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Member ID: Bittersweet05ex

Location: Mesa, AZ

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2005 Ford Excursion

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  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed135mph
  • HP468
  • Weight9476lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Custom Gauges 

Exterior Styling

  • Custom Lighting 
  • Xenon Body Kit 
  • Toyo Tires 

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Don’s Ford Excursion
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The audio/video system...always changing


In process of redoing the system for a photo shoot with Performance Auto & Sound Magazine. I will be removing all 12 6.5" 3 way triaxals and 6x9"s and replacing with 12 Soundstream TRC.60C Tarantula components speakers, and 4 Soundstream SST 6x9"s. 

 

                         NEW ENCLOSURE

This is the new enclosure (4th system) that I built myself. The bottom and sides are 3/4" MDF board.  The enclosure has a total of 10 cubic ft of air space...4 - 2.50 cubic ft chambers.  My other BOX was WAY TOO BIG and took away from the "X"...  This new one looks and sounds way better... ;^) 

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          These pic`s below are before the new setup was finished...They are here till I can get a better camera to get pic`s of the subs glowing.

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*****Update 8-13-09*****

Just got my 6 new pairs of Soundstream TRC.60C Tarantula Series Component speakers and 2 new pairs of thier SST 6x9`s.   These new components are Bad Ass!!! 

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The dust caps are clear on the component speakers...I will back light these also with my LED`s so all my speakers thruout will glow orange ;^D  Here is a teaser with another color.

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3D spider grills  pic with LED off and with LED on

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All primered and ready to go to Lucky Luciano Custom Paint  in Az. for paint. Going with a House of Kolor champagne to match the outside.

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After sanding with 80grit and it`s coat of body filler and

after LOTS and LOTS of sanding ;^P

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Test fit to make sure everything looks good

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Cut out the sides to go with my tribal scheme.  Here it is all wrapped in fleece.  The 2 small squares down low on each side will hold my 2 Kinetik HC 600 powercells.

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 One last test fit to make sure everything looks good before the fiberglass.

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Here you can get a better idea of what I`m trying to achieve.

Each sub has it`s own seperated 2.50 cubic ft enclosure with a 4" x 10" port tuned to 33.82 Hz. You can see 2 of the 4 amplifiers, the rest will follow forward.

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Getting 2 of the sub squares just right.

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 Rewired and upgraded everything in vehicle with Knu Konceptz wiring.  Did "Big 3" and all power and grounds upgraded to 1/0 gauge.

 Here is evrything that I installed.

 

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     2 inline fuses with mini ANL fuses...one for each of the 2 - 1/0 gauge runs to the Kinetik powercells at the rear of the vehicle.  Also ran a 1/0 gauge ground from front powercells to rear ground blocks.

 

 

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 Konfuzed chrome positive and negative battery terminals.  Digital distribution block under hood for accessories.

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Grizz and Brandon of Soundstream are XXX!!!  Showin off the new "XXX line" -- 15,000 watts of power amplifier and 18" sub!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2009 Consumer Electronic's Show vehicle ...Our Excursion was featured in Soundstream's booth with this setup
 

last setup - 3rd System - Featured in Truckin' Magazine, 2009 CES show 

 There are 4 amplifiers. You can see the floating amp that is suspended between the 4 subs, and the other 3 are below it in the floor with a trim panel wrapped in suede.  

 

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Just finished the lighting on the subs. There is a total of 1200 LED`s ...300 LED`s per sub and they look like their on FIRE!!

The LEDs are SPL and vibration proof and carry a lifetime warranty.  Anyone interested in some, just let me know ;^)

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SEE MORE PIC`S OF MY "X" ON SOUNDSTREAMS WEBSITE AT:

TEAM SOUND STREAM SHOW CARS

XSTREAM XT-653S 6.5” 3-WAY TRIAXIALS (x 4 for each front door, and x 2 for each rear door)

RUNNING 4 OF SOUNDSTREAMS NEW TARANTULA SERIES AMPLIFIERS

TARANTULA TRX1000D MONOBLOCK AMPLIFIERS FOR THE SUBS – 1000 watts (x2)

TARANTULA TRX4.420 4-CHANNEL AMPLIFIERS FOR THE SPEAKERS – 4x70 watts (x2)

XSTREAM XT-693S 6”x9” 3-WAY TRIAXIALS (x2 for 3rd seat area and 2 for rear cargo area)

TARANTULA TSQ-124 12” SQUARE DVC SUBWOOFERS (x4)

THEY ARE SOUNDSTREAMS NEW BAD ASS TSQ SUBS -- MY EXCURSION IS THE FIRST VEHICLE TO HAVE THEM!!

 

 

 

 

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VIDEO IS FED FROM THE ECLIPSE 6610 UP FRONT AND A SOUND STREAM VDVD-160 IN 2ND SEAT CONSOLE AND PLAYSTATION 2 TO THE SOUND STREAM VAV-4 MULTI AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROLLER. WHICH SEND SIGNAL BACK TO THE 5 VIDEO SCREENS SO EVERY ONE CAN WATCH OR PLAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THE SAME TIME.

 

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BASS CONTROL KNOB AND VAV-4 REMOTE SENSOR UP FRONT. 

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 FACTORY OVERHEAD DVD SYSTEM WRAPPED IN SUEDE

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2 SOUND STREAM 7" HEADREST MONITORS, AND A 10.5" flip down DVD player monitor.

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260amp high output alternator--powdercoated orange from "Nations Starters and Alternators" and would recommend to anyone ;^)

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FACTORY OVERHEAD DVD SYSTEM AND REAR A/C
CONTROLS ALL WRAPPED IN SUEDE
AND MY SOUNDSTREAM 7355RBNT 7" screen WITH BLOOTOOTH, SD cards 
NAVIGATION, DVD, BACKUP CAMERA

 

 

MOUNTED MY CAMERA IN CENTER OF MY REAR PLATE
A SHOT OF MY BACKUP CAMERA ON THE 7355NRBT.

 

Will be using my current 260 AMP alternator and going with
4 "KINETIKS" Powercells. 

 

 

 

 

KINETIKS HC2000 Powercells (x2)

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KINETIKS HC600 Powercells (x2)

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Wrapped the inside with Xtreme 80 mill Fat Mat Sound Control Rattle Trap.

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Building my front door pods.

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Front pods wrapped in fleece.

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With a resin coat.

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Fiberglassed and ready for sanding and body work.

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Wrapped, and installed...turned out looking pretty good ;^)

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Here is the "Fourth Order" enlcosure for the subs which will feature 4 slot vents. Will have 11.93 cubic ft total of air space and will be tuned to 37.93 Hz.

Features 4 seperate chambers for stregnth.
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Each chamber has it`s own slotted vent.

 

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Almost time for lighting and to wrap the enclosure

 

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My Kinetiks Powercells just arrived ;^)
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SUBS ARE IN ;^) 

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New Sounstream dropdown 10.5" screen with DVD player

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OLDER AUDIO - 2nd system

 ALL OF THE AUDIO / VIDEO THAT YOU SEE HERE WAS INSTALLED BY MYSELF WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY YOUNGER BROTHER, DAVID. I BUILT THE CUSTOM ENCLOSURE FOR BOTH KICKER 15" L7 SUBS AND WRAPPED IT IN SUEDE ALONG WITH MY AMP RACK COVER. THEN I INSTALLED COLOR MATCHED GRILLES ON SUBS. RUNNING 3 PAIRS OF PIONEER 681R SPEAKERS FOR THE HIGHS, WHICH ARE POWERED BY AN MTX TE-1004 4 CHANNEL AMPLIFIER. VIDEO IS FED FROM THE ECLIPSE 6610 UP FRONT AND A SOUND STREAM VDVD-160 IN 2ND SEAT CONSOLE AND PLAYSTATION 2 TO THE SOUND STREAM VAV-4 MULTI AUDIO/VIDEO CONTROLLER. WHICH SEND SIGNAL BACK TO THE 5 VIDEO SCREENS SO EVERY ONE CAN WATCH OR PLAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT THE SAME TIME.


   

  2 15" KICKER L7 DUAL VOICE COIL SUBS WITH COLOR MATCHED GRILLES.

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ECLIPSE AVN 6610 HEAD UNIT WITH BACK UP CAMERA AND BLUETOOTH

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PLAYSTATION 2 CONSOLE.

 

 

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 2 KICKER ZX1000.1 1000watt MONO AMPLIFIERS AND A SOUND STREAM 40 FARAD CAPACITOR. CUSTOM ENCOSURE AND COVER FOR AMPS MADE BY AND WRAPPED IN SUEDE BY MYSELF.

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SOUND STREAM CAPACITOR WITH SYSTEM ON AND ALL LIT UP! 

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 MTX TE-1004 1000watt 4-CHANNEL AMLIFIER AND SOUND STREAM VAV-4 UNIT UNDER 2nd ROW SEATS

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1st system under construction before our photo shoot with Diesel World Magazine...November `07

 

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PAGE 1-- MEDIA EXPOSURE - magazine features, magazine adds and calenders
PAGE 2-- SHOWS AND EVENTS
PAGE 3-- NEW AUDIO SYSTEM...SEE PROGRESS
PAGE 4-- INTERIOR
PAGE 5-- MORE PIC`S
PAGE 6-- DETAILED MODIFICATIONS LIST
PAGE 7-- SPONSORS PAGE
PAGE 8-- OLD AUDIO/VIDEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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joeybonez  

Posted by: joeybonez

10/27/2009 11:19AM

AWSOME RIDE LOOKS HOT 5*Z KEEP IT UP

MidnightLuckey  

Posted by: MidnightLuckey

10/25/2009 03:47PM

It may be a little bit way overboard, but i still love it! Hahah. Straight up awesome, man.

subaru-offroad  

Posted by: subaru-offroad

09/24/2009 11:20AM

That is one bad ass excursion man, you guys have got amazing talent! Have you done a subaru yet?? I bet you guys could build one hell of an off road scooby! Thank you for the comments, man comming from a profile of this caliber is totally rewarding.. Amsoil for the win- just bought another 70 dollar oil change but it's totally worth it (i only need 5 quarts lol) how much is the oil change on the excursion? It's got to be up there! Thank you for your support for SOTW via comments, votes, and stars! Much appreciation yo! Keep making awesome rides, I LOVE your work with this excursion. 5 stars and favorited for sure

eighty1design  

Posted by: eighty1design

09/22/2009 06:28PM

Awesome truck!!! Lots of time and $ into this one!! If you guy's ever want your own 1 off grillz let us know it would be a lot cheaper than RBP!! 5*

GTon18s  

Posted by: GTon18s

09/16/2009 11:47PM

saw that in the magazine, awsome work, I just met a guy from the AMSOIL co, today, 5^

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Location: Mesa, AZ