1997 Dodge Dakota Build

[Kikazz74]

whats up guys? ive recently moved over here from SMD and thought i should post my build up.



Equipment list from begining to end.

HU:

JVC KD-R320

Sony CDX-GT270MP

Clarion CZ500

Sub Amp:

Hifonics BRZ 1700.1D

Speaker Amp:

JL Audio G6600 6 Channel

Wiring:

Kicker 1/0 for power and ground

Xscorpion flat 1/0 for Big 3

Kicker 12ga for sub

Sub:

Fi Audio BL 18 d2 fully loaded

Speakers:

Kicker KS65 Coaxials in doors and rear

Tweeters:

currently alpines

soon to be Rockford Fosgate Power Series silk domes in keep_hope_alive tweeter spheres

carpeted amp rack

From or made by keep_hope_alive

onto pics





ports









tools to sand ports

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[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

Nice please take lots of pics I have the same truck with 4doors I'd like to see how your front stages is designed.

 

[Kikazz74]

Oh its done. Just ran outta computer time. Ill post rest of pics later.

 

[Kikazz74]

Pieces of box



box assembly

 

[Kikazz74]

painting the box with my special mix





gear for the first round



what could this be?!?!



i think its my sub!



next to a size 16 shoe





im 6'4" and roughly 270lbs as a comparison

 

[Kikazz74]

finished first time around









first competition and 137.3bd

 

[Kikazz74]

Added a second baffle. was getting to much flex and wanted to upgrade the mounts.







jacked up hole... gotta love jig saws

 

[Kikazz74]

continued.







moved the amp again.

 

[Kikazz74]

continued.







moved the amp again.

 

[Kikazz74]

ok now for the final bit of the built. me and kha did this. mostly him though.

 

[Kikazz74]

 

[Kikazz74]

as of now that is the finished project minus a tweeter change and some tuning. it has been a great chance to learn some things good and bad. i cant explain how much help kha was to me. it would not have been done without him. hearing his car gave me a better appreciation for what sq really is. he inspired me to step this up a bit.

so please feel free to comment or leave me questions guys. ill be around to answer them.

thank you

Cody C.

 

[Kikazz74]

just a look at the Fi BL *** btw. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif



and a Autodesk Inventor Render of my box

 

[Kikazz74]

just a bump for some views and any questions or comments people may have. hopefully @keep_hope_alive will come in here.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

i forgot you posted this.

a few of the photos i took:

we used some rubber mounts (about 1/4" thick each) to gain space behind the amp rack and also absorb vibrations.

what this is:

we wanted to essentially tap the 1/0 power for the sub amp to feed the 6-channel. so this is a dual 1/0 connector with a short section of wire to a fuse holder to feed the G6600. once it was secure, i wrapped it with self-fusing silicone tape (rated to 1000V per layer).

there are front and rear coaxial drivers. but some more highs were needed since those speakers are muffled due to location. i put in some tweeter spheres for the short term, and have them running through the passive crossovers shown below. eventually, a decent active crossover would let us just run active and defeat the tweets in the doors.