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Happy birthday Nick. Side note: Intrigued by lack of response on Nick's part, I was surprised to see the reason why in my latest issue of Desktop Engineer. Apparently Nick has been doing a little "modeling". Disclaimer AKA "The Fine Print" (: Just kidding everybody. This was just a random ad I found a little interesting because of the audio oriented engineering going on in the background. Yes I am a subscriber of Desktop Engineer.

Nice, look forward to seeing you there. Looking good Jon. Use a old tee shirt instead of the fleece. The fleece tends to absorb the resin unevenly and will tend to sag. Looks like I'm the only one behind the times and without custom fiberglass pods. Guess it's time to get back in the garage.

I'd check main power distribution points, mainly the fuse/relay box. Both under the hood and under the dash. Usually there is a heavy gauge wire that goes from either the battery or the positive side of the starter to the main fuse/relay box. The wire will attach to the underside of the fuse/relay box off of a stud and nut. Double check to make sure it's not loose. Same goes for the fuse box in the vehicle. Good luck. Electrical Gremlins are the worst.

Ouch?! When you say it like that, it does hurt. Yeah, a little lock-tite for the next go-round. Probably be down for the better part of a week and a half. Oh well.

Most definitely. There is actually suppose to be threads on the shaft. A nut a lock-washer hold the pulley in place. No key on the shaft. There is a step on the rotor on the backside of the front bearing. The nut and lock-washer pinch the pulley and bearing against the step on the rotor. There is also a step on the pulley to only press up against the bearing race. Definitely good people. As soon as I'm up and running I get some vids made. Thanks.

UPDATES!!!! What's up everybody? My trusty camera decided to go tits up. I tried the wife's Nikon but I just couldn't get along with it. I've been so looking forward to getting some pics and vids posted of the finished setup. I ordered up a replacement camera and have been waiting patiently. The day has arrived. Keeping true to my build nothing is left undocumented, so here it is: Sh!t happens when you go for broke. Not to worry though, the guys at Tuff Stuff are taking care of it.

Looking good bro.

Ha, IB3 backplate looks silly. Reminds me of a bowling ball.

Yay! How much $$$? Where's the 18"?

That second video kicked a$$.

Looking good. I'd like to hear how those BG neo-3s and Sundown neo 8s sound when you have some time. Text me, I'll take the suburban so you can take a listen to it.

Here is one that I've always wanted to see in person. Maybe you've already had the pleasure Stefanhinote? Horseshoe Bend

Another moving photo. Enjoy.

Ay, ya, ya, ay!!!... Hey what's with the modified caulking gun on the steering wheel? Is that to keep the engine revving, or is that the just in case brake? Pretty hard core.

Yep, I'm a fan of his work. I especially liked his documentary "Exit through the Gift Shop". Good viewing.

One more, one more, just for laughs. This was my desktop background at work till they gave some local officers a tour of our facilities.

Well said. Only other area I'd look is the RCAs. Bad RCAs tend to make funny noises. Good luck, let us know what turns out to be the culprit.

I have no idea what's going on so I'll just sit here and

The PPI comps I have are pretty good. When I picked these up they were all the rage because supposedly they were a re-badged high end A/D/S set or something like that. As for the ones linked I have no experience with those. My guess is they'll play pretty good, but it you want them loud you'll have to up your crossover point to them. No it's a manufacturing facility I work at. The parts were actually cut on a CNC Plasma cutter. I've got a vid of some of the parts I cut a few pages back in case you want to watch. Thanks. I'm guessing output should be pretty flat since it's for music. I'll find out for sure when I get it on the RTA. It is pretty loud. I just eye balled the gain and set the power output to 50%, just to play it safe. I'd like to know what the limits are with an o-scope for comp purposes, but for music I'll just wing it by ear. Thanks. That will work. Drop me a PM a few days ahead. No Troopers this time.

Could use it for battery banks Haha. Exactly what I thought when I saw the design. Looks cool.

Lol, that sum funny sh!t, that pic and all. The jokesterr that designed the box scoffed at me for asking the same question. Here is the designers reply. "The enclosure isn’t “tuned.” You may be confusing this for a bass-reflex (ported) enclosure; this is a rear-loading horn with an effective response bandwidth starting in the upper 20Hz. For the woofers’ protection, set your subsonic filter between 25Hz and 30Hz." Wonk, wonk wonk. Thanks. I figure I post every detail for legitimacy. I don't know about in good time, but I did have a good time through out.

Thanks fellas. I've got a busy weekend with the little ones. Next week is looking good. o_o Oh my, thanks. Plexi? I phucking love plexi! Sounds like someone's puttin' the pressure on to go for broke. More peer pressure! Stay tuned fellas. I'll get this bish tuned right then I tidy things up a bit.

Thanks. Thanks. Prior to the battery rack lift I was considering lifting each rack individually with a single transmission jack and making all the connections in vehicle. Can you say "short" city. I did try making a similar lift board for a 3 ton jack using a pipe welded to a small steel plate then bolting the board to the plate. Lack of balance scrapped that plan. I;m glad I took my time, last thing I wanted was for the battery rack to take a swan dive. Lol. I wish someone would have posted some sort of warning to watch out when hooking up the batteries. That sh!t was scary.

Thanks. For now I'm leaving the cover off so I can get to the gain and power output knobs. The cover over hangs the area where the knobs are making it a pain to get to. There was no smoke once everything was connected. A hellashious spark was let out when I made the final connection completing the circuit. Not a short, but the kind you get when your hooking up a car battery, only this time it was multiplied by 9 car batteries. Needless to say it caught me off guard and left me speaking spanish slurrs as I did an inventory check of all my digits. As for how it sounds, effing loud. This is my first go at something this extravagant. Last time I thought I was loud was in my 86 Mustang GT with a single Mach5Audio SPL12 off a DD M1 and a stock electrical. Needless to say this setup puts that one to shame. No metering just yet. The gains have been precisely set a quarter turn up from minimum and the amp power output knob is set to 50% output in hopes of me not burning something up. With a quick calibration of the MS8 I did a test run. For me it's loud enough to make me want to gag, I can feel it in my throat. There are rattles in and around the rear barn doors that will need to be addressed. There is also a hint of alternator whine coming in through the front speakers. A quick re-route of the RCAs feeding the Crescendo amp should fix that. Then I'll go through the paces of tuning everything.