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
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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
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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
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A big 3 upgrade
Then off to the drawing board
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thought about putting in a solo x 18
but that wouldnt do this hug 20 cu ft trunk justice
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nah
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option #2 a few 12s (just for now)
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NAH
option # 3 four 12s or 15s
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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
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made some rings
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stole a very large womens shirt
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popped it back in the car... and got to pouring resin
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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
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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/f...85599649_o.jpg 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
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dream on that..
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