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#1 joakwin

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Posted 22 November 2018 - 04:08 AM

i started to build the system for my mini

 

 

 

as of right now, I have a kenwood deck, jbl 2ch amp for the front speakers, and a jbl gto mono block amp for the subs, and a pair of jbl gto 6.5 2ohm 2 way comps speakers for the fronts, and a pair of mtx thunder 5000 8's svc 4 ohm

my front amp puts out 80x2@2ohms, and the sub amp puts out 300@2ohms

 

I have a roll cage in my car, and my standard dash rail has been cut out, but I have a roll cage dash bar, that my steering column it mounted to, and my seats have been moved back as far to the rear as I can get them, my dash rail sticks out around 3 inches or so more then the stock location,

so I wanted to build some boxes for my front speakers

 

I mounted my front amp but im not sure if I like the location of it, and I was thinking about buying some of those mini amps that are on the market now

 

45813234532_d5f4fdd233.jpgspeaker pod location by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

this picture I started out with a plate cut out of how I wanted the speakers to lay out, made out of 3/4 inch mdf

 

 

 

 



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Posted 22 November 2018 - 04:12 AM

45852267511_9456866fc2.jpgspeaker pods by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

I cut down the size of the box alittle bit, it fit nice on the left side but I forgot about the throttle pedal on the right side

 

45162772554_9d0bd919c6.jpgblack carpet speaker pods by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

test fit of the speakers into the box, I used a speaker wire with a few different wires in one loom, and I mounted the crossovers outside of the box

 

32037533308_0d317cafa3.jpgspeaker pod left side by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

I used two bolts to hold the speaker box to the inner wheel wells

 

30974572417_1e8c7e5e41.jpgright side speaker pod by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

the right side, I have good space for my foot to the throttle pedal and I can see check fuses, thats a honda fuse box



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Posted 22 November 2018 - 04:16 AM

45019481355_1bed6b7076.jpgright side speaker pod 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

mid woofer mounted to the box

 

45042820351_64777be5a6.jpgdash 3 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

this is what my dash looks like right now, it still needs a ton of work 

 

37412095745_ce9d405d9f.jpg210475_10150180547421684_3397706_o by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

sound mat, the shell has been covered with boxes of this stuff, inside the boot, the roof, floor, doors, everywhere



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Posted 22 November 2018 - 04:23 AM

31023391807_4aa0e4d575.jpgjbl in the house by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

temp spot for mounting my front speakers amp, the car is going to have a center console and the amp will be flush mounted into the center console

 

but here what im not sure about, if im going to run the jbl amps or not, they are kind of on the big side

 

im looking at buying this amp for the subs

https://www.sonicele..._NVX-MVPA1.html

 

and for the tops

https://www.sonicele..._NVX-MVPA4.html



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Posted 22 November 2018 - 04:31 AM

31055609797_0c334ec5c2.jpgUntitled by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

testing before putting the deck into its mount location

 

I made the mount out of some 3/16 plate, that I machined the opening of the deck into the plate with a manual milling machine and then welded it to the roll cage dash bar and I welded in some 1/8 inch thick metal from the bottom of the face plate to act as a support for the rear of the radio

 

 

I had to eq some of the mids out of the speakers because they were really mid heavy, I still have more adjustments to be made


Edited by joakwin, 22 November 2018 - 04:36 AM.


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Posted 22 November 2018 - 04:33 AM

45270404104_c4d51a8d98.jpgradio mount by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

radio in the plate I made for the mount

 

im running a honda d16z6 automatic in my car this time around

 

 

 

this up coming weekend, I plan to start building the center console 

 

and figuring out the sub amp and its mounting location


Edited by joakwin, 22 November 2018 - 04:38 AM.


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Posted 22 November 2018 - 11:40 PM

Hi,

Thats always the problem with a mini, where to put stuff!

 Good luck...

Cheers  :proud:



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Posted 23 November 2018 - 09:36 AM

Looks like a cracking build, will be interesting to see how that dashboard turns out and those hidden (ish) kick panel speaker pods look brilliant.

 

 

Regards,

Andy @ Optimise Automtoive



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Posted 23 November 2018 - 09:50 AM

Hi,

I've got the Alpine digital amps in another car and they sound really good.

Small light and powerful...

Cheers  :proud:



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Posted 23 November 2018 - 10:16 AM

Amazing there's room to drive LOL



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Posted 24 November 2018 - 03:16 AM

the car is pretty much a 2 seater only, the front seats are all the way back to the seat area, no leg room

 

 

today I spent some time on a science project for one of my kids

our goal is to make the sound of a phone louder without any type of power amp

 

I plan to home build a horn, and I have a few pro audio horns laying around and when we are done building, we plan to db test each horn to see what set up is the loudest

 

the 1st set up I made an adapter for is a JBL 2 inch horn lens

45990915821_b60dc3a96c.jpgdiy horn 2 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

46021588501_648745126e.jpgdiy horn 4 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

the 2nd horn is something ive had for a few years, when I got it, I was told it was a fiberglass altec horn lens, it has no markings on it, but I had the phone camber bigger, trying to see if it made it louder to the ear....for now


Edited by joakwin, 24 November 2018 - 03:18 AM.


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Posted 24 November 2018 - 03:19 AM

46021588471_d0fa583a72.jpgdiy horn 5 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

45941450062_f9509f21e4.jpgdiy horn 3 by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

the jbl horns 



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Posted 24 November 2018 - 08:04 AM

That horn looks mega. Would the amps mount under the front or rear seats? I’ve got mine mounted under the rear parcel shelf.

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Posted 06 December 2018 - 12:03 AM

im in the process of building a small sealed box to hold two 8 inch subwoofers, and getting that set up installed into the mini, I wont post any pictures of the location where the box is going into the car at until its done, I should have it done in the next day or so

 

and im also building a new box for my daily ride, honda element with a single tc sounds tc7 10 inch, its getting a 2 cube slot ported huge box, off of 1500wrms

 

im in the process of trying to buy another jbl amp, heres the link to it, $60 USD, this is going into the jbl, im trying to pick it up tomorrow, but im waiting for the person to text me back

https://tucson.craig...6765676488.html

 

heres the amp dyno test that was done on the amp, it puts out around 750watts, rated at 500watts, two 8's should be driven pretty nice off the power this amp makes, i'll have to turn down the gain a lot on this bad boy



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Posted 07 December 2018 - 10:09 PM

old box and new box for the daily ride

 

31270719147_ef8267ee13.jpgold box by joa kwin, on Flickr

 

 

 

45485908934_8d25140628.jpgnew box by joa kwin, on Flickr






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