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<blockquote data-quote="slammedincouch" data-source="post: 8148302" data-attributes="member: 620452"><p>Had a little time to work on the build today. Pretty much at this point, I'm just trying to get everything in and playing and then worrying about the fine tuned stuff later i.e. beauty panels and cleaning up all my wires.</p><p></p><p>So anyone who owns an 01 explorer or some other stupid cars has the **** wiring harness issue when trying to run new speaker wire...</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/thedarnwiringharness_zps5f2002ab.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>this is literally the only thing that runs into the door sooo</p><p></p><p>had to drill into it- got a little sloppy, but I've been "advised" by the geezers in my neighborhood to not take the door off the hinge/unbolt anything, etc. That being said, nobody will help me pull the door off and I don't have any room to work in the garage atm. So attempting to drill at an angle and hope for the best is my best option right now. Got the door fine:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_194929_zpsbf871469.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130811_165259_zps93cb61b6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And now I need to get the inside of the door jam done, but my drill batteries died...so I'll be working on that tomorrow. For the remainder of the time I had to work, I pretty much stuck to deadening the doors I have yet to deaden with my meh deadener (but it was cheap, so yolo still).</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_194850_zps635c8014.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I got really hungry half way in, so I still have a lot to go tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>Started to play around with the port loading by accident as well. I had this cool idea for the amp rack, but it's going to require me to move the box up about 6 inches. I really like where it sits right now- height it perfectly aligned with below the seats and window line once I get the flush baffle on.</p><p></p><p>Anyways I originally had the start of the port 16 inches from the hatch and I came up with another idea for where the amps will go and how they'll be mounted that won't require me to lift the box. So just to test fit everything, I moved the box towards the hatch and gave the port a little over 7 inches from the hatch. Wanted to check to see if it made any difference in output or cause any issues with it being closer to the hatch. Fired her up and BOOM- output was like night and day in terms of how loud she was playing. She sounds A Lot louder with the port unloading closer to the hatch. I was happy with where I had it to start, but I was Impressed with the amount of output I'm getting off of the M1c.</p><p></p><p>It makes me wonder about how the Stratos would be in the ported enclosure I have sitting here waiting to be built, but I only want to build it if I'm selling them to someone local/I still don't like how warm my amp runs at .5 even after all the rise. We'll see though, maybe I'll get bored in a few weeks, build it, and check out how it does at 2ohms. Any who, here's a picture of the box and where the M1c is now/ WIRE SPAGHETTI.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_195000_zpscee9a949.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_195018_zps474c4b6c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>More updates to follow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slammedincouch, post: 8148302, member: 620452"] Had a little time to work on the build today. Pretty much at this point, I'm just trying to get everything in and playing and then worrying about the fine tuned stuff later i.e. beauty panels and cleaning up all my wires. So anyone who owns an 01 explorer or some other stupid cars has the **** wiring harness issue when trying to run new speaker wire... [IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/thedarnwiringharness_zps5f2002ab.jpg[/IMG] this is literally the only thing that runs into the door sooo had to drill into it- got a little sloppy, but I've been "advised" by the geezers in my neighborhood to not take the door off the hinge/unbolt anything, etc. That being said, nobody will help me pull the door off and I don't have any room to work in the garage atm. So attempting to drill at an angle and hope for the best is my best option right now. Got the door fine: [IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_194929_zpsbf871469.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130811_165259_zps93cb61b6.jpg[/IMG] And now I need to get the inside of the door jam done, but my drill batteries died...so I'll be working on that tomorrow. For the remainder of the time I had to work, I pretty much stuck to deadening the doors I have yet to deaden with my meh deadener (but it was cheap, so yolo still). [IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_194850_zps635c8014.jpg[/IMG] I got really hungry half way in, so I still have a lot to go tomorrow. Started to play around with the port loading by accident as well. I had this cool idea for the amp rack, but it's going to require me to move the box up about 6 inches. I really like where it sits right now- height it perfectly aligned with below the seats and window line once I get the flush baffle on. Anyways I originally had the start of the port 16 inches from the hatch and I came up with another idea for where the amps will go and how they'll be mounted that won't require me to lift the box. So just to test fit everything, I moved the box towards the hatch and gave the port a little over 7 inches from the hatch. Wanted to check to see if it made any difference in output or cause any issues with it being closer to the hatch. Fired her up and BOOM- output was like night and day in terms of how loud she was playing. She sounds A Lot louder with the port unloading closer to the hatch. I was happy with where I had it to start, but I was Impressed with the amount of output I'm getting off of the M1c. It makes me wonder about how the Stratos would be in the ported enclosure I have sitting here waiting to be built, but I only want to build it if I'm selling them to someone local/I still don't like how warm my amp runs at .5 even after all the rise. We'll see though, maybe I'll get bored in a few weeks, build it, and check out how it does at 2ohms. Any who, here's a picture of the box and where the M1c is now/ WIRE SPAGHETTI. [IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_195000_zpscee9a949.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w283/slammedincouch/20130813_195018_zps474c4b6c.jpg[/IMG] More updates to follow. [/QUOTE]
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