I didn't take to many pics.But I do have a few for the 1st day of this sub enclosure build and sub swap..
Taking out both Solo X 12's.. out with the old
strarting to frame out the artificial floor (box needed to be raised enough to clear fender wells"
finished floor (without carpet) outside of the vehicle.
Starting on the Baffle
early into the box build
some random pics
I do have the art. floor in vehicle. have 2 more cuts left. Port is complete Need to still install the all-thread, nuts, and washers. 45's for the corners and cut mounting holes for the subs.
Probably wont be carpeted anytime this week.
Will get pics of these HUGE subs on next round!
Just thought I would share.
subs: 2- 18" RD Alpha's V.2 D2 enclosure: 11.75^3 ft., common chamber, 80^2 in. port., tuned to 35 Hz.
cordless drill wouldn't work for me... needed an air drill.. one of the lil ones to really put some pressure on the bit(s).. broke more than one, lol... sh!t(back of seat) must be made of diamonds.
@ Sean- same power that I had on the solo x's 2-bxi2005's.. They pounded the solo's.. These amps are closer to the rms of the Alphas than the Solo's... I have a deal in the works for a 5750 from Steve...
@ scott- Thought you said that it was for the v6.. I have the 4.0L inline 6... If you would send detailed pics and I will compare to my 132 amp alt.. thanks.
@ goodie-- Geez.. I hope not... The box design came from Steve Miller. He used A JGC to make the measurements.
"I have several of those bar clamps myself. Affordable and work well."
They were $3.00 a piece.... I bought 6..They worked quite nicely.
Am getting close to being done with the install... Hopefully I will have it completed today... Carpet and all.. Really curious to see if they are gonna be louder than the 2-12" solo x's... They should be.. I will upload some pics this evening if I get it done... If not, it will be tommorrow for sure..
quick question... The subs are D2 ohm... All the V.C.'s read 2.7 ohm... As did my Solo X's.. Is that normal? why? thanks again guys..
Carpeting done.. Just showing the Double baffle and the all thread.
Everything installed... used 8 Ga. wire for the speakers
Vid coming soon.. likely tomorrow. when I can use my good camera. The Canon SD750 handles the bass with ease. By far the best Bass video camera I have ever seen.
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I found the res. Freq. of my jeep... I can't tell you the exact Hz. but The song "I Run This" Lil Wayne and Birdman has that particular Freq. most of the way through it. It makes my Jeep sound like the high pitched thunder. The lowest bass part on the song "I put on" - Jeezy Is hit with ease and really make the air move.... The Solo X's wouldn't hit it because of the box tuning (45 hz.)
I can say for sure that my TL #'s have improved drastically over the Solo X's with the same power... Likely because the amps I am running are closer to the RMS wattage of the Alpha's as compared to the Solo X's. And Cone area as well! The increase is obvious to the ear to anybody who has heard both systems.. These subs hit the upper Freq's nicely and can hit all of the subsonic notes in the song "Bass, I love You" without any problems.. I can tell that the 2 hifonics BXI-2005D's do a nice job pushing these monsters. But they could handle more... Which scares the sh!t outta me.. Playing the song"Six- Twelves- Webbie" makes my gas cap lid open up... Never happen before.. Over all It's pretty fu(kin' sick!! I have a local show here in Lake Charles, La. On Sept. 6th and will get it TL'ed(w/ pics.).. It is a Usaci event. I wanna know what this system is doing before Canaan's Sound-Off in Late Sept.. I really have no chance as I will be in the most powerful class.. Kinda sux! But I really wanna meet He and Nick V. and the rest of their team. Maybe knock a few back at HOOTERS or somewhere like that the night b4 the Comp. If work will let me.. Thanks for taking the time to read all this sh!t!
I would also like to thank Steve Miller for the box design and the inexpensive price on the Alpha's($490-shipped) WOW. He gave me a great quote on a RD5750.1 that I am considering... Wish me luck.
Canaan, I'm try! fosho. Me and another Bondsman/relative (the guy with the 1999 Bourbon with 2-cvx'15's on 2000 wrms) are gonna try to get that weekend off!
