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[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

whats up guys? Thought I'd post a basic run down on a build I'm doing in my 96 escort lx 2 door, nothing too crazy, the setup layout will consist of:

Deck: Alpine CDA-9833 (waiting to purchase)

Front Speakers: 4" Morel Dotech MKll Components

Rear Speakers: 4" Treo Coaxials (waiting to purchase)

Front Speaker Amp: Rockford Fosgate T3002 2ch

Sub: 12" DC Audio Level 4 Dual 1 ohm

Box: 3.2 cu/ft Ported Box @ 29hz

Wire: 1/0 Welding Cable Power/Ground

The sub was orignally a 12" RD Audio Alpha V.1 dual 4, one of the coils fried so I got it reconed to a DC Audio Level 4 Dual 1.

I'm looking for an amp for the sub as of right now, I've got lots of great deals on here and on other local forums so I'm just taking them all in seeing what I think is best for me right now, but for the time being I'll be running the rockford fosgate t3002 @ 2 ohm, RF says it will be 300wrms @ 2 ohm bridged, the amp is very underated so I'm sure it will be a little more than that.

As for the box, its only temp for now - I'm looking to build up a decent low tuned daily box in the summer. And the speakers I got a really good local deal on, so I couldn't pass those up. If anyone has any experince with these let me know how they did for you.

Anyways, enough of the boring stuff, on with the pics!

I guess we'll start off with what its all going into, 96 Escort LX 2 door -

Now heres the sub before the recone, sitting as a RD Audio Alpha V.1 dual 4, with only one coil working

the spyder on the RD is no match to the dual stiff spyder on the DC

most of the soft parts removed

comparison of the coil

the coil that was in the RD Alpha V.1

slowly getting prepped for recone, tapped up the center of the magnet/motor so nothing gets stuck in there when the new coil goes in

fairly good size for a 12" don't you think?

heres the DC coil next to the RD coil, I'm sure its more than obvious which is which, lol the DC coil is also a tad bit longer

waiting to be one, lol

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[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

super stiff DC Audio dual spyder

waiting for the dual spyder to dry

dual spyder/coil installed

custom 12 awg speaker wire direct connect to the coil, no terminals!

finished! little exess glue needs to be cleaned up around the dust cap, nothing a little nail polish remover can't fix though

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

direct soldered 12 awg speaker wire to the coil, no terminals needed!

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

temp box for now, 3 something cu/ft @ 29hz

1/0 welding cable for power, waiting for the inline fuse in the mail

random wire for big 3

random collection of speaker wire that will help me when I want to amp the components lol

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

the morel dotech MKll components I got for $40 used locally, they are 4" but with 5 1/2" or 5 1/4" spacers, can't remember but I'm sure they'll fit

weird design and pretty small, morel's site says they'll take 100wrms, my rockford fosgate t3002 says it does 50wrms x 2 @ 4 ohm, so I might run it off that, kind of thinking it might kill them though lol

 

[soloXgt 10+ year member]

I think u need more clips

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

that's what I said lol

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

I think u need more clips

you can never have too many clips //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

Got this today, should come in handy for the door panel removal + other installs for other people down the road ..

Also more updates coming soon

 

[LaserRed38 10+ year member]

Your offset plate earns you 3 cool points... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

lol the adapters on the speakers? they were for an audi, but they should work for my 5 and something inch holes

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

not sure if i dig the lack of tinsel leads.... the reason for having tinsel leads is so the cone doesnt smack the **** out of the wire....

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

not sure if i dig the lack of tinsel leads.... the reason for having tinsel leads is so the cone doesnt smack the **** out of the wire....

this. You have nothing to strain relief that speaker cable it's going to put a lot of stress on the solder joint.

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

this. You have nothing to strain relief that speaker cable it's going to put a lot of stress on the solder joint.

yup. IMHO all that work could potentially be a disaster lol... all for saving $2 in tinsel leads. and 20 minutes of sewing.

 

[ToxicAcoustiks 10+ year member]

the dual 1 coil wired for 2 ohm for now on my rockford fosgate t3002, its dying for power power but the lows are insane, quality is great, huge difference