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  2. Is It Possible To Get A Car Loud Without A Wall?

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

    Posted · Edited by tommyk90

    One day I was bored so I put my single 10" SPL/daily driver enclosure in my mom's old car, a 1999 monte carlo. Setup was a DD 9510 and a kicker zx2500

    With 20 feet of 16 gauge speaker wire running from my amp in the truck to the sub box in the monte, I pulled a 144.0 sealed up on the dash at 42 hz. :) (on my termlab)

    So with the right equipment and enclosure, a 145 is more than possible.

  8. How To Compete In Meca

    in Competitors Corner

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    Also, for those who just want to do local MECA shows and have no intentions of being competitive on a national level, you don't HAVE to have fuses 18" from the amp.

    They can go off the manufacturers fuse rating, or the amps power rating using the old class formula. But if you do this you will NOT get points towards going to finals. But for the people who just want to hang out at a show, at least you don't have to worry about installing fuses just to be able to compete.

  10. New Vids Of My 9515 Wangin :)

    in Member Videos - Host 'em & Post 'em! System Vids / Off Topic

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    my yoyo broke :(

    :(

    that Gucci CD slaps somethin terrible huh :D one of my bro's here on the site tried to say it doesnt but he musta been hittin whatever came out of the Pyrex pot if he thinks that LOL.

    TONS of songs slam on this cd. It's my new demo cd since I was getting sick of jeezy.

    I just wish I had a better camera because stuff is moving crazy far. A lot farther than I thought it would!

    what class is that in? u arent competing in S1 anymore?

    Still in S1. :)

  14. Bumpin Till The *** Falls Off, Again. (insert Car Part)

    in General Audio - Can't find a category for your question? Ask here.

    Posted · Edited by tommyk90

    I've broken off both outside mirrors at one point, and recently the rearview mirror fell off. :(

    Luckily this one the whole piece fell out so I just gorilla glued the hell out of it and shoved it back on. Hasn't fallen off yet. :)

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    But this one wasn't so lucky. :( Knocked just the glass out and shattered on the driveway. This was over 2 years ago and I have yet to replace the glass. :lol:

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    Also on the list of broken stuff: headliner is cracked in several places, window clips on driver's window broke, screws rattled out of several trim panels, and probably some other stuff that I haven't noticed yet. :)

  15. What Rules Would You Change If You Could?

    in Competitors Corner

    Posted · Edited by tommyk90

    Fuse ratings is the dumbest thing ever! People can modify fuses or wire around fuses which involves more inspection by judges. Usually fuses blow when twice the amperage actually goes through them. I believe Meca does these.

    Meca Drive By is cool - but they've taken something sooo simple and made it difficult. Having moving vehicles as part of your competition seems dangerous to me. Also, they have an extensive set of rules for something as simple as booming your system with your window down. This format ( rules ) and other organizations rules/classes should be less about the rules/organzation and more about what matters ... the music.

    Just to put my 2 cents in about driveby.

    It used to be simple, in fact it was a little TOO simple.

    It used to be peak hold, which completely defeated the purpose since cars would pull up, burp part of a song, and be done. Switching to the average rating definitely upped the spectator interest factor.

    In all honesty, the rules aren't that complicated. They may look like it on paper, but hit up a show and you'll see where I'm coming from. You line up 5 feet away from the mic, start the music, roll forward, and sit in front of the mic. Not too complicated. :) It's not too dangerous unless you get some asshat not knowing what they are doing or trying to show off or something. But "driveby" would signify moving vehicles, not just sitting in front of the mic right from the beginning.

    I heard you did something similar to driveby at one of your shows, but the cars just sat there. More safe, and probably just as fun. :)

    The big thing that throws people off about MECA is the fuse system. Now, it can be your best friend or your worst enemy. If you are a serious MECA competitor, it is fairly easy to run on fuses. Most newcomers have a hard time grasping the concept though. I think that MECA does have some of the fairest rules as long as you KNOW the rules. No car has the advantage like in db drag (crx's in street, walls in streetmax, astros in superstreet, etc.). And MECA now meters at the HEADREST, which kills all the 70 hz fart machines that sound like crap on music. Quite a few people that used to play 50-60 hz now had to rebuild to sub-50 hz setups and now sound killer on music. :)

    Now that I'm done talking about MECA, I will say that I feel that bassrace is the future of competition. ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE, can win bassrace. Whether it's a $500 best buy setup or a $5000 big install, anyone can win. That's what I love about it. I just started actually competing in bassrace this year, and it's intense. Watching a bunch of crx's fart 70 hz isn't interesting at all, and thats what db drag has become.

    Bassrace is exciting to watch and exciting to compete in. This is what competition needs to be. Now making bassrace "outlaw" style would make it awesome for spectators.

    USACi's streetbeat is similar to that, the only problem is that they only have cone area limitations, and now it is becoming VERY expensive to even become competitive in SB1. I'm talking about $1000 in woofers, $2000 in amps, tons and tons of batteries, and so forth. Basically turning it into a db drag-esque competition format.

    Whew, lot said there. Hopefully everyone sees where i'm coming from. :)

  20. Tommy! How did you do it (1 10" Type R, 150db)

    in SPL - SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL

    Posted

    Its gone.

    Not worth trying to get a recone for it when a whole new sub costs $100.  ;D

    Now I just have to figure out what to do with the basket and magnet.  Any ideas?

    I know you said at ca.com, its not worth it to recone, but appearpently, alpine has a good motor there, send it to scott, abd have him make you some insane hybrid type r.

    The only problem with trying to get a recone for it is that the 10" only has a 2" coil, and it's an awkward diameter.  On top of that, it has dual spaced spiders with integrated tinsel leads.  It would be VERY difficult to get a recone to work with this setup.  And it would cost just as much to recone this one as it would be to just buy a whole new sub.  Not really worth the hassle.

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