The Saturn: Death-Horn Build/Addition (10kw+)

[Annnarbor84 5,000+ posts]

Yea i was originally going to do that but may end up doing the extra sanding and going that extra mile to gain that extra bit with everything smooth.

You take the time to make that shit like glass, you will not regret it!!!

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

Looks good. This is going to be a pain in the *** to bondo and sand out.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif it's definitely going to be work but im aiming to have everything smoothed out, painted, and then clearcoated //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Alright, the smoothing started today even though I had a big headache to begin with...so I only stayed to work on it for a little bit..

Hopefully it'll be nice and smooth by the end of the week //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[rmzsuzuki89 10+ year member]

Looking pretty sick, can't wait to see how it does.

 

[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

Come borrow my electric sander. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Blasphemy 10+ year member]

Looking good man. What colour you going to paint it?

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Thanks guys, and it'll be painted black with a slick coat of clear resin over it all //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif And so far it performs very well. 145.5 @ 40hz legal off of the crossfire 1k I have on the omegas, moves lots of air and is very aggressive on the lows...so, many times the power, more cone area, and everything smoothed and sealed off may get me somewhere lol

Come borrow my electric sander. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I have 2 lol, just hand sanding that curve and some into the flat areas

 

[batvette 10+ year member]

A) I want to see more of this build ASAP!!! The windows came out CLEAN!B) WTF is ontop of that hurst??? I'm confused!

'Twas in looks, a giant coffin made of a bubble solar roof 4'x10', there was neon lights under all the side bubbles. Roof was completely cut out so you could stand, it had even once had a stripper pole. Skulls, arrows,text that said "fantasy zone" by the side entry. Was originally built and rented as a disco in back of a hearse limo. Chasing leds on parquet floors, etc. Laying on the floor in back and looking up it was just like laying in a coffin, inside were mirrors and velvet. Fog machine, lasers, bubble machine, a rolling party. Stupid me quit drinking within the first year I got it and all of a sudden it wasn't so fun driving around with a car load of drunk friends! Kept it 4 years. Got pulled over a lot by curious cops, some recognized its pimp potential and when my license was suspended for child support arrears, one who pulled me over hoped to seize it from me. He used to drive by my house daily and park up the street if he saw me washing or wrenching it. Funny, his beat was 6 miles away. Many people got just stupid around it, one guy followed me about 100 miles on a trip home from Vegas, staying in my blind spot, just staring.

Had two sound systems , front setup would have been very competetive in IASCA pro 601+ SQ in the day. Spent 2 months on the mids in the kicks alone, 8s where the cowl vent air enters with birch ply pre-glassed then rivited with aluminum extrusion inside, glassed together again then fully lined with modeling clay then coated with sikaflex to keep the clay in place. Veritas aluminum horns on piano hinges under the dash attached to the now unused vent sliders for angle/height adjustment. what made it was the sheer size of the front cabin and speaker placement, the 8's were same distance to listener as the horn driver outlet almost to the inch.

You can see the 8's up in the kicks, I had to cut out the old rusted floors here.

Pair of 15's built into a bench seat directly behind driver seat with base and 4 sides jacketed with 3/4" of silica sand I called the "dead box" as it looked like a coffin and the sand jacket, used in mansion A/V systems, has the unique properties of isolating the sub's mechanical movements from the vehicle structure eliminating all buzzing and rattling inherent to motor movement, with simply air pressure being felt. It's really cool if you can do it but not many people want 3-4 hundred pounds of enclosure to tote around.

But anyway sorry to distract from the thread, I do want to comment on saturn owner's reply.

I felt as you felt, that what I wanted at that time was what I would always want. I more or less got it, but things around me, and I, changed and what I wanted at 27 is not even in my rear view at 47 let alone in front of me. I still like to bump a little- in fact the 15's from the hearse are in my Honda Passport now, in a modest system loud enough to cause hearing damage. However we know you don't get back what you put into this stuff and where even stupid people could find work to support themselves in the early 90's we're now seeing savvy, hard working folks ending up on the street pushing shopping carts and this is here to stay. Had I put the money I threw into just one of those cars in a wiser place I would feel much better now, and when you are near 50 "cool" or status is not defined by a slammed 64 with switches but a house mostly paid off so nobody can put your old *** on the street.

And physically having to get bumped from your living situation is tolerable at 27. Most of us who worked for a living AND burnt the midnight oil on our rides, well you WILL be nearly disabled by your 50's compared to today. Even barring accidents and staying in shape.

I, like you, simply could not believe the things I took for granted doing and were easy, would be painful and quickly tire me out in 20 years

Just prepare for all that and remember everything we do, well the last generation pretty much went down that road. Once in awhile we yell back to ya telling you there's a hole to steer around if you can.

I'll some back around to see how that bass horn works for ya, looks very good so far.

John in San Diego

 

[Qxxx4]

lol wtf

but seriously

Why do you have a block sander in one of those pics?? You need a DA and some 40 grit lol

 

[HighTQCummins 10+ year member]

I think he's block sanding to keep dust from flying everywhere, not saying block sanding is so much cleaner, but if I had to guess I'd say thats the reason

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

I used it for the detail sanding at the mouth of the horn, I had 2 sanders with me that I was mostly using lol

And more bodyfiller and then milkshake'd most of it...I didnt continue the milkshake over because there were parts that still needed more sanding and a little fiberglass built up..

Not silky-smooth but will do my best to get it close...more when it happens

 

[schrummy 10+ year member]

nice work sir...

 

[lil98cabrio 10+ year member]

thats boooonerrrr-rrific!!!!!

 

[mxer69 10+ year member]

everytime i look at this thread, i get more and more impressed

dont let this thread die.. someone should sticky it

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

Thanks, guys //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif