Recent content by defiance

Alright, so it looks like I'm going to shift directions quite a bit. But first, a few quick updates: For the pods, I like the texture stuff but it's tough to use - I screwed up the first pass badly. They're in there and they work great, but the texture is all wrong and the color's way off...

Well, I've got it in the car and working ... Still a lot of cosmetic work to do; (pods color just looks bad, I need to trim the upper curve on them to mesh better; the sub/amp trim panel is still a skeleton; etc.etc.) but I'm taking a break and listening to them for now. I gotta say I *REALLY*...

I've liked the other dayton speakers I've used quite a bit, so I'm taking a bit of a leap of faith on these. Haven't heard them yet. They look great, and with the neo magnets and the basked construction they're really light, so that's good. One last quick update btw, finished up the shaping...

New update. Started on the speaker pods. First pulled the a-pillar trim: then made some speaker mounts: Then taped up the trim and figured out my speaker mounting position: then layered on the bottom glass: flip panels, top glass: finally put in the speaker mounts and glass the...

Accursed billing system conversion at work is KILLING my free time... I'll probably be working all weekend But the garage is finished! Right now I can go in the garage after work and it'll be 80-ish, while it's still 100+ outside! Not super-comfortable, but a **HUGE** improvement So, I set...

Already got wheels on the way, actually. I pick up advanti denaro b2's (18x8) mid-late next week. Advanti Wheels - Advanti - Denaro B2 Black) Meanwhile, last of the components are in, just gotta finish up the garage. A/C is installed, wall drywall/insulation is finished, and last night I did...

Been a while, and will still be a couple weeks before I can do more. It's been 100+ with crazy humidity here for weeks now, and I decided to shift focus. Instead of working on the cars, I'm working on the garage so that I can STAND to work on the cars When I bought the house the garage just...

Alright, didn't want to hold the whole thing waiting a couple weeks for an ordered distribution block to come in, so I found a ground one with dual 0-gauge terminals plus metal on the screw, then ring terminal'd the 4-gauge wire and mounted it to the mounting screw for the block. Made sure the...

Well, I made some progress... Here's the main piece and the back piece. The back of the trunk slants up toward the latch at a steep angle, so the crossover will mount on that part while the main board mounts in the floor itself. In order to get the flush mount, the surfaces of all the...

Yep, it's coming along! I think I'll have the framework for the amp rack done this weekend. The general plan is to have the components all mounted to the rack frame with #10 (or #8 for components where the holes are too small) machine thread bolts and t-nuts, with spacers underneath to bring...

Slight update. didn't get a lot of time, but got the kickpanels in and the underhood wiring done. As always, yes the car is dirty :p I'm working out an issue with the cam sensor, and once that's done I'll have it moving. Then I can take it out of the garage so I'll have room to wash it...

Another somewhat clearer shot of the kickpanel (passenger side, no speakers) Quick notes on the speakers - these are some nice looking speakers. I love the screw terminals on the midbass - and the crossover is art. And yay amps! Kinda cool thing is they work well with the car...

I got all the stuff for the charger, but still not as productive a weekend as I'd hoped. I also just finished a huge update to the engine management system, and it's pretty complicated; I'm using a Megasquirt-3 to control a sequential injection and coil-near-plug setup. This weekend was also...

That leviathan is a bit outside my current requirements; it approaches 100A max draw from what I've seen in tests. I know it'll usually draw less in the real world, but for this design I was looking for something under 60A max using that same (less in real world) assumption in order to miminize...

No luck this weekend... A lot of parts came in, but the biggest thing I need next is the amps, which didn't come in yet. So probably this coming weekend.