The Boom Box Chevy

[ricky_db]

Ok ladies and gents this is the earliest picture i have of her. it is a 84 caprice classic coupe, RWD, 350 carbureted, gas guzzling, painnnn in my .....

She was four different colors when i brought her home
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/333856_10151319161405125_1054218607_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/333856_10151319161405125_1054218607_o.jpg.html)

I immediately got started on the body work; having no previous knowledge of the JOB at hand... I should have known that 28 years of dings, dents, and a nice sized indent in the rear qp, would not go easy
I even managed to shave off the door locks (or the holes where they went) lol
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/456735_10151387063825125_1012036134_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/456735_10151387063825125_1012036134_o.jpg.html)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/459252_10151393774615125_10283081_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/459252_10151393774615125_10283081_o.jpg.html)

About a month later she was primed the first time to one solid flat black ish color

Then it was time to make some noise!

enter 220amps of power

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/478408_10151375943245125_1288363313_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/478408_10151375943245125_1288363313_o.jpg.html)
A big 3 upgrade
Then off to the drawing board
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/190877_10150437407920125_359741_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/190877_10150437407920125_359741_o.jpg.html)
thought about putting in a solo x 18
but that wouldnt do this hug 20 cu ft trunk justice
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/175888_10150413720885125_1234709_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/175888_10150413720885125_1234709_o.jpg.html)
nah
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/204418_10150547639565125_3338538_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/204418_10150547639565125_3338538_o.jpg.html)
option #2 a few 12s (just for now)
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/240383_10150607140335125_203627_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/240383_10150607140335125_203627_o.jpg.html)
NAH

option # 3 four 12s or 15s

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/243539_10150607150105125_7805442_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/243539_10150607150105125_7805442_o.jpg.html)

many days later and a new grey hair, NAH

SO... option #4 with my previous success with fiberglass i figure to just rip the back seat out and make a deck for... a few 18s
made a mold
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/461815_10151410321325125_1147346760_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/461815_10151410321325125_1147346760_o.jpg.html)
made some rings
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/476474_10151413132480125_1603065986_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/476474_10151413132480125_1603065986_o.jpg.html)

stole a very large womens shirt
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/470690_10151414303550125_195017113_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/470690_10151414303550125_195017113_o.jpg.html)

popped it back in the car... and got to pouring resin
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/416696_10151417617290125_710788276_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/416696_10151417617290125_710788276_o.jpg.html)
After 3 gallons of fiberglass resin and sooo many yards of cloth... i still had flex in the deck! If i know one thing from all of these box's its that flex is not conducive to sustained enjoyment..
SO..
the 18s were aborted, sold, and put into a proven design i made for my tahoe that was stolen while i was in iraq
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/564361_10152049265355125_1975999819_n.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/564361_10152049265355125_1975999819_n.jpg.html)
and boy did they slam OH MY CHONGEYS 2 18s tuned to 30hz in a 17.75 cu ft box! WOOOH ish was loud and i was sad... i knew i had made the right decision aborting the deck at that moment.

option #5 http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/340251_10151005501290125_485599649_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/340251_10151005501290125_485599649_o.jpg.html) terrible design!

Option #6 two fi btl n2s in a pro box. Rock solid subs! i loveddddddddd my BTL 18s for the 2 weeks i had them :(
BUT the frequency response wasnt there for me in the 12s. I wanted...HAD! to have that 30hz snot dislodging bass

ENTER Option 7 the blow threw
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/474261_10152854034200125_1408526419_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/474261_10152854034200125_1408526419_o.jpg.html)

dream on that..
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/981601_10152854034655125_1375541646_o.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Facebook/Block%20Beaters%20car%20audio/981601_10152854034655125_1375541646_o.jpg.html)

[wetamup2k3g]

Woah.

This is that shit that I love! Proper box design! I have heard nothing but good things about Fi subs. I myself am going with either a Sundown X-15 or SSA Icon 15 myself for my build (when I get there). 30 hz is LOW, that's why I wanna go at least 15" myself at 31 hz when I build my box. Yours is gonna be an absolute monster when it's done, keep the progress coming!

[ricky_db]

man.. im telling you Fi's subs are the truth. i have some RE MT (triple stacks) in there now and they are tearing my car up lol.
(x2)turn signal leavers
horn button
door handle
door handle rod (both ends came out) lol
busted a few rivets
and now my gas tank is ripped directly under the subs

im looking into getting one of those buick roadmaster fuel tanks. they look to be some sort of plastic, i dont think bass can break that.

oh yes 30hz is low and nasty

[IVORY_G]

Whoa... Just whoa... lol

[[DC_eightG_00]]

This is insane! Good car too

[ricky_db]

I awoke the beast for one song today . . to demo just one song for a high school friend, there was a graduation party going on next door so i laaaayed into it (with the engine not even running). It popped his ears and my rear view mirror fell the F off, like perfect timing as soon as the last bass note hit under full epic, plop..

when i re bought the MTs i got the box back that i sent them off to become men in aswell, what better to do with a 17.75cu ft box then recycle it and put it on a slight diet

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/2012-08-24172202_zps06a2911a.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/2012-08-24172202_zps06a2911a.jpg.html)

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/20130518_175544_zps73448c42.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/20130518_175544_zps73448c42.jpg.html)
adding the external section of port
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/20130518_200209_zpsa9d8202f.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/20130518_200209_zpsa9d8202f.jpg.html)

the trunk as a few of you know isnt as flat on the bottom due to gm and this b body gas tank, so i had to cut around the high spots and make the floor bottom clear the humps and set flat back there. I definitely didnt want 200 sum pounds of 3200 watts moving around back there
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/20130518_175534_zps54d0e4e2.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/20130518_175534_zps54d0e4e2.jpg.html)
http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/20130524_152326_zps6477c680.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/20130524_152326_zps6477c680.jpg.html)

[IVORY_G]

What made you make the box with the subs facing upwards, instead of facing towards the taillights?

[ricky_db]

Well ivory I only had 10 inches of depth to work with and these are 18s i wanted to use in a car with the most air space and use most of the exisisting box parts that I had and this was a plenty strong double baffle at 1 1/4"

[BassinG]

Bro! build me a box!!!!!

[ricky_db]

For how many of what kind of sub?
I only have one box ahead of you now

[IVORY_G]

Well ivory I only had 10 inches of depth to work with and these are 18s i wanted to use in a car with the most air space and use most of the exisisting box parts that I had and this was a plenty strong double baffle at 1 1/4"

Oh ok I see

[BassinG]

For how many of what kind of sub?
I only have one box ahead of you now

Lol well I have a bunch of subs but I want to do a single 12" setup.
I have a tc sounds 5200 motor that I'm gonna build into a 12.
You know how to do tline boxes?

[ricky_db]

Oh ok I see
Maybe if I could have faced them to the rear I could have saved my gas tank. Smh


Lol well I have a bunch of subs but I want to do a single 12" setup.
I have a tc sounds 5200 motor that I'm gonna build into a 12.
You know how to do tline boxes?
I get to concept of a t line box but I'm mainly only interested in the bass notes that I can hear and not just feel, so I find it a lot better to tune @30 hz if the driver can take it. Something else you probably never knew but what's a hella low t line box going to do when your amp may only have a 45hz low pass, meaning everything under 45hz is unattainable to be amplified leaving gaps

[BassinG]

Maybe if I could have faced them to the rear I could have saved my gas tank. Smh


I get to concept of a t line box but I'm mainly only interested in the bass notes that I can hear and not just feel, so I find it a lot better to tune @30 hz if the driver can take it. Something else you probably never knew but what's a hella low t line box going to do when your amp may only have a 45hz low pass, meaning everything under 45hz is unattainable to be amplified leaving gaps

Well I have always wanted to try one out just to see what the hype was about. Might try a tline with a coupke of 8's. I really want to build my own boxes but I just don't have time or the tools to do it.

[ricky_db]

ive got the time and most of the tools, what im lacking is funds and motivation for this build lol

[quagmire]

wow

[ricky_db]

I ended up dropping the gas tank, draining it, repairing it with some epoxy, and then laying down about 150 or so mills of sound deadender to keep out from vibrating.



Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

[kylecanthurdle]

are you gonna swap out one of those subs? running an Fi and an RE together doesnt look like itll be running up to its full potential.

[ricky_db]

They both were re mt triple stacks. I'm still waiting for that original mt to blow or fail so I can recone it with fi upgraded soft parts aswell

Currently looking for a 12 spoke 18" basket

Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

[ricky_db]

Out with the oldhttp://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Mobile%20Uploads/20140725_135949_zps20tfkgkd.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140725_135949_zps20tfkgkd.jpg.html)

In with the new
[IMG]http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Mobile%20Uploads/20140725_135754_zps67kzjzmh.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140725_135754_zps67kzjzmh.jpg.html)

Find me a recone to make it do what it do

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff115/ricky_db/Mobile%20Uploads/20140725_140058_zpspvdjnept.jpg (http://s236.photobucket.com/user/ricky_db/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140725_140058_zpspvdjnept.jpg.html)