Woot!!!, we're lookin' good.

 

read further up, someone gave me the idea of putting the stripe on the wall, becuase i said i am putting flat black stripes on the outside from the front to the rear.

 

Just me thinking again, but are you going to have some sort of pull tab (so you can lift that battery box cover out) on there? Or can it be easily removed as is? Just something I noticed...

 

ya im putting a handle. not yet though as i dont know how i will have the amps placed, so i dont want to put it in the wrong spot.

 

Woops, totally missed that post. That will look awesome with a stripe on the box.

 

thanks

 

the top of the box, although it still needs to be trimmed up a little.



trying to hold it where itll be mounted, while taking a pic at the same time

the gaps on the sides/back will be sealed with birch, at a 45 degree angle, and of course, glassed a couple layers thick.



sealed the rear "sunroof". the back one doesnt open, so theres no tracks for the roof to pop off of, like the front.

only reason for sealing the back is becuase im going to screw and glue the top of the box to that, for extra support. its hard to explain, but you'll see as i progress. i got lazy and didnt feel like finishing the top piece tonight. but the back trim panel is 95% done, so ill move back to the actual box until its done, then finish the back trim panel and front trim panel.



got glue?

 

the top of the box screws and is glued permanently to the wood over the rear sunroof. it doesnt move, very solid.



gluing it up!



put it on.. notice i covered the edge in suede and rounded the edge...ill explain why in the next pic



the port will only come out to about here. so i extended the top of the box, and covered it in suede to cover the rear sunroof, or else the very edge of the sunroof would have been showing, becuase the port doesnt come past the sunroof.

 

Man I wish I could here this thing when its done...

 

come to florida

i just noticed my lics plate lights dont work...i dont see how both bulbs could have just burned out at the same time, as far as i know, they were just working recently.

 

Yeah...I may have to

But seriously...if you go to the dragon next year...I will probably be there(exam allowing)...

 

wheres that at again?

 

this is sorta how im sealing up the top piece to the rest of the box... the back was easy, the sides are sorta easy, the corners in the back i guess im gonna have to just glass.

ideas?

 

grinding off the tips of some screws that i had screwed in from the outside of the box.









attached the 45, connecting the top and the back panels of the box. the corners will be glassed. its solid as hell (the 45 i just put on) and im happy with how it came out, especially since this whole box was built day by day, as i go, and not designed.







glued the front baffles together. i want to put them on the box for good, but im scared to, until i get the port done.. if i put it on, then its gonna be hard to finish the port, so ill wait til the port is done.

 

 

This image scares me.

What are you expecting in terms of volume for everyday use?

Are you also going to compete with this system?

 

im going to compete, yes. im not gonna compete like full time, but at local shows, etc, ill compete. im not gonna drive hours and hours to shows, just to compete. its fun to go to shows/compete, but i wont drive that far just to compete.

im going for a 150+ dB on music...

 

Presumably not whilst sitting in it....

 

of course while sitting in it, why would i be building it to not listen to it?

 

I can understand you taking on the project. I can understand you'd want to listen to it. I can understand that for competition, you'd want to pump it up

I'm not sure why you would subject yourself to 150 dB being produced a matter of inches away from your head

I'm not an otolaryngologist, but I would have thought that 150 dB is up there with Jet Engines - ie enough to significantly damage your hearing on a permanent basis. I know that Osha regs only allow for 115 dB with hearing protection for a maximum exposure of 15 mins.

 

Not all frequencies have the same effect on the body. 150 dB at 8 kHz for more than a few minutes would probably cause permanent hearing loss (if not outright bleeding from the eardrums), but 150 dB at 50 Hz is "felt" more than "heard", and doesn't cause any permanent hearing loss.

So, depending on what he's listening to, 150 dB may or may not be harmful.

 

yes, when i said 150 dB, i was refering to the bass only. the bass is what they meter at competitions, not the mids/highs. although my mids/highs will be LOUD, i dont think theyll be a 150 LOL...that WOULD kill your ears literally in minutes, as you said Scott.

but yes, 150dB at 30-50hz, sure, itll eventually have SOME effect on your ears, but not nearly as bad as something of a higher frequency.

 

Nice update

The Dragon is in NC...watch some youtube videos of the road...its pretty sweet

 

The clearance between your seat and the woofer appears to be insanely minimal. Isn't there a possibility of contact during the sub's fluctuation?

 

That looks like it is going to hurt! Looking really nice though. How is the switch relocation and head unit going?