Randal Johnson

From what I remember, they took out the section with the defroster ducts on the dash and installed what looked like waveguides or horns (Don't know for sure, sorry), midbass in the kick pannels, and a sub driver somewhere in the dash ... The only thing that I didn't like about it was that driver / passenger seating position and Sound Quality listening position was TOTALLY different ... With him being in advanced class, they extended the rails of the seat's track to where the seats would literally touch the back seats ... Then leaned them back to where it seemed like you was sitting in a recliner ... I'm sure all of this could have been avoided with different time alignment and better tune ...

Damn ... what a detailed description !!! Thank you Sir !!! How is your time alignment ??? Can you actually tell where your stage and image is ?? ... or can you actually tell where your drivers are located ??? ... and most important, When listening to well recorded music ... Can you actually tell where your Sub stage is located ??? Reason I ask this is because once I got my substage time aligned to "match up" with my midbass drivers ... my midbass got tremendously strong, more dynamic, and ALOT easier to tune ... It's almost like there is a seemless transition between the midbass and the sub bass ...

Just went through your entire Van's build log (Nice Ride BTW) and I did not see exactly how you have your front stage set up ... I see in the vids that your dash in nice and flat, but couldn't tell how you have everything installed ... I was just wondering if you could give me an idea on what you have going on there ... I seen a van similar at USACI Finals one year running advanced SQ classes and thought I could go back though my pics and see if I could figure out how he had it set up ... I'm almost positive everything was countersank into the dash with agressive angles and vented through the fender wells ... and I'm thinking his midbass drivers were in the Kicks vented through the fender wells too ... I would like to go back and check, but I do remember that it sounded AMAZING !!!

No place on the frame to mount 2 small compressors whth a small air tank ?? We are planing for everything to be attatched to the frame on mine, but I'm only setting up air for my rear suspension and my bed cover ... Please refresh my memory ... What vehicle do you have ??? Was it at Finals this year ???

Yes it is ... The entire Team Linear Power crew ...

I'm tuned in 4 sure brother !!!

I've always wanted to try this ... but never had the chance. I say go for it and give us a review ... I'm tuned in !!!

This would be great ... but WAY short notice !!! Nowhere enough time to schedule vacations or save money for the trip ... Something like this needs to be posted MONTHs in advance ... My advice ... get with the promoters of the other orgs. and make sure everything is OK with using their points to qualify someone for YOUR events ... Would I travel to Arizona for this event ?? Yes, If I knew about it, had it on schedule, and had the funds saved up in advance ...

Welcome ... What class / org. Do you normally compete ??

I'm not sure about the IDMAX, but ID had a manufacturer's booth this year at finals ... I asked the same question when I seen it Notorious ... and their demo vehicle was really impressive !!!

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Why would you cut your mid bass drivers so high and try and make your sub drivers pick up the slack ??? Average cut off for a sub bass driver is 70 htz ...

Make sure that the amp is grounded properly ... My ground cables are no longer than 18 inches (the normal length of a battery) ... Best of luck Sir !!!

Welcome

I do know that Mississippi has 3 major USACI events every year ... Scrapin the Coast (biloxi), ShowFest (Tunica), and Chilaxin / Ridin the Park (Jackson / Pearl) ... There are plans to have atleat 3 MECA events this year ... 2 double point events and 1 tripple point event (state Finals) ... To my knowledge ... these will be SQ and SPL events ... I will be glad to post up these events as they get released to the public ... Know of any more events ??? Post them up guys !!! I've driven as far a 800 - 1000 miles to an event several times ... I've asked for a SSA / CA-F meet up several times on this forum ... I have a RTA meter and acess to a Term-Lab if we can get enough people to show up ...

Is this the same as "just listen to it" ??I'm not sure what you're asking...Are you saying that letting a person physically sit in your vehicle and demo the drivers a great selling point ?? or determining wether or not it is a good dependable product ?? You know ... let them hear it, or listen to it ??? If so, then i agree with you ...

Is this the same as "just listen to it" ??

.x decibels ... Will be the deciding factor for winning a world championship or not ... seen it MANY times ... This is the same for SQ score cards too ... .xx means ALOT and most time a rejudge seen it THIS year at Finals ... I gained 1.25 points this year just by removing my wishield rear view mirror and retuning ... Something I learned THIS year at Finals ...

Team Linear Power would like to thank each and every SSA member for coming by the Linear Power Manufacturer's booth and check out the Team Vehicles !!! My truck aquired a blowed head gasket a few days or so before the event ... Therefore we had to trailer it to Huntsville, Al ... Just not enough time to get it fixed ... My truck was almost destroyed being trailered to the Show when we had a blow out on the trailer during the Fog and Rain ... It swayed SOO bad that it almost turned over the tow truck. Not sure what the insurance will cover, but I plan to find out ... We will be installing my camper's sway controller hitch setup to the trailer before we make any more pulls with my White Lightning on it ... Destroyed my paint job and made unrepairable rattles for competition ... ... but scored suprisingly well for the accident and minimal tuning before the event ... White lightning held up for a few good demos too !!! I know, she's an old truck ... but she never fails to give a good demo !!! I love that old truck and will have it repaired (budget permitting) before SBN Daytona !!! See ya Soon SSA !!!

Most competitiors are trial and error basis only ...Most competitiors do not give suggestions by sharing their practices and loose their edge in competition ... Most "Balls to the Wall" competitors do not take suggestions from people that do not compete ... Honnestly guys ... this is my observation at multiple shows and events ... I invite people to forums all of the time ... Most are very nice and just say "no thanks"

Up to date ... MECA - Sound Quality Moddex (we have team members in multiple classes) USACI - Sound Quality Modified SQ / SQ+ ... Super Modified SQ / SQ+ USACI - SPL Street Beat 2 ... SPL Modified 0 - 1000 (test tones)

All of the major orgs. IASCA, MECA, DB-Drag, and USACI all have their event schedules listed on their websites ... And no ... to keep everything as fair as possible, there is no fine print. They go strictly be the book. You just need to learn how to interpret those rules and regulations ...

You are more than welcome when ever you get time Sir ... However ... We do take payment in Beer !!! LOL

Met up with Sencheezy this past weekend for a chat and a few demos ... Guys, Sencheezy is a real "down to Earth" kind of guy !!! It was really cool to meet up with you Sir and get a demo of your ride !!! Sorry about missing your "ride the light" run, but I got called back to the LP demo booth. I will be sure to catch it on the next run ... hopefully we will be competing together at SBN Daytona !!! my under / hub glows got tore up during the accident on the way to finals (blew a trailer tire in the rain and almost flipped the vehicles) ... As for the SSA Evil driver ... Very impressive !!! Gets very loud and does supsrisingly good playing music too !!! Seemed really strong in the 45 - 70 htz range when cranked up ... and during music, fairly accurate in the 30 to 45 htz range too !!! not bad at all. Wish I had more time with the demo and tuning ... I can honnestly say that if I ever get the chance to build a system with a larger than a 10" driver application, I will definately go to Mark and Aaron for a SSA Evil Driver !!! maybe 2 or 4 ... who knows with my wild imagination !!! Thank you Sencheezy !!!

While talking to people at World Finals ... Alot of them told me that they do not care for forums in any way ... or simply do not have time to interact on the interwebs ...