Infiniti Qx4 (4) 15's Wall Re-Do. (Im bored log)

[Andrew12 10+ year member]

are you doing more then 1 layer? because in my build I did 3 layers tons on glue and screws and yesterday i noticed the back of my box is moving enough to break loose the seam. so i now have 2 1" gas pipes from front to back and large 45's (17' wide) going from the side to the back and yes it did make a difference on the mic and to ear

dam 17 ft. braces???

 

[stevew007 10+ year member]

dam 17 ft. braces???

my bad 17" wide:

 

[Xprime4 10+ year member]

I'm glad you went with thicker wood...

What ratio port area/volume are you gonna use this time around?

 

[WOT]

Itll be about 16sqin / cube.

I havent gotten dink all done though, I need help on how tot une this weird shaped port I dont understand how to figure the length, and its been raining CONSTANTLY for 3 days straight.

I did however pick up the gallon of fiebrglass resin and 16 meters of 3 oz chop mat (obivously im not gonna use it all but it was dirt cheap so I bought most of what they had lol

Ill resin up the corners and sides of what I have done for now

 

[WOT]

Got a decent bit done today, rushed home no lolligaggin and prayed the weather would hold up, it started raining a few times and I had to bring everything inside, but it always blew over, ran out of light before I could get done though.

I started out by throwing 3 layers of chop mat on the angled wall and back wall joints, I felt those were my weakest as I couldnt screw/clamp them amazingly well during assembly. Also made a few braces out of 1 1/4" cedar, just to keep all the walls in check.

I know it aint pretty with the dripping, but Ill scrape it off when its dry, its the inside anyways who cares.

(I did this brace on both sides of the box, forgot to snap a pic of the other I guess )

I then realized I was not going to be able to fit the front baffle in with the port attached to it like I wanted to, so I broke the baffle into 2 pieces, so it could all be assembled and glassed in the garage

Decent circles for a broken jigsaw

Test fit in the car, not glued or screwed

SO then I ran outta light, I just finished glassing the baffle pieces though.

Tomorrow when I get of work I will smooth out the inside of the box with some 30 grit, attach the front baffles, and then glass the entire box, then smooth again and go over it with bondo (atleast the part youll see behind the port)

If i have time for beauty panels Ill make those to. I still dont know if Im simply gonna texture paint this entire box, or carpet it and just texture the paint the port

Time to watch the hockey game

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

Interesting shaped port you've got there, I'd like to see how that turns out.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, all i can see out of it is increased port noise //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif but we'll see.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

hmmm what do you think its tuned to? i remember your post about that port

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

ya i still dunno about the port.. but we will see.. keep us informed on how it sounds

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

ya i still dunno about the port.. but we will see.. keep us informed on how it sounds

yup im skeptical //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

but its not my setup //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

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Ya it took me 3 days and $30 worth of payouts to get some help from some designers on the port length and design.

It is tuned to 40hz on the money if there calculations are right, I finally got 3 people to give me the exact same answer, so Im pretty sure its right

Im gonna spend a decent ammount of time trying to get a nice roundover on the port

Im going to spend my lunch roaming through town to find some textured paint and fabric to cover this *****

 

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Not a single store that I can think of in my town carries flexstone/rough texture paint.... all I could find is bedliner, but I wanted to do a colour...

I may end up making my own paint with grains mixed in or something lol

Oh well, back to work for the man

 

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Well aparently i had dinner plans witht he lady tonight, so progress had to wait until AFTER dark, since i was only working with trouble lights, I only got the 2 baffles installed, glued and completely fiberglassed in, then I fiberglassed all of the seams of the box.

Also mounted and completely wired both of the amps, (looks pretty tits to)

SO tomorrow all I have to do, is smooth the port, paint it (decided to go with rocker guard black (sicne I have 2 cans laying around lol), make the 3 beauty panels, mount and wire subs.

DONE

Oh, and clean out the car, shit is DUSTY from doing all that work inside of the rig

 

[I like FI 10+ year member]

triangular port is not good.

 

[WOT]

Ive done one before, which was literaly JUST a triangle, and it sounded fine. This is just a little addition for some port area. You have any backing for your remark?