My son's "Mini SPL" build.

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Just posted this over at caco, but wanted everyone to see it.

So, I heard about this "Mini SPL" usaci class and did some searching on it and thought it was the coolest thing ever. My son, who is almost 5, thinks the deebeez is just the coolest thing ever in daddy's car, so with a TON of help from F3M4 and StripperPole- we got to work on his Powerweheels truck. The battery that came in it was shot anyway.

Most of the trucks I saw when I searched made the entire front seat area the "cabin" for the sub, but I wanted my boy to still be able to drive it so we just used the passenger area for the "cabin." The rules state that the vehicle has to drive 40ft into the testing area and then 40ft out of the area anyway, so I thought it would be cool if he could drive it in and out himself.

Virgin truck. Batt test fit.

All cut up and ready for construction.

Floor layed out.

Begininings of the box. We decided on a 4th order for a Kicker L5 12.

Fitment in the truck.

Used a piece of plexi from a 10 year old badpass that I used to have to allow the mic to get into the cabin.

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[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Fittin it all together.

I didn't get any pics of it buttoned up and the amp mounted. I will be sure to add some later. We just couldn't wait to burp this thing. Didn't even have the aero for it so we just used a piece of tube.

With just a tube and no tuning or anything...

IMG_0656 by TaylorFade, on Flickr

160 flat @ 48hz. Lol. Not too shabby from an L5 and a Powerbass asa 1k. I know this little truck has more in it. And we have some pretty killer plans in the works for it, but Daddy has been busy with his own finals build.

Stay tuned for updates.

 

[steve c 10+ year member]

That's awesome!

 

[basebalz13 10+ year member]

Balling, kind of like the MECA Kids competition.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

nice work...looks like a good father son project...now get your car that loud so you can beat me....//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

wow make it a RC too?

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

wow make it a RC too?

that would be sweet....

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

ive seen it done so lil dude could drive it in or dad can control it in.

 

[cablguy184 10+ year member]

Awesome Work Bro !!! Those things are fun !!!

We have one of those in our camp ... Alexis Hill's Caddy built by her father Eddie Hill.

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Usaci rules states that the vehicle has to be driven by the child into the lanes, metered, then driven back to the pit by the child.

 

[basshedz06 10+ year member]

yea randel is right i have a vid of her run somewhere lemme see if i can find it.

 

[basshedz06 10+ year member]

hope you guys like an good luck taylor hopefully this year you can break the 181. lexi holds the record i think right now.

 

[modskwod 10+ year member]

Straight up ballin

 

[2lo2flo 10+ year member]

That looks like alot of fun!

 

[n2caraudio 10+ year member]

Nice

 

[TaylorFade 10+ year member]

Awesome Work Bro !!! Those things are fun !!! We have one of those in our camp ... Alexis Hill's Caddy built by her father Eddie Hill.

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Usaci rules states that the vehicle has to be driven by the child into the lanes, metered, then driven back to the pit by the child.

Wow. That's you guys? I saw that vid on YouTube when I was looking around for ideas. That's awesome! Lol. Yeah, we're nowhere near 180 yet, but we have a lot left to do. I am reconsidering the 4th order idea now. I think we might have gotten better numers from a straight ported design so that all of the pressure from the sub AND port get to the cabin.

Care to share your design with me? Lol. What equipment are you guys running?