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I have a regular truck install, In a 98 eclipse spyder,
and i have 1 - 10"
i be leave im using a 190 amp fuse, or something that close - i forgot, have to look.
i have been able to use a 60 amp fuse for like 20 sec's till it pops,
....... so is it that i want to run the lowest but best fuse i can? to be higher in that class style. ?
im a little confused where as of now i would fall in?,
i assumed i would do good providing they had a class of 1 - 10" woofer, or something..
let me know,.. thanks a lot.
You would want to be in the lowest class you can get in. In street 2, you are allowed to spread your fuse load over two parrell fuses, so you could run one 40 amp and one 50 amp fuse to get your 90 amp rating. Your amp should do just fine on that.
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Well, if you have a regular trunk install or a hatch install that is below the rear seat line, then you could do street class. MECA uses a pressure class formula based on a combination of cone surface area and amp fusing to determine if you would be in street 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. You have 78.5" of cone surface area with one 10" sub, so, you could run 40 amps of fusing in Street 1, 90 amps in street 2, 190 amps in street 3, 390 amps of fusing in street 4, or no fusing in street 5. Your fuse holder will need to be within 18" of your sub amp.
If you have anymore questions, just let me know.
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Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Over 154 at the headrest at 31hz.
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It took a lot of tweaking, but i was able to get my pioneer to not skip at full tilt.
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If you look at the test results, you will see that it did over 3000 watts while dropping to 10.75 volts. With a strong electrical system, it will make you happy.
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I have had good luck with sub forward and port to the side in trunk cars. Where in Kentucky are you located?
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Dude, I want to see your setup so bad. 32 8s has to be crazy.
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Do you not have a remote? That pioneer will pause if you have a remote with the pause button on it. I also think you can pause it from the unit itself from the function menu.
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sooo close!! that was a nice vid man....those nightshades look violent. how are you feeding 3kw to each without smokin em?
They seem to like the power pretty well, I just try not to crank it to hard below box tuning.
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Just wanted to post up some vids that Minde from E2 Audio took while I was doing some drive by runs. The system specs are in my sig.
This is my run from the June 29th show in e-town. Only did a 128.4 because i forgot to turn it up before I started my run.
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=...ideoid=38640388
This is my first run at the July 20th Best Buy show. It was a very hot day and my fuses didn't like it.
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=...ideoid=38936075
This is my second run at the Best Buy show. I didn't turn it up to much because I was scared to pop fuses. They ending blowing at the last second and my score dropped to a 129.1
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=...ideoid=38937142
This is in DBSPL 2, so I am only allowed to run 80 amps of fusing!
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I figured I would post a link to a video of my second drive-by run. As you can see, the fuses blew at the last second.
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=...ideoid=38937142
Sorry about it being a myspace video.
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I just wanted to post up some results from today.
Jeremy McCord
Two Sundown 3000D amps and two 15" Sundown Audio Nightshades
80 amps of fusing
1st place with in Modified 2 with a 150.5 @ 44hz
1st place with in Drive-By 2 with a 129.1
Also received SPL most improved and Drive-by Best of Show.
Derek Jackson
Two Sundown 1500D amps and two 12" Sundown Audio Nightshades
90 amps of fusing
1st place with in Street 2 with a 147.9 @ 35hz
Also received the PHAT Car award and got second place in port wars with a 166.1.
Corey Mitchell
One Sundown 1500D and one 12" Audioque HDC3
60 amps of fusing
1st place with in Street 1 with a 143.3 @ 34hz
1st place with in Drive-by 1 with a 118.7
Also received the PHAT 12 award for the loudest single 12" sub of the day.
Here is a link to some pictures.
http://www.carlisleacoustics.com/albums/th...ls.php?album=37
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what are you hitting do be doing a hair trick that strong?
any pics of box?
I think his best score this year has been a 149.7 at the headrest on 50 amps of fusing. Pretty kickass for one 15.
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I'll be there.
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So really, if you work it right, you guys are pushing more amperage through a bunch of 5 amp fuses then using 1 fuse.
Cause each fuse will have a tolerance of + X amount of % over stated fuse rating.
Thats the trick. I'm running daily on my 80 amps worth of fusing. The fuses don't even get warm. We will see how things go when my second 3000D comes in. Hopefully before the weekend.
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Here is a picture of my fuse holder. I am using 16 5 amp fuses to get my 80 amps.
MECA uses a pressure formula to put you into a class. Here is a link explaining it.
http://www.mecacaraudio.com/2008Rulebook/2...%20page%207.pdf
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Just wanted to post up our team's results from this past weekend.
Jeremy McCord
Two 15" Sundown Nightshades and one Sundown 3000D on 80 amps of fusing.
Drive-By 2 1st place with a 124.6
Drive-By best of show with the loudest Drive-by score of the day.
Corey Mitchell
One 12" PBX XS and one Sundown 1500D on 60 amps of fusing.
Drive-By 1 1st place with a 120.4
Phat 12 award for the loudest system with a single 12" sub.
For everyone that does not know, this is metered on the Termlab doing a 30 second average with the meter 6 feet outside of the vehicle.
I did not get any pictures of the show because of the bad weather.
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Cool. I was just about to post these over here.
Meca Event Coming To My City I Need Help On Class
in Competitors Corner
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No i didn't, it was my second to last line in post 6. lol...
Anyway, you will want to get another fuse holder (mini ANL or AGU) and place it in-line 18" from your amp and stick a 40 amp fuse in it. That will put you in street 1. For street 2, you can run up to 90 amps of fusing. You can either use a single 80 amp fuse (cause I don't know of any 90 amp fuses) or you can use two fuses in parallel (one 40 and one 50) to get your 90 amps. You only need the fuse to hold up for 5 seconds so that the meter can get a reading. A lot of us will roll the volume up so that the fuse doesn't pop instantly.