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may03LT

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  1. When i took off the oil filter i bumped the connector right next to the oil filter which my buddy said sent the reading to the gauge. So could that be causing the crazy ass reading?

    Very possible. Those sending units have a pretty high failure rate.

    But the right way to diag this is to screw a manual gauge in where the sending unit screws in and get a pressure reading at idle/under load. If it's ok, slap a new sending unit in there.

    Also is it normal for the oil filter to leak for the first little bit?

    No. Are you sure you're not seeing residual oil left over from the filter removal?

  2. the weight of the XL+box nicely surpasses 250 lbs. kills my gas mileage, makes my already shitty tranny work harder, and clearly has a bad effect on my brakes. all of this I wouldnt give a shit about if I was competing or had a nicely powerful bass amp for it all (the bass makes me happy :shrug:) but now that I dont have the cash for a new one, and need all this work done, it makes all of it just a giant paperweight.

    Man I felt the same way when my alt started acting up...since I couldn't listen to the subs I just pulled it all out.

  3. Within the past week or so I've read a few complaints from SMD members who can not login. They claim that their accounts are in good standing and they have no way to contact anyone from the site for some help.

    It might be a benefit to make a FAQ that covers what someone should try and/or who they can contact when they run into a login problem so that it can be resolved.

    On behalf of those who can't login, thanks for any input.

    Also, sorry if this is in the wrong section.

  4. not only is box rise different the impedance of the woofers themselves change at different frequencies

    Gotcha, I only listed 40hz for simplicity. 8)

    The thread that is pinned in the amplifier section were I explain a lot of stuff about how much actual power an amplifier makes was originally a thread about calculating box rise impedance and real world output and I think it needs to have its name changed to something that suites the thread better.

    A title that has more explanation to it, but I can't think of a name to change it too so the average person would want to go check it out more often.

    Thanks man, I did check out that thread but didn't see a definite answer.

    How bout "Everything you wanted to know about box rise but were afraid to ask" :rofl:

    this would have been very easy for you to have tested. put the volume half way up and burp it then do full tilt and see the difference in rise. its basically the same thing.

    i very much disagree with everyone who says imp rise isnt important to daily systems. measuring imp rise and understanding it has gained me 5db and if i can continue to lower it i might get to 150db on music. this is all with the same box, same amps, same subs.

    so ya dude, measure it, play with it, understand it. see how much power you can squeeze out of your amps.

    Thanks man! I never quite thought of it that way. And yeah, this is for a daily setup. This whole idea started when a local guy did the math on his amp and found that he was only seeing roughly half of the rated power, far under the rms rating of the woofers. His solution was to get a more powerful amp. The amp would be rated at far more then woofers rating, however after rise the power to the woofers would be closer to the rms rating.

    Also, 5db! That's very impressive.

    yes it will change with power.

    And I also state that box rise is important to understand for daily setups and not just burp setups.

    Yes it changes more when playing music, but you can still learn how to manipulate it to benefit a daily music playing box as well.

    From the man himself. Thanks for the info. I have some more searching/studying to do.

    Thanks everyone for the replies. 8)

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