Mustang work log (with pics)

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

well... its um... pretty loud. i got to see whats going on with my mids and highs cause those didnt come on, but everything else is pretty freaking loud.

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

All right, whats the fuse for the amp power on the mach 460?

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

got the fuse thing fixed... Pretty much done for now, the rears arnt hooked up yet, have to come up with a new way to secure them.... Did a test fire and shook half the bolts loose. I'm pretty happy, its very loud. Though I need to do ALOT of vibration deadening. It looks like it did in the last set of pictures so no more pics to post, not going to "Finish" the install till I get some more power and ground cable in. So for now no rear seats (the amp gets in the way.) Might be able to get a video in next few days though the car itself looks like poop.

 

[MSimz 10+ year member]

UCF - The kicks didn't get in the way at all actually. It was a 5 speed and I am 6' 3", and had no problems. The dead pedal was still fully intact and funtional too. They imaged SUPER well (obviously had a lot to do with the Focals, too), and the stage was almost out at the mirrors.

Darkfox - Good to hear you have everything up and running. Have you tried facing them forward and comparing it to rear-firing? Personally I wouldn't think the port being close to the back of the trunk as shown in the pics would be of huge detriment, but hey, I guess it couldn't hurt to try it the other way too. Have you done glass work before? If you decide to tackle it and would like a hand, let me know. Also, I live in Middletown now... My wife and I bought our house here a year ago. We live right down the street from Xavier. I am 26. I lived in Hamden my whole life, went to Xavier for high school, and then went to UNC for college.

 

[t-rex audio 10+ year member]

looks good. i would fire them forward also and it will also stop all the truck vibration.

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

hmmm... now you guys are making me think again..... I think it would look nice front mounted and glassed in... just wondering how diffrent it would actualy sound... If were talking like maybe a 1 to 2 db diffrence on a meter I wouldnt really care, if its a huge audible diffrence to the negative, then obviously I'll keep em to the rear.... guess I may just have to try it both ways.

 

[t-rex audio 10+ year member]

firing it into the truck is louded in most cases by 1.5-3db. once you seal it off from the back it will gain some of that back.

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

So audibly not that much different?

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

Whats up with so many people from CT being on here btw. LOL

 

[MSimz 10+ year member]

Whats up with so many people from CT being on here btw. LOL

WTF else is there to do in this state? I mean, other than pay taxes and huge cost of living expenses...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif at CT taxes and COL.

 

[t-rex audio 10+ year member]

So audibly not that much different?

the peak fq will be 2-3hz higher firing into the cab.

 

[DarkFox 10+ year member]

Hmm...... hard call there... like the lows. need to run something with some real lows through it to see if I can deal with that tunning diffrence.

 

[J31Rob 5,000+ posts]

Subs up, port back is loud in a stang.

I did it for a buddy w/a single OptiDrive & 1000 watts & got him into 40's. VERY loud to tha ear.

 

[t-rex audio 10+ year member]

Hmm...... hard call there... like the lows. need to run something with some real lows through it to see if I can deal with that tunning diffrence.

what is the box tuned to?

 

[MSimz 10+ year member]

the peak fq will be 2-3hz higher firing into the cab.

I don't think you'd notice a 2hz difference for the most part. It may be somewhere else in the post, so I apologize if you already posted it, but what is the tuning freq. of the box? I would think possible mechanical driver noise might be more noticeable than a 2 cycle or 2 db difference. I can think of more than a few occasions when I got my L5s to bottom out pretty hard - my subsonic filter was not set high enough.

Rob - was that an Opti sub he used?