My New System

[Paul42]

So I need to go back to my roots and do a massive system in my truck. Its been about 10 years since my last system which was 8 10's.

This setup is 3 brand new Orion HCCA 12" subs. They are dual 2 ohm voicecoils so I will be running them 4 ohm mono. Each one will run off of its own Orion 1400. These amps were Orions last made in the USA series before being sold out in 2001 to Direct Electronics who now makes everything in China. I have had one of them since 2000 and the other 2 I picked up off ebay. They are 1400 watts RMS at 12V. So at 14.4 volt which is what cars actually run at it is closer to 1700 watts. These subs handle 2000 watts RMS or 4000 peak. So they will be maxed out for sure. They will definently be louder than my 8 10's.

Now I just need to cut a hole in the back cab of my truck.

Here is the sub setup. Check out the size of these subs and amps compared to the bill:

Here is a closeup of one of the subs:

And here is a shot showing the size compared to a standard 12" sub:

[low_blazer]

Damn...very nice man. Those should give you a solid nose bleed...

[droppedoff]

Nice man, I don't think I want to ride with you...my 1 12 is enough for me. lol

[Paul42]

I have way too much to do before I can even start the enclosure. I need to build a cover for the notch holes in the floor of my truck, get a hard tonneau since my amps will be in the bed, mount a few extra batteries in the bed and the isolator and wiring for them, sound deaden the entire cab, cut the hole in the bed and cab. I am trying to get a custom tuned ported enclosure design from Steve Meade who is a well know installer on the ol net.

[droppedoff]

yea that's alot of work. If you ever want some company or a little help when you're doing any of that let me know...and my box was made by the Powered 4 Sound guys before they broke up. I'm pretty sure they are or were friends with Meade. His Tahoe and his old Civic were both badass. I've never seen another Civic with 2 18s in the trunk, on air, and keeping the backseat.

[vio0633]

I had a an orion amp back in the day. Forgot the model number...I think it was HCCA as well. They are sweet for sure!

[crafty1]

Those are huge...... Oh wait last time I said that I got slapped in the face....

[Paul42]

I got a little work done last weekend. I got 100sq ft of Fatmat Rattle Trap and started sound deadening. I did the outside of the drivers door and cut myself up a bunch reaching through the little holes. When I put my door panel back together my drivers door lock, dome light, and mirror turn signal dont work. Ran out of time to look into that. This weekend I will do the inside and hopefully the passenger door too. I am having some sheetmetal boxes made to cover my notches and will have to weld them in place to seal up the bed from the weather. Also I am having my box blueprints designed by PWK Designs.

[droppedoff]

Nice man...I ordered some sound deadener for my Mazda too.

Quick question for ya...I'm planning on only running a 6.5" component set and 2 8s. Do you think sound deadening the outer door skin would make much difference or if doing the inside door would be plenty?

[low_blazer]

Deadening the outter skin of the door is a good idea if you're planning on running some power. It'll help cut down on road noise, and keep the resonance down in the door..

[Paul42]

Definently deaded the outer skin if you plan on running the 6.5's in the doors. If you are not going to run any speakers in your doors you can get away with only doing the inner skin if you seal it completely.

[Paul42]

Finnaly finished my doors!!!

Here is the outside panel completely covered. It is doubled up behind where the speaker is.

Then I made patch panels for the 3 large holes (I did the lower one after the picture). I used aluminum roof flashing material. It was kinda thin so I put deadener on the inside of them also.

Then I sealed the inside panel. I used wire loom over the door latch rod so it wouldnt stick.

Then finnaly I covered it all with Ensolite which is a closed cell foam. You would usually spray glue it but It is just used as a final barrier not a sealer so I chose to just put some tape to hold it in place until I installed the door panel over it. I also installed my new 6.5" component set.

[Paul42]

Here is the drawing of my blow through. I had a few pieces of MDF laying around so I cut out a few of the panels and now have to start glueing them to make them 1.5" thick.

[droppedoff]

Very nice Paul, goin all out on this!