Randal Johnson

I will be competing this year without subs ... But with the upgrades being done to my front stage ... It should have no problems picking up the slack ...

Then again, what's up now is very early in the season. I'm sure a lot more will be posted soon ... Especially (for me) the Mississippi events ... Also, I'm sure there will be some USACI events too. I just haven't had time to browse through the USACI event listing site ...

several events listed on the MECA site in Lebanon, Tn ...

absolutely ... I've run Walmart batteries in my vehicles for years with no problems ... I really like their warranties, but never had to use them ... LOL

Since you are planning to run Ethos ... I would suggest asking DSS what they recommend would work best for that particular setup ... Voice coil and enclosure specs would help ...

Yes ... what stock speaker configuration is in your vheicle ?? I'm thinking you can find upgraded driver brackets for your doors if that particular vehicle had the Bose upgrade option ... ... and best of luck with the court thing ...

Both ... if possible

I had the pleasure of listening to those "super tweeters" a couple of times ... and to be honnest, that was a couple of times too many ... I agree with Sean. Upgrade to a nice component set ... Absolutely ... A basic power amplifier with little to no gain level matched to the headunit /processor works REALLY well ... The basis for power, headroom, dynamics, and Clarity ...

Does your headunit have an EQ to smooth things out ???

This is my ride ... 1997 Chevy Silverado 1500 Extended Cab ... My Chevy is getting a total rebuild. Found a MAJOR water leak and messed up ALOT of stuff. Got the water leak fixed. Now I'm in the process of tearing everything out and starting over. No speakers or electronics dammaged. I just need to replace fiberglass, carpet and other interior stuff. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks ... Randal ... Will be starting on a-pillars and kick pannels and soon as carpet and wiring work done. I will be using a pair of BluesCarAudio 6 1/2s and tweeters powered by a Linear Power 2.2HV.

Most SQ vehicles have absolutely no problems with this ... Don't believe me ?? Just have a seat in ole White Lightning ... I will be glad to que up some AC/DC "For Those About to Rock" for ya ... I agree with this ... Except for the "which I believe is still the winningest car in history" part ... and I believe that would be Mark Eldridge (the SQ Nascar) standing on top of that pedistal ...

Go to your local welding supply shop and put your hands on some ... I usually cut my desired lengths and take them back to get connectors installed. Those old welders might not know what your intended use is but DANG do they know how to install a good connector ...

Gotcha ... Gonna be a tight fit for three. Worst case you could (if you plan to trailer the truck) is not to have a alternator for the truck itself ... I know of plenty of 1/4 mile race cars with no alternators ...

I've looked at the 4.3 in depth. I would remake the whole braket. It would be pretty nutty, but thats the only way i see it being done. I dont really see where an add on braket could be placed. Lemme look some more. What output alternators is this ??? You think you will need more than a pair of 280s ???

I do know that on the "TrailBlazers" you can find the Bose adapters for the doors to make them a factory location for a 8" driver in each front door ... I'm thinking that they upgrade the rear doors to 6.5" drivers in the rear doors also ... Now I'm not sure if its ie the same for your vehicle ... But it could be something you could check out and make things a little easier ... Please refresh my memory ... That particular vehicle have factory dash speakers ??? 4x6" drivers maybe ???

happy birthday

Seriously ???2 cans of crap and 10 minutes. Still need to do bed rails and tailgate. I have 1 can left, so I guess it will a $15 job when done.Can you paint over it once it is completely dried and cured ??? I'm considering doing this (or something similar) to the lower rocker pannels on my truck ... then repainting to match ...

Nice turn out Sir ... Seriously ???

Most people seem to have some sort of missunderstanding about most competition Sound Quality vehicles ... It's not that the vehicles will not get loud, but that there is SOO much pride in attention to details, quality install, so on and so forth ... they do not want to "crank" their systems up and somehow create rattles and have to tear their vehicles apart to fix ... and they usually have their gains set so low that you do not hear any unwanted noises from the system ... Also, is normally why you see them running LARGER amplifiers for better dynamics and headroom ... Some don't mind readjusting and goosing it up some ... but not much. I know from first hand experience late nights before a big show on taking just about every pannel out of your vehicle just to find and fix a buzz or rattle ... The least little bit of buzz or rattle WILL take the listener's attention off of the stage and image and que in on that discrepancy .... I've almost got to the point to where I can take my truck apart and reinstall everything blind folded ... In Sound Quality ... No matter how you set your system up, It has to be designed to where you absolutely can not tell where your drivers are installed ... It should do nothing but give you a stage and image presence up and out on the hood of your vehicle ... So if you use multiple drivers setups, the more independant time alignment and phase adjustments you will need for your setup to give your system that stage and image presense you need ... Now when you throw horns into the mix ... things can get difficult. Which is probably why you are gettting SOO many suggestions into the mix ... Please look into this ... There was once 2 cars sucessfully run horns in their SQ vehicles ... and they had their midbass drivers (one had 12" drivers, the other had 10" drivers) behind the listener's seating position in the rear Quarter pannels of the vehicle (nothing in their doors) ... Wonder why that is ??? This may help you ... may not ... You just might find something that will give you an edge towards the goal you are shooting for ...

If you build an enclosure in each door ... Will you still be able to roll your windows up and down ?? I know in my truck (I know, each vehicle is different ... just asking) that the window mechanism goes way down in that area where the drivers are located ... Reason I'm tuned into this thread is because I plan to change some things in my doors too ... Just not going to say what yet cause I'm not so sure it's going to happen ...

Best of luck brother ... Can't wait to meet up with you in the lanes !!!

You seen my truck get really loud and keep it's stage and image, and it has no problems putting a 140 on the termlab ... All I'm saying is time alignment alone will GREATLY improve on what you have now ... even when cranked up !!!

You do know that most trucks like yours that compete Sound Quality usually have no larger than a 8" driver in each door ... The best ones that I have heard had them installed in almost exact stock position (mainly the Guy that won Modified) ... During our demo ... you had really nice output on your midbass drivers. However, your horns needed ALOT of attention ... My suggestion (and please, this is only my suggestion) ... would be to upgrade your headunit with time alignment and a good bit of EQ ... ... or add a processor to your system and get them horns tweeked out and THEN see what you need to work with on midbass ...

Man ... I feel sorry for those subs !!! LOL I understand this ... You live, learn, adapt, and overcome as a competitor ... Got alot of changes being done to my truck too (hopefully before SBN Daytona) ...