painted. The finished part, ready for installation. DOUBLE UPDATE!!!!!!! A little something extra for tonight. Some of you know, some don't, but the front stage was being powered by a Crescendo 1000c4. I sold it. Now here is what's taking it's place. Yes sir, today we merge the old school with the modern era. A US Acoustics USB-2080 (2x80) for the components, and a US Acoustics USB-2150 (2x150) for the mid-bass. One last pic at a funny angle to make you tilt you head to the side as you look at it. The end is near.

IB for the front stage. Thanks, with out the details it's nothing.

Hey man, where've you been. I've been waiting for you to drop by and say hello. Glad you're liking the build. Now where's my Chico's? Thanks bro.You know me, just trying to keep up with the Joneses, or in my case the Meads, with No E. As for taking a listen, I give up on saying this weekend. I'm gonna just put it a month out. Maybe I can make it to the June Heatwave Show in Houston. Will you be there?

Thanks bro. At this point my only goal is to get the thing done. When I first started the project the goal was to be able to have some sweet sweet SQ. Hence the front stage and the MS8. And to be able to break the 150's on the TL/SPL Labs Meter. The SQ part was pretty easy, it's the breaking 150 that's kicking my ass. The box is tuned low, 28Hz-ish, versus what the cabin resonates at, which is around 44Hz. Then to top it off the cabin volume is around 240cuft. So I've got my work cut out for me. The fuse holders are from Scosche. Here is a link: http://www.amazon.com/Scosche-EWFH-Single-Fuse-Holder/dp/B000KIR8M0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336487598&sr=8-2 Thanks. Getting closer and closer everyday.

???? Drawing up a little writers block. Well, I was off the grid for a couple of days. I'm back now, trying to get things rolling. I last left off with the box done with the subs in place. Before the box can go in the amp power cables will need to be replaced. The new box is a few whiskers bigger than the old box hence why the power cables need replacing. How about some pics? I started off by laying out, highlighted in white, the size and location of the new cutout. Here the floor insulation has been cut to size to show how much of the floor needs to be cut. A little jig saw action to cut the sheet metal. Another fine opportunity. The floor sheetmetal is spot welded to a vertical panel on the underside of the Suburban. At this point the vertical panel is gonna need to come out as well. This is so the cables have enough clearance to loop around the bottom panel and come up and through the floor. This time around I did not have a fancy tool to cut out the vertical panel. I went old school with some tin snip a hacksaw blade and the ever impressive mini sledge and chisle. The carnage afterwards. With the sheet metal out of the way. I used some of my fancy cable holders to route the power cables. The cable holders will also keep the cables from rubbing on the sheet metal. This shot is looking down through the floor at the cables. This shot is looking from the ground up at the cables before the batteries are in place. Alot of cable snaking around going on here. With the cable opening all figured out the batteries can go back in. Here is a little action shot of the batteries going back in. The new cables in place waiting for the new floor cover. and here is the cable cover in place. The silicon job is a little messy on this one. Another shot of the finished cable job. Think, box going in place for the next update or the quickest way to get a hernia. Someone asked what paint I used for the box. Here it is. I used two coats about an hour apart. On the port and port brace bevels I put a thin coat of wood glue to keep the wood from absorbing too much paint and swealling up.

All I can say is that BigJon nailed this one on the head. Awesome work Steve.