2 18's in a RANGER!!!

[bigbud747 10+ year member]

Lol. They will be coming tomorrow!!!! Yes!!! I'm really excited. I won't get videos till saturday though since it will be dark by the time we get them in and I have a party to go to. I can't wait to get out of school tomorrow!

 

[Roid_monkey 10+ year member]

Nice work on the box! That's gotta be loud... Just hope you dont get jacked since it's so visible.

goo luck getting that outa there

 

[bigbud747 10+ year member]

Yeah right. It took me, this kid, my dad, and a huge football player to get it in, and it was still hard to put in. lol. Amps come TODAY!!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[bigbud747 10+ year member]

Well, here ya go guys. The amps came in yesterday about noon, but I had to wait till we got off work to install them. We also picked up to distrobution blocks for the power and ground, which we mounted on the box. All in all, it took just 1 1/2 hours to put the amps in and get it tuned and running. All I can say is, IT IS LOUD!!! I can't wait till these subs get broken in all the way (they pretty much are broken in from me playing with them). And we are both going to competion next sunday the 18th to get this thing metered, and my bl metered. And videos won't come till tuesday, because I'm driving it to school then and showing it off. Just hope the cops don't give me a ticket. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Frijoles24 10+ year member]

weow those brutuss look nice!

i wana get me a pair of 12 fi btls =p

 

[sixfootman2005 10+ year member]

look good

 

[poundindak69]

where are some vids!!!

 

[bigbud747 10+ year member]

Videos will come on tuesday. I was sitting in a restaurant last night, and this truck drove by cuz now he's cruisin like no other, and all the windows were rattling and it was VERY loud just sitting inside the store. I can't wait to drive it to school on tuesday and put everyone that's got a system to shame!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

why did you put the gain knobs in the middle of the box and the power\ground blocks on the front?

it looks terrible. put the blocks on the side and remove the gain knobs.

otherwise it looks like a fun project and im about to do something similar with my gti and some konaki motors.

 

[bigbud747 10+ year member]

Well for one, we think it looks pretty cool with the distrobution blocks on the front just to show people how big of wire we're running, and the fact the it would be impossible to mount them to the side even with a 90 degree drill head. And, when the seats are in, you can't see anything but the top of the bass knobs, which are only used as a kind of volume control when he wants to play his door speakers loud, but not his subs.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

1. i would have never ran with bass knobs

2. i would have never ran 4 guage to those amps

3. cant wait to see vids

4. everything else looks good

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

1. i would have never ran with bass knobs2. i would have never ran 4 guage to those amps

3. cant wait to see vids

4. everything else looks good

x2

And use thicker speaker wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

1. i would have never ran with bass knobs2. i would have never ran 4 guage to those amps

3. cant wait to see vids

4. everything else looks good

running 4 guage to an amp under a foot or two away for a daily driver is perfectly fine.

lets say the amplifier is only 60% efficient, battery is at 13.8, 4 guage an 5 feet long - and i know the amp is more efficent, i know the voltage should be higher, and i know the wire will be shorter, but im giving it paramters over what this kid will be using.

BCAE1's amperage calculator listed on this page (click here) gives a maximum rating for this wire, and that is 393A with a .5v drop. and the amplifier would be able to sustain 3251watts.

so im quite sure that less than 5 feet of 4 guage will be able to sustain almost two 2000w amps, let alone one.

i agree with bass knob comment.

have a nice day //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

//edit to mikeyb

yea. some 10 guage would not be out of the question.

 

[bigbud747 10+ year member]

I'm not sure why everybody is down on the speaker wire. I used 12 gauge. Is that so bad? In the video that was something like 18 gauge, but that was just hooking my truck to this one, not what we actually used for his setup. And at the most I used 3 feet to go to the farthest amp, so I think its just fine the way it is. It all turned out good, everybody i've shown it to was blown away, and it's loud, so what more could I ask for.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

speaker wire is fine, there will be no audible difference between 16 guage and 8 guage, so 12 awg is fine