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[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

I just hope that it will stay driveable...

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

When its all said and done and I have all the batteries I want (down the road) it will probably weigh close to, if not more than 12,000lbs. So we'll see.

 

[yama168 10+ year member]

sounds like it will be one heck of a build...... but do tell and show more of build...........

Aloha

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Box hasnt been started yet. Im still prepping my car. Bought like 7 cans of Great Stuff last night, about to go work on that some more. And like I said, I ordered the deadener, so gotta wait for that to get here.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Well I spend about 4 hours last night taping area off and sealing up holes to fill it with expanding foam... Kinda worked, kinda didnt. Wasnt really meant to fill big gaps, just tiny little cracks and small spaces. Oh well, Ill give it a week to fully cure/harden before I take the tape off this time. I started taking other pieces of tape off and it would expand out. Guess I put too much in some places and it didnt have any air or room to expand to.

So far, Ive used 10 cans of Great Stuff, a roll of carpet tape, a roll of packing tape, and a roll of painters tape. I know its ghetto to use 3 kinds, but its what I had at my house. Going to get some more painters tape along with about 5-6 more cans of foam tomorrow and work some more... As theres still quite a bit of places I havent done yet.

Spend about 5 hours today taping places off and then about 2 hours filling them with foam. Shouldnt take so long, but alot of the braces are 2-3" away from the sheet metal they need to be against, so I have to pretty much build walls with tape to fill the brace entirely so that the foam is pushing up against the side of the car and the brace at the same time. Its a pain in the ***.

Anyways, Ill update this as more stuff gets done. When the box build starts, I might make a log if I decide to take any pictures.

 

[sundownz Pro Seller]

Best to build up the foam about 2-3 inches at a time - and wait 24 hours in between. I filled up some huge openings in my old Civic this way:

http://www.sundownaudio.com/rides/Civic/Civic_12_driver_cav_start.jpg

http://www.sundownaudio.com/rides/Civic/Civic_15_Foam_Continued.jpg

http://www.sundownaudio.com/rides/Civic/Civic_11_inside_cavity_foam.jpg

Building up the opening with deadener and filling a little at a time with foam... eventually got it all the way up to the top.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

Definately. Found that out the hard way. I just put about 1/2 of what needs to be in each opening. Im going to go back in a few days and put some more in. Then all the wide open pannels get some MDF on them. And then it ALL gets covered in Spectrum.

Hoping to stop rattles a little. I know its literally going to tear the outer door skins, but when its playing and all you hear is flopping metal it drives me crazy.

 

[kballa422 10+ year member]

Should be sick. I wonder what kind of gas mileage you will get lol

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Definately. Found that out the hard way. I just put about 1/2 of what needs to be in each opening. Im going to go back in a few days and put some more in. Then all the wide open pannels get some MDF on them. And then it ALL gets covered in Spectrum.
Hoping to stop rattles a little. I know its literally going to tear the outer door skins, but when its playing and all you hear is flopping metal it drives me crazy.

12,000 pound estimate is a little high. Thats how much most extreme vehicles weigh.

Whats the curb weight of the van?

Powermaster 16v's only weigh ~45 pounds a piece.

Should be a sweet build though.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

45lbs each? Works for me. Saves me a ton of weight.

Goin to need a ton of wood and woofers though. Already weighs like 7,000lbs curb weight.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

45lbs each? Works for me. Saves me a ton of weight.
Goin to need a ton of wood and woofers though. Already weighs like 7,000lbs curb weight.

No doubt about that.

The 16v's are very powerful while still being lightweight. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

D1000's are 45 pounds, S1000's are 33 pounds (but obviously not as powerful). Compared to a kinetik 2400 that weighs almost 70 pounds.

Definitely saves a lot of weight when you are talking about 20+ batteries.

 

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

is it gonna be in the 150's this time?

 

[Anthony Collova 10+ year member]

Looks like an awesome project!

Most of our customers with vans of that size go with 10-15 gallons of Spectrum though.Especially when you are going to be pushing around as much wind as you plan on

You sure 5 will be enough?

ANT

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

You sure 5 will be enough?

No... But I dont have enough money for all the deadener I want.... Not right now anyway. But once the box is in, thats that. Going to concentrate it on the front doors, floorboards, and entire roof. Whatever is left will go on the sides of the van and back doors and side doors.

If I had the cash to lay out Id get like 400 sq ft of Damplifier Pro and 20 gallons of Spectrum... But thats easily $3,000. Wish I did, but dont have that kinda money.

I figure that with the amount of pressure in there its going to rattle no matter what. Just trying to dull it down a little bit. Got my SS Spray Gun the other day though. Cant wait to use it.

 

[Skip01 5,000+ posts]

This is gonna turn out bad.....i know it already